Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29
PUTNAM

Captain Reni Delage and other insuo- befs of the Putnam police department were on the alert Thursday at noon for highwaymen who attempted a payroll hold-up at Pascoag and were said to have made off in the direction of the Cennecti- : cut line.
 telephone message to the poltce headquarters here brought the first in- formation of the hoidup. The tnforma- ton was Of speedy and incomplete nature. but Captain Delage was informed that the bandits had attempted to steal a mill payroll and had been successful in get ting away with part of the big sum of money they had set out to seize.
 The fleeing men were said to be travel ing in Ford sedan bearing a Massa- chusetts registration and were well arm ed. One of the three men that got away in the car was described as wearing a blue suit.
 Local police were posted at points where the car might be expected to en- ter this city a1d messages were sent to the state police barracks at Danfelson. from where men were assigned to the hunt.
 Opening of the Potter-Potter divorce case in the superior court in this city Thursday morning was delayed as the re- suit of an accident at West Dudley, where car driven by Attorney Henry Montague, of Southbrtdge, one of the counsel in the case, felled boy and in- jured him so seriously that Attorney Montague abandoned for the time being his plans to come to this city and pro- ceeded to Worcester hospital with the injured boy. The non-arriva1 of MT Mon- tague at the time set for the opening of the trial forced a delay until he could arrive here As there were no other mat ters assigned for oonsid eration, the court and counsel were inactive during the morning hours.
 Events of importance to the demo. crats of this senatoraI district and tt those of the county as a whole are sched. 1 uled to be held in this city next Tues day afternoon. Two conventions art i scheduled-a county gathering at whiel candidate for sheriff will be nominated and a senatorial district gathering a which 8 candidate for senator will b, named. Both conventions are to be helt l in the municipal building and at tn l same hour. Democrats hereabouts fig ure their state ticket 8 strong one tni l year and intend to name vote-gettin, candidates at Tuesdays conventions. 1 If you will cut out this advertisement
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 State Attorney Charles E. seaxIs gay
 much time Thursday to conferences wit counsel and others relative to the ion
 list of criminal cases to be given con
 sideration at the October term of th
 superior court opening in this city nea Tuesday.
 H More time will be required. in all prot
 ability to dispose of the cases on th
 criminal list than is usually required
 this county. This is not only due {
 the number of cases on the calendar, bt
 also to the fact that several trials al
 scheduled and some of these may taa
 three or four days ach. At least tw murder trials are expected.
 MT. SearIs said Thursday that he ho5
 ed to clear up all of the important bus
 mess on the criminal list of the Octobt
 term of court. though some minor cas,
 may not be disposed Of until later. Probably the most active effort maf in years to get out the voters of tf party for the November elections will put forth this season by republican ,leat
 CTS of the towns ir the 2Sth senaAdri