Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-02
JEWETT CITY

Deputy Sheriff John Dolan did a slick
 piece of detective work Monday in cap turing in Glasgo a sneak thief who had
 broken into the store of John Kroder Iii
 Voluntown. After investigating several clues, the officer started for home. When he came to the Boardman schoolhouse he
 tried one of the outbuildings, and and finding that evidently it was occupied, he
 ordered the inmate to unlock the door.
 He found the tenant to be Joseph Du-
 mas, 24 years of age, whose home is in
 Montcalm, Canada. The officer accused
 him of the break at the store, which he finally admitted. After putting him through the third degree. Dumas led the officer to the rear of the school building,
 removed some stones from the founda tion and there stored away were stolen 1 articles of all escriptions-safety ra- zors, oyeralls, working and dress shirts, men's garters, cartons of cigaret- l tes, tobacco. a silver knife and fork, ice
 cream spoons taken from places where
 he had evidently eaten the cream, and many other articles.
 The stolen goods were turned oyer to Grand Juror Mcdonald Deputy Sheriff Dolan brought his prisoner to the lock- up at Jewett City and he was tried be- fore Justice Haywood in Voluntown on Tuesday night at o'clock. The ae- 1 cursed was fined $25 and costs and given
 90 days in Norwich jail The value of l the stolen goods was fixed at s15. There have been other thefts in Glas- go, one store having been entered three l times and 8 bank book stolen from 1 Thomas Curtis home, The man has l served time before for breaking and en- ] tering. When he did not occupy the
 Boardman school buildings he lived in a cave i'll that vicinity known as Camp | DeFens Last week he was in the em- | pley of F. E. Gilbert in Jewett City.
 Congressman Richard F. Freeb,an of 1 New London will be the speaker at a
 regular meeting of Pachaug grange on 1 Thursday night The meeting will be public. Pachaug grange is a very pro- 1 gressive organization, having doubled it's I membership in the last two years, there 1 being over 150 members. Its average at l tendance is over 75, and represents three l towns. Recently land has been pur- l chased for fairgrounds and plans and 1 buildings are well under way for a real community fair.
 4 horse belonging to a man named 1 Smerchensky was struck by a train on 1 Monday afternoon and killed. Passen- 1 gers on a southbound trolley saw two children with a horse and wagon hud- 1 dled up against the fence. and the 1 freight train which followed struck the horse. The accident happened near the I Reade farm, where the family lives. It
 was reported that the horse ran away
 and the children were trying to catch ] him.
 Stanley Savage, a former employe of
 the Ninigret Co, is spending 8 week
 vacation at Beach Pond. Norwich and l Ocean Beach 1 A young man from town was in New ] London Sunday. While waiting in an l automobile he went to sleep. When he awoke he was minus his hat and coat. Anthony Kozloski was a. visitor in 1 New London Sunday. His friend, Stan- ley Cholewa, had broken motorcycle 1 and spent his Sunday in Jewett City He is piccolo player and might be a
 possible member for the new Jewett City band.
 Louis Masse and his brother. Rev Daniel Masse, and Louis Masses daughter, Marianna, left by automobile for a weeks stay in Fall River. The child will remain for three weeks.
 David Ballou went Monday to Camr
 Devens where he will be in training fo1
 a month in the citizens military train ing camp.
 Arthur Menard furnished bonds oi
 $500 for his brother, Henry Menard, whc
 was bound over to the criminal coura
 Monday.