Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-26
UNIQUE PUNISHMENT.

Judge CONyeIl Says That CharAes NS
 Allen, Who BrutaIly Assaulted His
 Mother i'm Law. Ought to Be
 Drowned. saulting his mother-in-law, Mrs Mary Mclaughlin, on August 9, was tried this morning.
 Dr Goodenough said he was called In week after the assault. He found that the woman had two broken ribs and other minor bruises. She told him that Allen had taken hold of her and threw her around violently, causing the injuries.
 Mrs. Allen, wife of the accused, took the stand and said she was married to Al len under the name of Isabella McLaugh- lin. Here Allen shouted, ''That is not so. object to her making that statement. She was not married under that name.' Judge Cowell interposed, saying, "You keep still. :. I will attend to your case when this trial is over.''
 The woman went on and said she had | five children. The night before the as- sault Allen came home drunk. The next morning he wanted meat for his breakfast. He was told he ought to buy it in place of l liquor. He replied by saying he was not going to support all his wife's relatives. Mrs. Allen said that her mother gave more returns than she received. He then or dered her mother from the house. She was sitting in chair and Allen seized her around the waist and threw her out of the door. Mrs. Allen jumped between them and saved her mothor from falling on the stair steps outside. Allen, she said, had a violent temper, and is often under the in huence of liuuor. Her mother was 73 years of age. They have little place in trust, under the name of Sarah DonelSon, for the children.
 Attorney Seery, who defended Allen, in troduced no evidence.
 Judge Cowell said he would prefer that the superior court deal with such man. "In well regulated society,"" he said such a character should be drowned as are worthless kittens. If had the author ity might impose such a sentence" He hound him over under $2 ,000 bonds.
 Patrick Creeden said he was liberated
 from jail only few weeks ago, having served sentence of thirteen days out oi
 thirty. He was let go by State Attorney Doolittle. Judge Cowell sent him down
 again for thirty days with costs for drunk,
 enness.
 William Reed got s3 and costs fol drunkenness. John Moran, who was told Saturday tc
 skip out, failed to do so and was found iI
 wagon on Meadow street at half past two Sunday morning, by Officer NJ. Sullivan
 He was given thirty days with costs. Bernard Kelly was given S3 and cost: for his little drunk.
 Shortly after six o'clock yesterday after noon screams and cries of murder were heard coming from the tenement over tht blue front furniture store on Abbott ave 3 nue. A crowd cOngregated and the repor 2 went round that woman was murdered Walter A. Wooster and another man wen 7 to the place, opened the door and found ;
 woman lying drunk at the foot of tn 8 stairs. They notified the police, ant Detective Egan and Officers Clatfey ant ! Hayes went to the tenement and arrested a Melinda Frost, William and Sarah Con e molly. All were drunk. Chief Egan sai' f this morning that the Frost woman wa n helplessly drunk except for her mouth
 She was almost naked when brought t 7, the station. James F. Gaunt. wh was in the vicinity. heard the screams | Each of the officers said the house was i
 a terrible shape, the furniture was tosse' | around and everything was in disorder l. Detective Egan said that the Frost woma > was common prostitute. She and he '- sister, Mrs Connolly, were convicted fC g being frequenters of the gate house unde IT the name of the Baker sisters. Fac e pleaded guilty to the charges. Judg
 Cowail said he di not know whether Nil
 Connolly was ma!itd or not. Th
 woke her up and she said: can prov
 it. can show my certificate.
 l Connolly was gwen thlrly dSNS all d costs for drunkenness and 5 and costs fl
 breach of the peace. His wife was give l, | the same. The Fro woman was give ID tue same with an extra dose of thirty day K and costs Tor being d common prostitute. .h William Barry was charged with assau d on John Kelly on August 2l. Kelly, WI Ee is an old, decrepit man, said he went in ,d Mrs Corcoran's for drink on the morl Id ing in question. He was refused, and
 H-it Rorry who
 out the place. The latter struck hi
 in the mouth and knocked tooth ou
 Barry told Kelly he was Il
 worst bum he ever saw. Kelly said: 1T " not half the bum you are. don't nal r, my living by sweeping up buns leavings
 Barry denied striking him at all. Jud! Cowell fined him $2O and costs. "l The case against James and Ellen ke es nedy. for keeping a disordery hous De which was adjourned for two weeks to s D. how the people would conduct thcmsclvt ns was nolcd.