Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-19
DURANT REFUSED WARRANT.
Man Roughly Handled in Factory
 Must Bring Civil Suit.


 gestures more emphatic than a wink, that politics was good deal mixed up in the conduct of the office of pros- ecuting attorney This morning an incident occurred which added anoth- CT finger pointing in that direction. Attorney Durant refused to issue warrant for the arrest of a man who is. credited with being very active republican, Attorney Durant's politf- cal faith, notwithstanding that the complainant bore evidence of an as- sault that ought to enfitle his cause to at least a hearing in the city court The complainant was John Vorrvis. He was accompanied to Mir Duranfs office by Senator Kennedy, and the man complained of was Alon@o " Bronson, a foreman in the employ of the Waterbury Brass company, and whose department Vorrvis worked
 The story told by the complainant and the evidence on his face and clothing of the alleged conflict he had had with Bronson has, to say the very least, some complexion of the truth. torryis is short, but stout, and speaks the language of the country very im- perfectly. He told Mir Durant through an interpreter that he was employed with half dozen other men In the rolling mill department about the rolls. Monday, it will be recalled was decidedly uncomfortably hot day. In street. parlance it was "mug- gy. This was the condition out of doors; what must it have been work ing stripped to the shirt around heavy rolls In an atmosphere of oil. Vorryis and his half dozen fellow workers complained of the work they were do- Ing. They said it was hard and they could not do it. Nothing was said about wages, and they prepared to leave the mill. Bronson. so the story runs, angered at the attitude of the men, threatened them with discharge unless they would return to work The men refused, saying again the work was too hard for them to do This seemingly increased the temper ature of the fOreman's anger and he threw one of the men out doors. Vor- yiss he seemed 10 have paid particular attention to. He took this man by the throat and throttled him. throw ing him against the rolls which were in motion. The man had his dinner pail in his hand. leaving the factory peaceably when this assault was made upon him. He had his coat on and when he was thrown against the rolls by Bronson his garment got smeared all over the back with oil. Further more it was torn in two places. be- tween the shoulders and the skirt. His shirt was also smeared with the oil and was torn ill half a dozen places. Whether the garments got caught in the machinery and were torn by it's action, or that this condition is the result of the scuff1e with the fore man. Vorviss did not say. He did Say that he was not knocked down. but he was kicked once in the right Side, in the region of the hip. and once near the abdomen. He was struck on the nose. back tooth was broken and his face was cut in half a dozen places These cuts do not look as 1T they were made by q clenched fist. 1T they were they would be more lac- erated, the skin would be brnised whereas they are straight and without any radius of discoloration. Vorv;ss was asked how they were made and ba said as well as his imperfect com mand of the language would allow him that he was sspunched" and throttIed ana Knocked about Such in sub- stance IS the mans story. which he says can be maintained by his fellow workmen. whose names and address- es he had on q paper for Proseeuto,. Durant's convenience.
 In the face of this story Senator kennedy asked MT Durant if he wonId issue warrant for the arrest of bronson and he said he could not. that Bronson struck in self defence. He said he would be glad of an oDport1,n- lty to have Bronson arrested but be could not issue warrant for his ar rest in this case.
 IL IS said that Bronson and some of the authorities are quite friendly ana that on occasions of elections be assists them by visiting Polish social ciups and Polish gatherings. Having a number of men of that nationality working in his department, the pre- sumption is that he wieIds some fn- fuence among them
 Attorney Durant advised Senator Kennedy to state the matter to Judge Burpee, but MT Kennedy said he would not do any such thing. He had taken the regular and customary course in such cases presented the matter to the prosecuting attorney | optional with the prosecuting officer after hearing a complaint to issue or refuse a warrant as he pleases.
 Senator Kennedy said he would in- stitute civil proceedings against Bronson.
 Mir Durant's side of the story is tha1 he investigated the matter and found there was no case against Bronson that Bronson simply struck back il self-defense- Vorviss and his friends did complain of the work being tot hard for them to do. and were leaving the factory when they found other me1 in the places they had left They ther returned and tried to induce the mer to leave with them The foreman would not stand this and put one ot them outside the mill. whereupo1 Voryiss went for him with a wrench Mir Durant said that Bronson is a: much marked up as Voryiss and tha the latter tried to induce a certain law yer to prosecute Bronson. This law yer said he did not wish to. have any thing to do with the case. Bronson being friend of Judge Cowell
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