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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER
EIGHT PAGES.
I vol, XXXVI.
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PUTNAM, CONN„ FRIDAY, JULY 24 1908
NO 30
...Chester K < 'hild is spending a week
* Uke W innipisciogee, N. H.
_Kr*nk Bennett, of New York, has
visiting his parent* in this city.
_Wrs. D H. Billings and Miss A.
« Knyard. of Oak Hill, are spending
5 ie, week* in Princeton, Mass.
—Rev. B. F. Benoit will speak in
,-eneh at the Baptist church in this
, i* next Sunday at 4 o'clock p. m.
lyr. <.; Harold Oilpatric and wife
fn Saturday for a two weeks' stay in
(, (sitester, Mass.
-Mrs. Le^erett Chase and family of
I’onagansett, have been the guests of
M, Mon** 1- Aldrich the past week.
-Miss Gertrude Jones is enjoying a
„o week s vacation, which she is
pending with relatives in New York
sate.
—Miss Bessie Champlin, of Bradley
.•'eel. returned home Wednesday after
a .isitof seseral weeks w ith friends in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
—The ladies of Jessamine Chapter,
No.5t>, will hold a food sale on Friday
afternoon, this week, from to b p. ill.,
at the store of C. M. Elliott, Main st.
—Miss Mary Wheaton has been
.tending week with the Misses Sar
gent at their summer home in Brook
line. N. H.
—( har.es A. Thayer and family, of j
vtv.esvil.e. It. I., were recent guests
,.f his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. ;
Thayer. King street.
—Mr., (leu S. Bradley and ilaug!.
ir: Miss Helen C. Bradley, of Grove 1
street, are at Silverbow ( ottage, Wood
mont, for several w eeks.
—Joseph Kenyon, of Woodstock Yal
has been at the Day Kimball Hos
pital for some time, on account of brain
trouble. This w eek he was taken to the
Nile Insane Hospital at Norwich.
—Following a remonstrance against
lathing in the pool near the lit t le bridge
m the road leading to'the l>ay-Kim
tail Hospital, the police have issued
(.rrters that the pool must no longer be
u-ed as a bathing resort.
— W. II Taylor, of this city, was in
Hartford and New Haven, Tuesday,
(vmpleting arrangements for the Ue
;,n an l lianijiiet of the Connecticut
Leei-dUi' e i ’lub, to tie held at Cosey
Heae i. Fast Haven, August 12th.
\
—Alls'll l.ight, Jr., I4! months old.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Light
P. .sr.'et, was severely scalded
, ! lay . irning by pulling a kettle
: «a . from the stove, the scald
i . ,i i ■ -p ashing over most of his
body.
-im 1 ; -day Leo, son of Mr. and
M's. M M Hwyer, who is lour yeais
isi-. i n a birthday party. With
anoint*! of hi' little friends he hearti
ly y, ■ the merry celebration. At
i:-. -el was presented with a gold
hand ring.
-! st ! letters remaining at the
I’ i?.m I -I Ortice for the weekend
ing J aly _ 1:
lathes—Miss Alice lirown, Mrs. Hib
LirlW,,- Mrs. Anna Hoffman, Miss
Marie O'I'.mnell.
Oenlii- a— (ieo. 11. Jordan. 11. l*a
' - nith, .1. 1’. Warren.
—On \ ~t anti it, from ft a. m. to
p.1 i will !>e an examination
' ' :ers- certificates held at
L’- I i school hnilding. For
“in n apply to stale Hoard
"i H Hartford. The exami
fo " . I to confer with persons
■if- ...g rlhe Normal Schools
—L i, are canning fruit this
"Ohi v not till a jar or two for
1 * L sp It will lie much appre
C’.aUesi, a. the Woman's Hoard will,
ainij . fuiiush the jars for this pur-I
!'«; Ti . iduit will make a most ac
•tplable Ti unksgiving ottering, or it j
| »v be s, in jn at any other time. Any
“ii" are w illing to use tlie jars will tie
“applied ■ !, notifying the committee in
charge— Mrs. H. O. Preston and Mrs.
F T Whitmore.
he funeral of Way land \V. Sbel
^ of South Woodstock, who died
(’on, the effects of a shot wound in the
**8 fooeivedon the Fourth, was held at
"K '•wot home on Sunday. Hev. L.
^ urh' pastor of the Woodstock
f*aptist Church, conducted the servi
friends from this city and a del
ation of members of the Masonic fra
"ere present at the funeral.
JnUrnient was at Woodstock.
