Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-25
POLICE COURT Doiras
Johnson Bound Over tb Superior
 Court for Manslaughter.

l0 superior
 Court for Manslaughter. ,,,, Judge CoWell held City cpurt today. me session was rather lohg the case against Bernard Johnson for man. slaughter in causing the death of Charles Parsons last Sath,rdav night occupying the greater fpartIof the time. Dr Graves, assistant medical exam iner, testified to holt tinp Fan autonsy on the body of Parsons There were a few light bruises Oh Parsons's face. Over the left ear, whdre t,he sl>,1ll bono is thinnest, he found a cIot of blood about the size of his handl The cause oI ueatn was conpreSsion of the brain this clot pressing onl it Tho skul was fractured. He qid not think the fracture could be caused by a blow of a clinched fist; it Was caused most likely by heavy fall or blow from something heavy.
 August Carlstet Justified to having been drinking and Jlayinr dioo with the accused in Swah Olason,s saloon. Grand street. Parsdlns asLea to he al lowed to join the gAme He was all lowed ana soon aIteE witness dropped cur. fafsons and the accused then played for the three and Parsons lost A dispute arose. Rarsdns would not pay. He called Johnson q liar and Otner names ana W9nted tO fight him. Irouoie was m min ent. Parsons turned toward the door and dared Johnson to fight. Both men then left the saloon. When witness saw Par sons next the latter wds lying on the sidewalk near Cooney1s saloon with blood on his race. The sidewalk was very slippery. VII nes3 called some men out of the salo Jon hnd raised Par sons up.
 Frank Bryan embloNea ot Plume S, Atwood's and living oln North River side street. stated he lvas on his way home and was turnink onto Grand street from South Ndin street when he saw two or three linen on the cor ner scuffling. One mdn either struck or pushed one of the others who then dropped to the sidewalk. Blood was 1oWlnS rom f'af%onT's mouth when witness got up to him Mrs Knickrr- booker of the Union Resc,e mission | advised sending fer T fconyeyance. and man called Parsons by name but he did not respond. A hack was called and' the man takeh h pme
 The next witness wtas Detective Ca hey. This oflcer with Special Officer Hickey, arrested acclhsed at his home | at 30 o'clock last sunday. Johnson said What do You arrest me for?' | The officers said ''p3EsonS has entered a complaint agaihst you" Johnson replied Well, l ;woblld not complain l against him. lie wa inted to fight and l only struck hiln once and he fell. | He challenged mh to fight
 Johnson told his story then which was practically a has been published already. lie aqdcu that Parsons | brought on the trOulble, and made him feel that all i'll the s aloon looked upon him as afraid ot Parsons. Johnson was bound over To inc superior court, which sits here in t.lree weeks, under q bond of S1,00O.l
 | Martin kennedy came to town yes l terday with SID lin his pocket to buy | clothes. Instead he bought whskey and early i'll the Motning he was found | by Officer Balley oh the steps of Bene- | dict x Burnham s office with his over coat over his hei Id and he bowling as if he was paid for it. It was neces | Sary to take hiBn to the station in a | hack. His money was all gone and | today in court heI said he would pay for the ride if was given the op | portunity. Sent e was suspended.
 Richard Lucid was also charged with intoxicatio He was picked UT 1 by Officer Crol on the middle o1 | Canal street in drunken sleep. He i was fined S3 ant OStS.
 The same tine yas imposed on Ell:
 Maggie for the ame offense. Thi:
 woman said sl had been employed
 as cook until re htly in the house be
 low Naugatuck where mysteriou
 death took plat
 Moses Tillon olored. was charged
 with breach of he peace. His wifi testified agair him. Intoxicatiol was Tillons de nse Mrs Tillon sai' , she was afraid bf her husband be
 cause he said h would 'fiiX her. is sh ever had him rested and she want ed protection remove her thing
 from the housd The court bade he hush her fears nd make up. He alS , advised Tillon do better and that
 he hurt his w e he would find hin , self in the sta prison. To this MT
 Tillon said tn it might then be q
 over with her nd that confining he I husband in p son would be sma f comfort to he Sentence was Sus Y pended.
 a X complaint hgainst Michael O'Nei :. for breach of Q peace was continue 6 to tomorrow nOrning.