Putnam patriot., 1924-09-12
RYAN AND RUSSELL
 GO BEFORE COURT
Local Men Stand Trial Today on Their Respective Grim
 inal Charges
Superior Court Room Pseked-Jeh
 Bergeron Also Defendant

Because Patrolman John T. Ryan and Zepherin tJeff1 Bergeron. both of this city and Frank N Russell of Neehaniesville. formerly of this city. are the defendants in three criminal cases. being heard today by Judge HiHman, it was cas- Of sstanaing room only in the Superior Court chambers in this city today. So large crowd of local people are attending the hearing, that every sat was oe- Capied and score Or more of spec tators were content to stand in order 10 be within hearing distance.
 Officer Ryan, member of the Putnam police force, stood trial on the charge of transporting an auto mobile load of liquor (beerl from Providence a year ago last June, to the City Hotel. this city. It was al- legged that he drove the car of Samuel Smith; that Smith was an occupant of the machine at the time and that Smith paid Ryan s5 for driving the booze-runnine vehicle. Ryan stoutly denied the allegation.
 Charged VI th Perjury
 Mr. Russell is charged with per jury His arrest took place on the afternoon that he testified at the hearing given Messrs. Scott and Le- clair and two women friends. their trial resulting from charges preferred by the State Police following raid on an alleged house of Ill fame located on Pomfret street.
 Mir. Russell testified that h. let the rooms in the house, which is own ed by him, to Mrs. Foster, one of the women.
 IL was this statement which caused Prosecuting Attorney John r. Car penter to have Mr. Russell arrested on the perjury charge l. is alleged that Mir. Russell stated. before the trial, to Mir. Carpenter aud a Putnam police officer, that he (RusselD rent ed the rooms in the house and the rent was paid by Leclair.
 Discharge Defendants
 The attention of the Superior Court session at Willimaatic this week has been taken up for two days by the trial of Fred Luzvick and Fe- lix McMahon, of Willimantic and Jewett City, charged with manslaugh- ter. Both defendants were dis charged the case against Luzvick be- ing nolled and McMahon being found not guilty and discharged. In the for mer case Odella MarcOux, his sister in law. died ten days after she was beaten by Luzviek The autopsy did not show conciusively that her death was due to the assault.
 A fatal accident near Jewett City on the night of June p resulted tn McMahon's arrest. h giving his de- eision on the case Judge George E. Hinman said that he could not ind that McMahon had been guilty ol gross negligence in driving his ear, also that there WAS 10 evidence Q snow that he had been intoxicated at any time during the eveniny pr At the time of the accident. He was discharged on both counts.
 Before court adjourned at Nllil' mantle a jury was selected for the trial of eases here. The following were named: Everett r. Hopkins, Nindham: Donat Jolly, Putnam; James L. Appleby, Canterbury Ivan M. Johnson, Chaplin; James l.. kniEnt and George B. Guild, ki.iingly; Wii- liam r. Wilkinson, Piainaeld; George r. Pierce, Jr., Sterling; John Wish CT and Charles Sandstrom ot An9nlii- son and Dr. George Perley, Wood stock.
 Rsan's case came before court hrst this morning. Samuel Smith was the first witness and he testified that he went with Ryan to Providence twice 2 year ago last June. getting load ei eighteen eases of beer the first trip and thirty-six eases the second
 George Patterson. formerly q eierk at the City Hotel. testified that he helped unload the beer on the trips oh wh.ch Ryan and Smith are alleged 70 have done the liquor running.