Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-23
JUDGE ROOTS HOUR.
rne cooley House Ra,ded ana Fo

rne Cooley House Raided and Four
 sinners Fsnnd. s l, The Cooley house proprietor is liable to get himself into trouble unless he resorts to stricter measures than he now practices, to prevent Itineraut couples from occupy sing his rooms as married couples, The police have had that hotel under sur veillance for some time and early this morning they found an opportunity to bring four guilty people before Judge Roos. About ? o'clock Serge ant Dodds and Officer William Brickel desired a better acquaintance with the occupants of some rooms in that house than the regis ter told them. As a consequence the door of the first room to which they applied for admission was opened by a man in very scant attire. When asked if he was mar ried he replied that he. had been married in the evening. He gave his name as Frank Locke. In bed in the room was a woman who gave the name of Mary Dal- ton. aged 20. Both names were evidently ficticious, but under these names they were prosecuted this morning. The man pleaded guilty to the charge of fornication and the woman not guilty. Each was fined $7 and costs and ten days in jail. The woman took an appeal and was bailed out.
 Knocking for admission at another room the door was opened by John Healey. who was also in scanty attire. In bed was fund a woman who gave her name as Mary Brennan, but who proved to be the we'll known Mrs Nellie O'Brien. Both pleaded not guilty to the charge of adul- | 'ery, and each was bound over to the next term of the superior court under $l ,0O0 bonds.
 Dennis Bowling. boy of 15, was charged with assault on Robert Parker. l The latter said that Bowling and a boy named Fitzmaurice who. by the way. broke his leg last night. threw snow balls at some men on Washington street Mon day. Parker told the men it was Bowling and when he. Parker, was returning from work that night, be was set upon by a crowd near Liberty street and kicked and beat with snow balls. He recognized Bowling and Fitzmaurice. The mother of the boy was in court and pleaded for her son as he was her only support Judge Raot said he believed Bowling was the rIngleader of the crowd and fined him $lU | and costs.
 James Byron was charged with assault on hls cousin, Kate Denehy. The latter said that Byron last night, sent for her sister to come to his house as he wanted to see her. They all live on Railroad Hill street. She accompanied her sister, when suddenly Byron jumped from an alley way struck her and knocked her down and | chased her sister into a saloon. Byron said that the two girls had abused his family and that the younger of the two was being led astray by the toughs in the neighborhood and he thought it was his duty to chastlse her. He had sent for heI to rebuke her and he did not strike either of them. Judge Root evidently believed Byron's story in part, for he fined hin only $10 and costs, which was paid.
 John Finders. was once more sounded up this morning. He was charged wltl drunkenness, breach of the peace and be ing a common drunkard. When he va, brorght in last night by officer Smith h, tried to break away from the officer to at tack Chief Egan, who was behind the desk He used the foulest and most indecen language in the meantime. This mornin, Finders record was shown the court. H. has been convicted nire times of being common drunkard but denied strenuousl, this morning that he was such and insisted that the charge was always trump ed up against him, unti Judge Root warned him to desist H. begged for Gods sake to be let of. A, he has not been convicted for a year th charge of a common drunkard received suspended judgment and Finders wa given thirty days for drunkenness and si months for breach of the peace.
 Mary Osborne. better known as Mar Wolcott, who was brought to the statloI in sleigh. also begged to be released She was given $l0 and costs.
 Michael Moore was fined $l0 and cost for drunkenness