New Britain herald., 1929-10-21
|. 4. R, ADJUTANT
 CALLED BY DEATH
Walter H. Hutchinson, SS,
 Served in Many Campaigns
GAR SNAPS HYDRANT OFF
samuel simon Badly Hurt ill A@ci- G"nt-i}arH Installing Tear Gas p9otcction-pOlcs Honor Pulaski No sunday Morning Robbery.

No sunday Morning Robbery.
 Walter II. Hutchinson, SS. q vctcr- an of tho Civil war. died at his homo at Graham street at 12:45 o'clock yesterday noon. Mr. Hutchinson had been ill for four weeks. He was born in Anlover on June |. 1S41, the son of Louis 0. and Caroline Hopkins hutchinson. and received his oduca- ton in the schools Of that town.
 Nlr. Hutchinson was employed for several years @S clerk in his home town but later enlisted as private in Co. C. Connecticut Volunteers, at Hartford for three years. His enlist mont was dated December 25. 1861. i He served with the Hartford com pany until h. received an honorable ! discharge on August 24, 1863, al New Orleans, La.
 1 Mir. Hutchinson was later com- 1 mission"d as a first lieutenant in the 1 18th rceimcnt and still later in the 9ath Colorcd regiment. He received 1 his final discharge on April 23, 1 SIG. al Tallaha@scc, Florida.
 some of the battles in which he 1 participated wrr" th" following: The ! Rcd River campaign; Georgia Land ing; the capture of the gun boat "Fot1on:" and the battles at Pot | torayiIln EjssIand. Plcasantyille, l Donaldsonvillo, and Natural Bridge. 1 He afterwards received a detail as acting rc@im"ntal aide and served in 1&G&-G4 at ErushcaricI4. La., and was q post and depot master during the Red River expedition. His war service ended in 1865.
 On his return. Mir. Hutchinson married Mrs. Althra Burnham of WiIlington @t Ashford on September 19, 1866. They moved to Bristol in 1869 and for aoVcral years MT Hutchinson Was employed as d book , keeper hy Charles Not' A few years aft"r he and his brother, Henry Hutchinson, operated a grocery husi- ness at the north end of the city. or the present North Side Bank site The business lasted for over r. years
 Following his try at the grocery line MT Hutchinson again took III bookkeeping and was employed by the Adams Express company for scv. cral years. For 30 years he was [ fax collector and clerk at the second school district. Mr. Hutchinson, or completion of his form in the dis trict. was presented with a set O cnErossod resolutions in appreciation Of his services,
 Mir, and Mrs, Hutchinson colcbrat cd their golden wedding anniyersar, September l@. 1916. Mrs. Hutchin son died on August 1, 1924. Mr . Hutchinson Ica.-cS two daughters Mrs. Marvin D. Edgrrton and Mis- Helen <, Hutchinson; one son. Ralpi Hutchinson; and q grandson. Marvi, Starr Hutchinson. all of Bristol; an, a sister, Mrs. Walter Cook of New Britain.
 He WAS a charter member of Gil bert W. Thompson post. c. A. R and Of Ethan Allen, k. of r.. and member of the Congrcgatioua church. Excepting for one yea when h" was q commander. MT Hutchinson served continually as ad juiant of the G. 4. +.
 only three members of the pos survive. They are Edward H. Allor of T"rryvillc; Captain Ira F. Shit , of Hranford. and Gcorr" E. SmitI of l'nionville.
 Funeral services for Mr Irtchin son will be held at his home at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Re, Francis T. Cooke will be in charg and burial will follow in the famil plot in Ncst-comytrrv.
 Drive: Badly Injured
 samuel simon, 25. of 90 Wolcoi street was badly injured ycsterdo morning when the cur that he w., driving struck a hydrant and the ;1 tel"phon" pole near Pierce bridge in East Bristol. lie was i,t mrda1oly rushed to the Bristol ho. W'al and it Was found that h scalp WAS severely laccratrd an lis body bruised.
 simon was thrown through tl windshield of his car when if h he hydrant. Several residents n"Hrby houses, hearing the cras r"rricd him into a restaurant an rendered first aid while the poll, WoH" being notified. \ ear driv, by Guy ]. Grindle Of 45 Feder street was hailed and the accidor victim taken to the hospital.
 simon, if was said, had just con nletcd 1f-hour job and fell aslc, at tine wheel. A large section the water hydrant was found b tween the ear and the tclepho. pole,
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