—Rev. J. P.Trowbridge, who is now
*'U r of itie Congregational church at
ISI Proton, Mass., is sending his
’ s ' acation anionic his old friends
J | fhis pan of the state. His old par
f'tnoners at Kastford, learning of his
i'esente • ere, se[1{ him Hn urgeM{ jn
oreach for them next Sun
ue has accepted, and will
ie church there at the usual
I'row bridge i' pleasantly
his new tieid of tabor. He
■ ‘St excellent health.
the Ho
'Uati
<i*i
Ft
M. M
Dwyer, c
as invited
National < ■
ibiis, to tie i
this eilv Fri
prejmraior;
>i a'
ill ion
at St.
. Jfliy
Tl
• uau
be entertained by Mr.
(.'bickering iii ise, on
Saturday they will
automobile' around the
evening they w.ll leave
en route for Montreal. !
—Miss Elisabeth Hawley has re
turne.1 from a trip to New York.
—Miss Myrtice Kingsbury left today *
Thursday, for a trip to Nov a Scotia.
—Mias Fannie Eddy of l'awtucket,
H. I., is the guest of her sister. Mrs. E.
H. Payne.
— Miss Jennie Wheeler of New Ha
ven is \ isiting her cousin, Mrs. Hiram
\. Brown, liak Hill.
—Miss AnnieCutler and Miss Marion
Litchfield are spending a few days at
Crescent Beach.
— Herman CJ. Carver ami family have
returned from a week's outing at Mys
tic, \\ aleh Hill and Norwich.
—Frank Foster of Toleilo, Ohio, was
the guest of Mrs. Mortimer Gascoigne
and family the past week.
—A. W. Bowen has liought of \V.
H. Mansfield a house on South Main
i street formerly the Putnam Creamery.
— Mr. Percy Waterman took Mr. E.
Rogers' party, in hi.s automobile, to
Providence, on Wednesday. Time:—
about an hour each way.
—Reuben dykes is to move his fanr
ly from Florence street to the Iiou.se on
Bradley street recently occupied by
Jere Emery.
— Miss Mary Johnson, Grove street,
is entertaining Miss Viola Collins of
Hartford, a former teacher in the Is
rael Putnam school.
—G. Byron Morse ami his brother,
Milton S. Morse, made a record catch
of bass at Webster lake Tuesday. They
caught-S tish the two largest weigh
ing o 1 11 ami -i l■- faninds.
—Miss Edith Foster, with iier bro!ti
er, 1 >r. Harold H. Foster, <>l New \ ork,
and friends from Fall Ki\er, New York
and Montclair, N.J., arc >|>cndiug a
few weeks at l*ema<|uid Point, Me.
(Aitl>—The undersigned wish tore
turn their heartfelt thanks for the sym
path) and assistance rendered them in
their recent attliction.
Mits, H. K. Hi liLiii T,
H. Kav Hi ki.bi t.
— Mrs. Arthur M. Clark has lieen en
tulaining tier sister from Franklin,
Mil's., Miss Kldora AUtermnn, ami her
sister from Woodstock, Miss Alice Al
liernian, ami Mrs. Payne from New
York.
— Isaac Champeau ami J.P. Ongtie
are remembering I’utnain friends wiili
souvenir post cards, They are now in
Quebec, has mg made the visit to the
t .inadiaii eiiv ;is a side trip idler at
tending the F.iks’ convention atihiiias,
Texas, as represenlalives from I’ulnam
lodge.
—Judge Roraliack has handed down
a decision in Uie cases >i I'ctcr Massey
vs Minnie Yarrook and Kominski,
overruling defendants' demurrers. I he
defendants demurred on the ground
that they could not he joined in one
aelion. Torrey ,v Oeissler lor plaintiff,
Searlis ik Kusscllifor defendant'. the
action is one of tort for the fraudulent
sale of a horse.
—Mr. Robert Smith. Vice President
ol the New London Wash ^ilk < o.,
and Samuel Rich, 1 reasuref ol the
Hampton silk Company, were regis
tcred al the Ocean House. Watch Hill,
last Tuesday. Mr. Rich makes Mr.
>mith’seinhr<ridery and knitting silk'.
They report greater activity in their
line.
— Hr. Neil Macphatter, Mi" Holt,
and Mr. and Mrs. ti. A. Hammond,
made a party to W ateh Mill, hy steam
er It lock Island, from New London,
on Tuesday, spending the day al the
Ocean House. I hey met tile Hon. Ld
win Milner there, his home for the sea
son, who took file parly to Westerly In
his Thomas Flyer auto. Mr. Ham
mond also met Col. Frank W . ( heney.
of Cheney Bros.,*kings of the silk bu
siness, Manchester, Conn.
o — Klectric storms in this part or the
State, have iteeti '|Uite frequent fur a
few weeksi past, the lightning the
ing damage in various places. In the
storm last .Saturday, a bolt of lightning
struck the Whittemore house on Park
street, opposite the Fair grounds, now
occupied by Peter Iiuryea. The light
ning tore a large hole through the roof,
knocked out a window on the front of
the house, and. ripped otl the cla|e
boards on the side as if they were not
fastened. The building did not take
tire, and none of the inmates.were in
jured. Those who saw the disaster from
the outside say it w as a terrific sight
a blinding Hash, a loud roar and a
showerof splintered wood, as the light
ning flashed through the building.
