The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-23

Giovanni Scialdo, an Italian, was in
| court charged with discharging fire.
arms in the city limits. He was fined
SO by Judge Dow. .
Perrin Richardson and Edward La
vigne were charged with assaulting a
! Chinaman named June CHM on Liberty
| street. CHM claimed that he lost $40
from his pockets in the struggle. Judge
Dow discharged both the accused.
Albert M. Archibald was in court
charged with obstructing Policeman
John W. Grant. The case was nolled,
as the offense was not a serious one
| Hugh Mulvey, son of Peter M. Null
vey, who is charged with assaulting
Morris Lavine, had his case continued
until Thursday, March 2.
The charge of violating the liquor
law pending against Mary Corcoran Of
| Sc George street was continued until
March /.
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Wallace Y. Beach, of 26 Richards
street, West Haven, has been arrested
by officers of the law and order league,
and it is said that Beach is charged
with enticing young girls by a fraudu-
lent use of the press and mails. His
method has been to- advertise in the
newspapers for young girls to read,
write, play piano and various other oc-
equations These advertisements would
be answered by some young women,
thereby opening up a correspondence
that resulted unsatisfactory to them.
The attention of the league was
brought to the matter, a family in
Brooklyn having made the complaint
\ daughter of the family mislaid the
letters at her home and the parents
learned of the correspondence.
One of these letters made an ap-
pointment for this young lady to come
to New Haven and meet Beach at the
depot. She arrived at o'clock Mon
day afternoon, and was Immediately
approached by Beach and his arrest fol-
lowed and he was locked up at West
Haven.
The defendant will be arraigned
in the West Haven court on Saturday
at a. nl The bond will probably be
fixed at $4,000.
Mr.. Thrasher said that his attention
had been called to the fact that the
mails were being used for the purpose
of enticing girls and advertisements
had appeared in the papers. The Off
GERS of the league had got clue and
the arrest of Beach was the outcome.
He states that the prisoner used the
name of Haynes Randall in his nego.
tiations.
When the arrest of Beach was made
team was in wait ng, and Mr. Thrash
ed conducted the girl to the team and
the party was driven away. 1t is sup
posed that the party were friends of the
family and that the girl has returned t,
Brooklyn.
The offense is a most serious one, the
maximum penalty being five years in
state prison. Further than this, Beach
is liable to prosecution by the United
States government for using the mails
Illegally
Beach is short in build and is APP
parently about sixty years of age He
has gray hair, almost turning white.
and wears a mustache He formerly
resided at SO Grove street, where he
rented rooms to students. EIe is mar
ried, but it is said that owing to do.
nestle difficulties his wife separated
from him some time ago. Ee seems to
have no particular business, although
he poses as broker" When he was
last regularly employed he was engaged
in distributing slot machines from
which chewing gum and small packages
OF CONNECTIONS could be obtained Beach
for time selected the Free Public IL
brary as the place for meeting those
with whom the correspondence pro-
crossed far enough to warrant person.
al conversation, A plan was made to
arrest him at the library, but the young
lady who was to have been there to
meet him became frightened and left
before the police arrived and before
Beach came. This frightened Beach
and he chose some other place for his
meetings.