Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-18
PRISON FOR. THEM,
Men Who Committed Burglaries
 in Naugatuck.
STANLEY THORN SENTENCED

Was Given Ten Months for Assault
 Upon Special Officer Jones-The
 Naugatuck Burglars Were Given the
 Indeterminate Sentence--Sensation-
 al Bethany Case Was Begun.
 The superior court, criminal side, opened here to-day. Judge Gager, one of the appointees by the last legislature to the superior court bench, presided, and prayer was said by the Rev MT Lewis, assistant pastor of St Johns church. The delegation of prisoners from the county jail consisted of six; Stanley Thorn, charged wi.h asa ut with a knife; William Cohring, Will liam Carleton and Charles Burke, aged respectively 36, 30 and 30, charged with burglary of Francis S Nichols's store in Naugatuck and taking there from $3; also charged with burglary of the Union City depot; Joe Goker, Cleft, and Pietor Vannoni, manslaughtor. The above upon put to plea replied not guilty excepting Goker. Attorney Rog- CTS was appointed counsel for Thorn. Attorney Church to Cohring, Burke l and Carleton, and Attorney O'NeIsl to l Vannoni.
 I After the usual consultation Tnorn changed his plea to guilty. Thorn as- saulted Special Officer Jones in pool room last October Thorn thought Jones was on the premises officially and resented his presence, remarking that he could take care of tiie place | Words between the men followed and ] there was q dispute as to who struck | fln h1nxry cfa bal. < l struck by the accused. At all events 1 Thorn used q knife in the row that fol- lowed and Jones's vest was cut, tic l knife penetrating through an overcoat 1 and under coat. In view Of his being confined since his arrest he was sen fenced to only ten months. The court in passing sentence said that the use l of knife in a quarral means to cut, and cutting Is bad business.
 r. Attorney O'Neill asked that the state bear the expense of the defense Of Pietro Vannoni. This man is charged
 with the manslaugliter' of John Bowc one Sunday morning near Harper's
 Ferry some months ago. The defense Is justification and self-defense The court allowed the request. Recess was ] then taken.
 N After recess Cohring. Carleton and M Burke changed their plea to guilty. I The circumstances of the cases we're < reviewed to the court, particular
 stress being laid upon their attack up-
 on the police officers who hearing the
 report of an explosion hulried toward
 the, depot and Were fired npon by the 5 accused The latter esnfDed through
 the woods. jumped T freight train
 en route to Danburr and wore cap-
 tured there by abe noli we'd being
 teleDhoned ahaad :. 'n fsOfn the
 Nan@atuck police ''t'@4 They took
 no booty from tho .. eg' i'le court
 hoforo p"s.i-g gar a.i 1t was tha method If th @n lsthar than
 the crime jtsclf llsei -perlted severe
 punishment fc- isoners For
 break'n@ into NJ , Us store CohrIng
 and Carleton were sent ancod to from
 one to two years in itc state prison
 and for breakir~ into the depot one : year in the seate prison Clemency
 was shown Burke OH account of his age. He was sentenced to one year
 in jail on both charges.
 Joseph Goker, charged with theft
 Of $S4 from Joseph Damrosch, was
 sentenced to one year in jail. He
 had been three years in Waterbury
 and was never in conflict with the law
 before.
 In the case against Pietro Vannoni,
 who said his age is 23, bond of S70O ; was ordered
 The cases for assault against Will
 liam Devoy and Thomas Delaney were continued to tomorrow.
 The jury was then called and the case against Moses Stone begun. At
 torney Kennedy, counsel for the ac- cused. boiled the jury. This case Is 7 said to be without parallel in New 7 Haven county. The scene of the ! crime alleged is in Bethany. Statu- z tory rape is charged. Stone is a widower. aged 57 years, and looks cv-
 cry minute of it. He is tall, thin, !, and has a grown-up family. The complaining witness is Lena Subia. I aged 12 years. It is alleged a chili was born to her. X feature on :, which the defeuse will principally $ center is that Stones name was not ? heard in the case until after the birth l of the child. There are over thirty ) witnesses in the case.