—Miss Hosanna 1'aigle, aged IT,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Daigle, died Monday evening at her
home on Harrison street. IVath fol
lowed a brief and peculiar illness that
was in a way indicative of -pina! men
ingitis. Miss:Daigle wa- out in the
lie <1- and woods a week ago - inday
and w as taken ill alnur-t immediately
afterwards, her condition gradually
popular young lady atm ‘
widespread-yuip i;ny. r m- -
were at St. Mary s church t ds i... .s
dav morning. The fl. • "‘Tv
were many and twautifui. I he ch. <
ren of Mary of w hich decea- I *
prominent member, attended m a
body. A large gathering of relatives
and friends also aitemkd at the fu
neral.
The Question of a Trottev Liar Went.
" e have on one or t wo iota linn «u(
«ostei1 that the ettizensof this town,
: Woodstock, Pomfrct Kastford. Ashford
and I nion, unite and ap|ioinl a com
mittee of business men to learn what
step* may or should be taken in reward
to learn what course to take or what
! plan be adopted that may eventually
lead to the building a trolley line, west
from Putnam to connect with the line
running east from Springfield, and the
one built from Willimantic to Stafford
Springs.
i Toe llrst step to take is to decide up
i on the most feasible route on which to
I build a trolley road in the direction
i mentioned.
Such a read will tie built in due time
and il will be done just that much »oon
er its the [icople unite to do such preli
minary work that will not Involve
expense of any note. It is something
that should l>e done at once, and it will
lie lor the committee mentioned to de
cide w hat course to take to learn how
to find out what route to lake ami to
suggest what more would be be>l to lie
done to amuse the interest of property
owner’s to the importance of the enter
prise.
Another thing we have suggested is
to consult w ith the officials of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Kail
road Company, and learn if they can
giv e any adv ice in the matter. They
are concerned in the building of trolley
lines inithis State.'and jiercliaiiee they
might deem it worth while to giv e such
advice as their large ex|»erlence fits
to do, in order hi encourage the eon
si ruction of such a proposed road as
the one submitted to them. It is an
nounced llint this railroad company is
to expend *1,000,000 on the construc
tion of lliree new trolley lines. The
contracts are to be let at once, and work
will liegin on all three this fall.
The suspension of nil movements in
building electric mads that occurred
last year, after the Itnancial flurry, has
ended, and work in their const ruction
is lieing resumed—indicating great con
fidence in the early restoration of pros
perity. The farmers will tie lirst to
realize it in (treat measure; the railroad'
will come next, then the \ arious indtis
tric', and by next spring the country
will not only Ire entirely recovered from
business depression, but will lie striv
ing to make good the present year's
losses, depending in great measure,
upon harvestio‘> the pr *r_> year’s
i promising tmpiiralled crops without
iJisa-ter.
if the |ample of this part of Wind
ham county have not losi all hope of
the early recovery from the business
depression which this country and
! the world, we might also say—ha~
I hir nine months been passing through,
they should now manifest it by joining
in some movement that will strength
en the present growing confidence that
! the country ison the way to a condi
tion of rapid recovery of its wonted
prosperity . No heller indication of this
ho|s fill feeling can they give than by
taking some action l opt art a movement
to learn w hat can la1 done to gel a trol
ley road huilt through a section of coun
try that greatly needs tegular rapid
transit, and which would cheer the
hearts of every man, woman and child
in all that region and, if consummated,
would add business enterprises, an in
dustrial population, liesjdes increasing
value to all property, to say nothing
of the social and educational advanta
ges that would go with the other bless
ings.
Secular Bu-ine-s It) be (!pt;nl) Carried On
Sunday in this City.
Mr. Samuel Keniek, a Jew. who con
ducts n grocery store on South Main
street,makes the following declaration:
“No more blue lid Sunday- for our |>eo
pie, for I’m going to sell pajier-, soda,
iee cream anti: smokes." lie is going
to carry out his pur|>o«e untier the shel
ter of the following State law:
“No person who conscientiously be
lieves that the seventh day of the week
ought to be observed a- the Sabbath,
anti actually refrains from secular bu
siness and labor on that day, or w ho
conscientiously believe* that the Sale
bath begins at sundown on Friday
night and ends at sundow n on Satur
day night, anti actually refrains from
secular business and labor during said
period, and who has tiled written no
tice of such belief with the prosecuting
attorney of the court having jurisdic
tion, shall be liable to prosecution for
performing secular business and labor
on Sunday, provided he disturb* no
other |ter*on who is attending public
worship."
