Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-03
DANlELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

The police Of this city were engaged In
an almost statewide watch that was set
in the hope of appreheiding the bandits
who robbed DR.. Ely Morgan of Hartford
OF $500 in cash and securities of a face
value of $4,000 when the bad men raid
ed his offices at the Capital City We'd
nesday night, seized him by the throat
and threatened him with death il he did
not remain quiet while they were en-
gagged in their nefarious work
Word Of the daring robbery was fash
sd throughout Connecticut almost iryl,ne-
diately after its occurrences. The fact that
the robbers car bore q Massachusetts,
registration plate put local officers CT
their Inettle in their efforts to capture
the holdup men. as Putnam Is near the
Massachusetts border, and It was consid-
cred a possibility here that the holdup
men might make an effort to. get back to
their home state by following the state
road from Hartford to this city,.
Alert officers here held up cars that
| might be considered as coming under
| suspicion of being the robbers car. but
released all held for exami nation upon
determining that in every instance the
| occupants Of the cars were not concerned
with the Hartford affair.
Spectators here watched with interest
the operations of the local police.
| DR.. Morgan described the men who
robbed him. telling the pc ice Of Hartford
that one of the men appeared to be about
% years of age. while the other seemed
/ to be about 50.
| 1t seems that the crooks had been in.
| formed that DR.. Morgan has been in the
habit of keeping large sums Of money or
his person and even larger amounts In
| securities in his office.
1
Owners of Union hall at North Gros.
venordale have complied with all the re-
quirements of the state police department
| relative to equipping the motion picture
| place with fire escapes. additional exits
and steam heat the latter improvement
to replace the stove that stood IN TIL.
| center of the auditorium and was regard
| ed as a menace.
Union hall was ordered closed by til,
state police department following the dis
astrous fire, during the fall at the Rialt,
theatre in New Haven. 1t remained
closed for a time until certain require
ments Of the state police department
were met and then was allowed to re
open, without the use Of the balcony
until all improvements ordered had beef
| made.
The house now meets in its equipment
and appointments the essentials of tn
requirements of the state police TIL
stove heating arrangement has been dis
i placed for steam heating, there are ad
| ditional exits and fire escapes, and TIL
house has been re-lcensed as place re
garded as one where the public can at
tend q picture entertainment under wha
are considered safe conditions.
Alfred Letters figured In an interestin
and exciting Incident Thursday mornin
! when the car he was driving withou
| chains, SIX dded On Wilkinson stree
which ascends the almost mountainou
Oak 'hiil, east of the business section c
the city sid around. crashed into a pol
and then started to slide down an incl!n
that would have brought it down int
Iow-lying School street had not con
; venient post interviewed to save the ca
and lis driver from what likely wouI