Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-21
POLICE COURT.
\ Band Gang Hound Over to the Superior
 Court For Theft.

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 Court For Theft.
 PolIce court lasted just two hours this morning. Prosecuting Agent Holohan acted as prosecuting attorney in the absence of Attorney Russell.
 Henson Dieh got $ for drunkenness. Thomas Flynn. who persisted in calling himself Tom Dodds last night. when he called at the station for lodging will be more careful the next time not to take in vain the name of our brawny sergeant of police. He got Sl and costs for drunken ness.
 A clever sneak thief who gave the name of John Bartlett. will remember Waterbury when he is freed from jail. He had a case of shoes in a saloon over on Meadow street last night and was trying to dispose of them when it was discovered that the shoes were all rights" This awakened suspicion and Officer Noonan was called in. He arrested Bartlett, who was quite drunk. Later it was learned that the shoes were the property of James O"Dell, a drummer for c. $. SiSson .S Co. of Boston. The cases, which had been left at the New England station, were carried away by Bartlett The value of the goods was Sjh Bartlett was given thirty days in jail for drunkenness and bound over for theft under $500 bonds.
 Two well known crooks. who have a record in all the larger cities of New Eng land met their nemesis in Waterbury this morning. The men are James. alias Doe" O'Brien. and John alias Red Ahern. Both are all around gamblers, shell men and general crooks. With them was captured Patrick kavanaugh. Henry Ward was in Fruin's saloon on Bank street last night when he was inveigled into a dice game by O'Brien snd young man named Henry Dowd. The other two kept in close proximity and watched the game. After the game and when they had all left the saloon Ward found that some expert had abstracted his gold watch from from his pocket leaving him only his chain. He went to the police station and told of his loss and who had been with him. David was first found. He said that O'Brien had taken the watch and sold it to a young man named Philip Demers for g The watch was found and David and Demers were told to de- part this morning at the police court. About l2 o'clock Officer Pagan arrested Ahern on South Main street About l o'clock Officers Mccarthy and Tehan ar rested OBrien and Kavanaugh on Bishop street. This morning O'Brien said David stole the watch and tried to sell it to Kavanaugh and Ahern claimed to know nothing about il. Eich was then charged with vagrancy. Each was given sixty days for vagrancy and bound over for theft under $500.
 Martin Garangelo was charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell and with selling without license. Tony Childs and his wife were the principal witnesses. They testified that Garangelo kept a regu- lar gambling house in his tenement at B Union street: that they had bought and seen bought. beer there. They had seen boxes of beer brought there on Saturday nights The accused had several wit nesses who testified that he did not sell that some of them were present when Childs was there and he had not paid for beer. He was found guilty and fined $50 on ore case and $50 and costs on the other. It was brought out in the trial that GaTangelo made his own liquor from alcohol lemons and suoar