Having complied with all the re
quirement* of the law, even to giving
the Prosecuting Attorney notice of hi*
intention, Mr. Keniek will, no doubt,
make his threat good: that there will
i>e “No more blue lid Sundays for our
people," and will teach Americans j
w hat true liberty is. If he succeeds in ,
ills p;ir|>o*e to carry on his regular bu- j
Sunday, and. in addition, v> -ell j
newspapers, .'soda, ice cream, candy '
and ' -moke*,*' he will have the mono-'
p. . i f a urge and lucratl’ e 1 1-1: e •
gr;,| will t-e on the high mad U» fortune j
The Hartford paper* are discussing ;
the -trugeie made in this city to put a |
, ,, j, ,j secular business, and
stem to think that it will not succeed.
I; remains to be seen.
_Mr- M.Gasc -igrte's Sunday school j
; ciass held a cake and ice cream sale on j
| (}te Uwn of the Methodist church on
i Wednesday afternoon.
Practical Vtcrtn ter the Civic Lenar.
The protracted effort of the Putnam
> Civic league to ha\e the State law en
forced, forbidding any secular business
1 or labor to be transacted on Sunday,ex
cept works of necessity or mercy, ha*
been lie, ally decided judicially in their
favor. Prosecuting Attorney Card hml
refuses! to prosecute an offender after
evidence was furnished him showing
that the Stale law had been violated,
on the ground it was not his duty. He
readily agreed, however, that if the
ionrts decided that It was obligatory
upon him as the Prosecuting Attorney
of the city to enfor c the law, lie should
do so impartially, and close up every
kind of businea carrier! on during Sun
day.
The Civic league thereupon, through
Slate Attorney Searb*. applied to Judge
Korahack, of the Superior Court, for a
writ of mandamus toeoui|>el Prosecut
ing Attorney Card to prosecute Ihe \ io
Intor. Judge Horaback rendered his
decision Thursday afternoon. He llmt.s
that ihe offender's act was a clear vio
lation of law and that the Prosecuting
Attorney's refusal to act in the case vv as
neglect of plain duty.
The fact that tlie Court refused to
grant the writ of mandamus on a tech
nicality, lias no bearing on the matter
whatever. The Civic League had no de
sire to punish the Prosecuting Attorney
for his refusal to prosecute the offender,
lint to demonstrate that those who did
secular business on Sunday were viola
ting the Slate law and could U' com
is* lied to desist, and punished if they
refused. In this they have clearly suc
ceeded. Ilnovv remains foi Prosecut
ing Attorney Card to proceed against
every v iolator of the law w ho |>er*ists
in doing secular busint — on Sunday,
no matter of what character, with the
exception of necessity amt mercy.
This matter of enforcing the Sunday
law is lieing agitated in other parts of
the Stale, and every decision is of in
leresl to tlie entire State. For that rea
son we herewith give Judge Koralmek's
decision in full.
Section I '.«•!* «>f the General statutes
reads as follows: Kvery person who
-hall ih> any secular business or lalior,
except works of neecssit> or merer . or
keep open any shop, warehouse, or any
manufacturing or nieehanienl estab
lishment, or expose any properly for
sale, or engage in any sport tielwccii 1
o'clock Saturday night aiol IJ o'clock
Sutulay night, shall be titled not no re
than sbo.
Justice Kit hi vv!: m- )• rfls-r of the
supreme court «t < aliforuia in sjteak
ing of the nitsc r\mice of our Sunday
law well -aid that Its mpmement is
I cessation of labor. ill it- enaciiuent
the legislature ha> given the sanction
of law to a rule of eon I net which the
i entire civilized world recognize- as e
-eiitiai to tlie pby v. til ami moral well
being of society. I pnn no subject is
there such a eoneurrenee of opinion
among pMiosophers, moralists ami
statesmen of all nations, a- on the no
eesslty of periodical cessations from In
b tr. One tiny in -even is the rule,
founder! oit experience ami su-laincd
In science. The proliibition <>f secular
Imsines- on Sunday is Htivo-aled on
the ground that try it the general wel
fare i> atlt tmeeii, lal»u protected ami
the moral amt physical wellbeing of
society promoter)
It is atliniUeil by the re-pomlent in
Ibis case that on Sunday, May lit, lists,
one George Peterson kept o|ten his store
ami plnee of tnisine—, and therein ex
posed for sale amt tlnl sell -oda water,
confectionery anti ice cream.
It Is also conceded that the resjstii
dent, with full knowledge and infor
mation of t hese facts, refused to make
presenimerit and complaint for the al
leged violations of our statute law.
11 is c almed in behalf of Proscci'tlug
Attorney Karri that ilie acts of Mr. 1V
terson complained of could lie justified
a- a work of necessity, ami that after
investigation, lire rc-|ioiideitt was of
the opinion that the said Peterson bad
committed no crime or misdemeanor.
So that it rp|iear* in the ease now un
der consideration the prosecuting at
torney declined to act, not ls-eau»e
there is any controversy as to tire fuels,
but solely because rl is ills opinion'as a
matter of law that no crime or intsde
meanor lias been committed.
< »ur supreme court in the recent case
of state against Kyan made the follow
ing ohservution in rehition to the v iola
lion of our Sunday law. “The ques
tlon remains whether the act of the de
fendant was the doing of any secular
business or labor within the meaning
of section l.Wft. The v erdiel established
the fact that he had done secular busi
ness or labor on Sunday which actual
ly disturbed the public peace and qui
et or annoyed, interrupted, or disturb
ed a citizen in his proper observanee of
the day. This, without question, was
ample to show a violation of the stat
ute.
The offense of Mr. Peterson com
plained of was a clear violation of our
law relating to the olwervanee of the
Sabbath day, and the proa.t'uling at
torney, in reruaing to act, .neglected to
perform his plain duty.
It is tbeduty of every Informing offt
eer to see that false and frivolous char
ges are not preferred, and that criminal
process is not resorted to for |ier.<onal
or private ends, but it is equally his
duty to see that the plain violations of
the law of the state shouldibe fearless
!y investigated, and the theory that
prosecuting officers of this state have
the absolute power to determine who
shall, or shall not. Is- prosecuted, i<
hardly supported by the law .
While the writ of mandamus will
not ordinarily tie granted to control
discretion, yet in a ease *o clear and
-p •- : e O' —I 1.1 I! 1,-t
Mr. Peterson, it would -vein that there
w a* no element of discretion left in the
performance of his duty spat the part
of the pr isecuting altorney, and that
In refusing to pr*is‘ >le, Mr Card was
The alleged violation of She law up
on the part of Mr. Peterson apfiears to
have been committed upon May loth,
IIS's.
.Section M<l of oar statutes provides
that prosecutions for violation of llie
Sunday law shall be brought within
• one month after the commission of the
I offense.
The office of mandamus la to point
1 out the *|s*cif1e act commanded to tie
performed, and I am unable toconaeive
why this court should enjoin a ipeosee
j tiling attorney to prosecute ifoe the
conimission of an offense wlttefi is so
I plainly bar rest by the statute of Uimta
tions
For this reasoualone the application
! Is denies!.
Tke Lid m Tifht Oaca flare.
| As we noted some w eeks ago the lid
on Sunday otwerv ance had cot ten a lit*
! tie awry, Last Sunday It w an stralght
ened up, put on light, and the city po
lice force were sent to sit on It and hold
it down.
I'rvMeculing Attorney Card had sta
ted that, if Judge Itorahsck decided
lhal the State law|had lieen violated by
those who had !>een kepiiiK open their
shops on Sunday under the Mceiise
Issued by the Mayor, and that it *»'
Iris, ihe Attorney’s, duty to inforce lire
statute regardless of the city ordinance,
he would act Immediately and enforce
the stntute to the letter.
The city fatliers, w ho passed the or
dinance also expresseit their opinions,
thal if (he ordinance was not satisfae
torv, and an attempt was made to close
up under the statute, everything should
is1 closed light, and no work, except of
necessity or mercy, should !»■ allowed
to ts‘ done, and no shops should la1 al
lowed to la' kept open for the sale of
| anything.
After receiving Judge Korabaek's de
cision, which apiaars in another col
umn, Prosecuting Wlorncy t ard called
those |iersoiis together, who had ta'en
keeping o|H'ii under city licenses, and
told them they would have to keep
their places closed on Sunday and re
train from doing tiny work, except of
necessity or mercy As a result all their
places of business were kept closet! on
Monday.
When the police started out Sunday
morning to learn how die lid was, they
found there was already. In tlieir oplu
ion, a hit of work for them to do to
straighten it—as two restaurants were
found with wide o|ien doors and Hunt
hungry launders were enjoying their
Sunday morning breakfast of lsums
and sinkers. Hubert <’ Hammond was
taken from Kiln's eafe, and Na|ioieon
Kudo was found In charge of May hew "a
lunch room. It was rather early in the
morning, and but few people were stir
ring, and it was some little tjlne before
these men succetsle I in linding Isolds
men, and were released.
When the newsilt alers were nci|unlu
fed with the fact dial they could not
sdl newspaper* they nodtledthe puli
Ushers When the Captain of police
came up the street shortly after seven
o'clock Sunday* morning, he was sur
prised to set a man on the station plat
form, at the east end of t’nton street,
who had a truck load of newspapers.
He was in his shirt sleeves busily en
gaged in actuating the different purls
nf his papers. This mail was surely
working and must Is* ariesicd. And
he w ns lie found a Ismdsinan, was
put under >7 i liomls. He then went
back to his truck load of pa|s*rs, and
resumed o|a*rations. He w a» soon sur
rounded In a hundred citizen*, who
stood about watching operations, and
it was sihiii learned that he was the
agent of a Boston daily, sent out to see
what could Is* done aland distributing
their papers. He was not selling his
wares, hut now and then some js-rson
would w ulk up, lake a pa|s*r, and w alk
away. In aisuil fifteen minutes the
( a plain again appeared, and again
placed him under arrest, and In* again
gave bonds. Back he came and re
sumed his work, and llllecn minutes
later the < upturn ap|s*ared. The ( up
tain stood for a few moment* w atching
the foMiug prox-ss, arid then step|s*d
up and said: “ Well, I guess it's time to
take you down again." The agent ic-k
eil if he couldn't wait until he folded
the reit of the papen, but the ( '«|itain
replied that he muat make a g<s>d re"
cord, and that required an arrest once
in fifteen minute*—and tile same pro
ceeding was gone through with for the
third lime. This was no new ex|*
rtence to the agent, a* he staled that he
had been arrested as many a» 2H limes
in one day. When he came back the
next time he loaded his papers Into a
wagon in waiting and started down
Pom fret street, followed for a ways by
the crowd. There was also a procession
of carriages and automobiles, which
followed along clear to the Oary school
house and across the line into Pomfrel,
where the agent began to dispose of his
papers.
He returner! U» the city on his way to
Thompson, and was again arrested as
he was passing through the city and
again furnished bonds. This was Ills
last appearance for tile day. After this
tire city was as light as light could ire.
The sequel will be found under the
< ily Court news.
Ct)r Ossrl KtisssM
The court room was jammed to the
rloors, and there was an overflow out
into tire streets, w hen the first ear* *
were taken up by the f ourl Monday
morning. Tire eases were those of lu*.
bert ilammond ami NapohMW Ho*|o,
fordoing secular business on Monday.
They were rtpresaoled by attorney J.
K. ( arpenter.w bo asked for an adjourn
ment. Ttie request was granted and
trie cases adjourned to Thursday.
The next case* taken up were the ad
journed cases of Alfjefl Jarv is, Arthur
Broduer, Hoy Paine and tieo. Part*,
charged w tth selling |»M cards mi Sun
itay
They all pleaded guilty amt waved
the reading of llie cMuptltiil. Tlie
ProNceuling Attorney muk a state
ment which, he said. would ap|dy lo
all the ease*. lie -aid all the men held
licensee granted l»y the Mayor, amt
they n*ay have thought that tliev had
some right to make the sates, but in
reality they had no right, at lead not
I to sell ptxdai cards. The ottence Is a
| trivial one hut is, nevertheless, a vtola
| lion of tl>e law, and white t think
there dumid he Mime ptinishment, I
1 think it should lx' light.
Attorney Torrey, who appeared for
some of tin1 men, suggested that a line
of ft la- lm|x>scd and that owls bo
waived. Mr. Card said that would lx*
satisfactory to him.
Mr. Torrey stated that there had Ixx'n
no wanton infringement of the law.
The men had done what they hadlxx'n
accustomed to do for the j)'»t live or
ten years it would lx! a rank Injustice
to make them pay any xulxdanlial sum.
lie thought the |xs<|)le who instigated
this thing would lx- |ierfee'tly saiisIWd.
They don't want blood money they
simply want I he law enforced.
The Judge asked If the men had lived
up to section Idriir of the general stal
uies, mut Hie Prosecuting Attorney re
plied that, sluin' tlie mandamus ease
had Ix'eu decided, they had closely ob
served the law
Judge Itussell then stated that Ids
inclination vv as In U- extremely lenient
and impose a light ixnallv, ixeause
they stood in a |iecultnr |H>sitlon lx1
I ween the ordluanee and the Stale law,
and therefore the penally should lx'
Ught. Ills intention was to liii|xx>e a
line of *1 ami costs; tint lie was wil
ling to go a step further, and w aive the
posts if the delendaiils wish U.
TtliiMf w hu made the complaints were
asked if they wished to say anythtiiK,
mul nil expressed themselves us beliiK
saViMltcd with it line of ft. The line
was then Imposed ill each elite, and
costs were remitted.
'Hie next mt* taken ti|> wnn that of
Alexander J, Morrison, charitcd in four
. eounlt with iIoIiik secular business, not
I a work of necessity or mercy, on Miin
I tiny. Three counts chanced him with
i folding newspuiiers and one w ith Iran*
| porting slime.
I ( fti»tHiii of |h>Uoc Morrill tolil of see
i ine Morrison folding l*aperit rfnd arro-.t
| lug him tlnee limes.
(Hflner* John Mdiulre Mini Jiiines
(<I'Hrien told of arresting Morristm on
reliirnlnK from Pomfrct.
Moirhum, ivlio whs represented hy
Mllorney < Imrles I,. Torrey, liatk tho
stand in his own liehnlf. lie snnl Ills
home ous m iioston, Hint lie o h» em
liloyed as traveling man for (lie lloston
I “ \merlenn." When it win learned
I Ii Hi impels would not Is- allowed to lie
sold in I’uiiiMiit on Sunday, lie reeeiv
eii orders to eome to i’lituain and lake,
the |mjk1 is to the nearest point to the
tow n and sell them there. The pit|ierx
were sup] sised lo eome to him witli the
several parts iiiHerled together, as they
were sent lo him |>erNoiinlly . "Kouml
they were not eonipleie, mid 11101 ik111 I
! eon Id eomplete them on the station
i plalfoim, and w title doing so w as pot
i under tore led. Handed no papefMOUl,
, and didn't know whether or not |S’oplc
tisik them. When arrested the last
; time, Wits trying (o (jet on the other
, side of the town. Was trying to make
j my hors’ no. I tilin't distribute any
pa|M-rs m the city. Took them to the
I other side of the road, near a school
j house, where the Isiundary line of the
! town is located.
> ross examined Am Imu'linK mmi,
nut (It- “trouble iiijiii." \\ hi out to
convey papers to nearest point to the
town Hint sell tliem. I .cl people tnke
tliem w iltiout paying for tliem, because
loss could Lie made up hy charging it
up to exiMMite account. Thought lie
co ltd work there, mid wt 111 think* so.
Thought the < aplaln was wrong each
lime he arrested him. Male of paper*
had never lieen *top|»ed In thl* State
an far an he knew. I 'line with the In
tention to distribute pa|iers, but not In
Putnam. Hail to tran*|xirl them to get
them out of town.
Questioned by the Judge, said: Keen
here before but knew nothing about the {
< onnccticul laws or statutes regard
ing work on Hunday. Wasn't told of
the law when arrested; wasn’t even
told he had violated the law.
M r. < 'ard, In opening called attention
to section l HUB of the general statutes,
and pointed out that the only defence
that could be maintained was, that the
work (tone by the defendant was a
work of necessity or mercy and that
would not apply in this case.
In reply, Mr. Torrey said: What his
brother f'ard had said was true, but
there was also another side, and that
whs, that the whole thing isloo trislal.
If Mr. < urd » (.‘(intention ts true I am,
myself, liable, for I trimmed a rose
bu»h in my yard last Monday. Yes,
sir, I did, and I Invite prosecution, t
I dr,re say nearly all of I'utnam might
| be arrested, There was no infringriicnt
! >>f the law. Why didn't they watt un
til 1 »-• mm had sold a ji.(j*-r. Your
Honor wouldn’t think of arresting a
mao for playing a hose on his garden,
or riding a bicycle up the street on Mon
day- No jury in the world would ever
remviet tliem, nor this man. If the
Prosecuting Attorney intends to en
force this law he should proceed against
things that are gross—not these tittle
trivial thing*.
I It wim to mt this man ought to be
mV|UiIM If he is not acquitted I feel
sure that some time amt somewhere
there alii t>e a change of sentiment
lie re.
In reply, the Prosecuting Attorney
' saiii he thought this man came here
with the intention of violating the law
j -anti tie ilitl violate It. Me works for
. a newspaper company that tries to run
i things to suit themselves. They picket!
out a gootl man when Iheyt sent this
| ilefemtant, for he certainly sueceetietl in
i breaking the law to a considerable de
gree. \\ ill |iroseeute things moregrtm
if they are (svlnltsl out. Me then called
attention to theimandamus decision of
Jutige Koralvack, as changing his opin
ion about some things. Me though the
man should Iw found guilty and the
lull )>eiialty of the law till lasted
Julge Itussell said there had been
only a technical violation of the law.
The man rame to the city without any
intention, as far as It ap|tears, of sell
ing pa|STs in Tulnam. Me titd no!
know atavut the law, and thought he
was living up to the law by not sell
ing Ills |st|teis In the city limits. There
Is only a tcchnleal, not a gross, viola
tion of the law I will pay no atten
tion to the Itrsi count. I llnd him not
guilty on that, as I conshter that was
a warning to hint, but I tludhlm guil
ty on the three last counts, and tintswo
I a Hue of *1 on each, and, a- in theoth
j > r cases, I shall remit costs. The tines
I were |«ild
| Michael J. i.yneh, of this city, wlio
j assisted in folding the pii|H'rs, also had
Ihr charge against him nollctj, on the
| same ground as the first against Mor
rison,
1 lit' ease ol Itoliert I litmmond charged
wiih exposing property for sale, per
forndiig secular lalsir not n work of
iwwmiUy or me rev , mnl keeping open
a shop on Monday, contrary to Meclloii
l.tWi, wax taken up Thursday morning.
IVitliniiny wax ullVml showing lhak
the orttcer went to Ktta's t uff Holiday
iiiorntiiK anil g<s*d* excised on tin#
shelve*. The cigar cane wax covered
over, but cigars could be wen through
one emt. Hauiimmil wax 1 •nek oil ho
counter with some knives and forks In
hU hand when lit* was arrested. Mr.
Ititn lest tiled that he ran n restaurant
anil hail regular hoarders, Covered up
the cigar cun , and told Ids clerks not
in sell snt figure, let' cream or soda oti
Monday, and lluil none were sold. Tho
I’roseeutlug Attorney had lold him ho
could serve meals tin Monday. Con
suited n lawyer who told him to pur*
sue the (suitsi* lie did. Mr. t 'aril said
lie thought a mini had a right .to sell a
meal at any time a* long as It was a
siihslantlal meal, .kllornoyt'arpfntvr,
who npiaiired for the defendant, said
he didn't see how his client was al
lowed In keep njien lo serve regular
meals and was then arrested liefnre ho
sold anything. The I’roseeutlngAHor
rify contended that the place was a
shop, that It was kept o|ien, that pies
were prn|K!rly and that they were ex
|H>sed for sale, and l lint ...I was
there engaged in secular buxines*. Mr.
t arpenter eon tended that a restaurant
was a necessity, and that that lieiug so
the necessary work to eon duet tl pro|>*
erly was a work of necessity. Iluiii
i mond w as found nol guilty on all thus*
j founts. The Judge was asked for hi*
I opinion whether or not Icecream could
: is- served, and staled Hint he thought
{ if might la* sold with meals.
. City Make* New Contract with l.iicbl ft -
I'uwer Company.
I The Mayor and Aldermen Miner and
i Telit, inembeimif tile *1 reel light com
I ml I lee, met in conference with Maua
[ iter Thurston of the Putnam Light <b
; I'uwer Co., Thursday evening, relative
| to miikiiiit a new eontraet for lighting
I the oily street*—-the old contract ex
piring In August. The Council amend*
| cil the contract submitted by the Light
A I'uwer Co., *o that the term would
lie for one year Instead of three, and no
that the rebate to tie allowed by the
corn |«ny for lijtlita out wan Inc maned
from 2ft cent* |ier night to fto oenU.
Till* amended contract the compMiy
refu*e<i to aign. They alau refuned to
imrlall new HghU voted by the (bun
ell, but later on i|ualltted thin latter
Ntaternent, and agreed to In*tall all but
two on Miiuth Main atiwet—the two
mentioned to be inatalled only upon
condition that the city erect the f~ln
Tbla refuaal stirred up the inemhero
of the Council, and the committee
who, at tlie lent regular meeting, ex.
preneed their,opinion* freely relative to
the iMMilton maintained by the Iright
<'ompany. The reNult wa*, that at the
meeting Thursday night, when Urn
matter wa* gone over, It waa decided
that a fine of :t 12 cent* an hour~tlm
«wt of mwrallog a light—*hould be
imponed fur light* out. Tlie Increase
from 2ft to fttl cent* wa* for the pur|«>*u
■>f giving the city better service, a* It
w h* thought the extra charge would be
an incentive to the company to endt-a
vor to keep all light* in proper Condi
j lion.
FhU wa* .dated by the Mayor, audit
, '* a'! hgfeed by the manager that tin*
: service would be kept up to a high
■ standard. A* tlie erty t* entitled to
\ li'l* rebate, and it i* tnipoeatble for the
j l*"iiee to ascertain all the light* that,
are out, e*|««ially in the outskirts
of ll*€ til)r( il Mhoutil Ipc omitifl.-ftMl a
i duty by each citizen to report to the
» * plain of police when they «e a light
out. The contract wa* not signed at
thi* time, but it i* believed that It wtU
be signed *oon.