Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
POLICE COURT DoINGs.
Judge cowell Imposed Heavy Sen.
 tences at To-day's Proceedings.


 tences at To-day's Proceedings.
 Judge CoweH presided at this morn ing's session Of the city court. The greater part Of the session was devoted to the hearing Of evidence in regard to a fierce midnight row and assault upon two young men, residents of Lafayette street, by a gang Of drunken persons. Three of the gang were arrested and were charged with the following of- Tenses: Patrick Heating, drunkenness. assault and resistance; William Jack son, drunkenness and assault; Edward DWyer, drunkenness and breach of the peace. All pleaded not guilty.
 Police Officer John Brickel told the following story of the assault. which caused considerable excitement in the neignborhood where it took place. About 1920 last night about five fei. lows came down Washington avenue toward Lafayette street. was in bed at my home Tt the corner of Washing ton avenue and Lafayette street. They were talking very loudly and every other word was a curse or an oath or some other indecent expression. They talked so loudly that people in that vi- clnlty could not sleep. got out of bed
 
 Jackson. Keating and two or three | others laying on the sidewalk with their coats under their heads. They were planning to assault somebody shortly afterwards they got up on their rect somehow, for all were drunk. and started up Lafayette street. Officer sullivan came along soon after and f told him he ought to break up that gang l went back to bed The next l Knew heard cries of tPolicev sMur- der. Brfckel. save mel I rushed o1t TO the veranda and saw about fifteen feiIoWs in my back yard pounding Pat rick J. Riley of Lafayette street. I told them to get out. but they didn't. hfley then ran up the back stairs Of ny house. His assailants then ad- Journed to the bridge at Washineton avenue. Shortly afterwards I saw Jackson knock down John Hayes If Lafayette street in front of my house ana k1ck him three times. Hayes was picked up in an unconscious condition by some friends and carried home. His condition was serious for a time told Officer Sullivan that last nights assault was repeated nearly every. ! night in the week and that tho gang l should be broken up and the neighbor- hood freed of them Heating. when he 1 heard this. said that I wasn't able to do 1t. I told him that if had my clothes on I would show him. Then Omcer Hickey went after Keating and ! captured him as he was running down the railroad tracks. He fought fiercely l against being arrested and Hickey had 10 knock him down two or three times before he stopped resisting Keafing l was turned over to Officer Byrneg by l Officer Hickey, who then arrested Jack. 1 son."
 Officer Brickel said that some person was assaulted by the gang nearly every night in the week. Twice within a. week Hayes has been done up.
 I Officer Brickels story was practical Y corroborated by Officer Hickey. Pat 1 rick Riley and John Hayes Both Riley and Hayes had badly discolored optics. Riley, who Is known far and wide as White and is a crack football and Dase ball player, said that he was going home when somebody struck him in the face. Then he was bombardea l With blows from all sides. The only person he recognized was Heating.
 heating took the stand and said he was not drunk. did no fighting and was arrested by Officer Hickey for nothing. Officer Brickel, he said, had grudge against him. He offered no resistance. l Judge Cowell inflicted bhe following penalties: Heating, drunkenness, thir- l ty days in jail; assault. $75; resistance. $10O jackson. drunkenness, thirty days. assault, $50; Dwyer, drunkenness. thir- l " days; breach of peace. $1O.
 Tn each case costs were added to the fines on each count After court the sentence of 80 days in jail in Jackson's case was changed to S1O and costs, which was paid. He took an appeal in regard to the fine for assault and bonds were furnished for him. The other two young men went to jail.
 Frank Cassidy and Edward Riley were charged with vagrancy. As they are only I9 years old Attorney Kelley was appointed their guardian OficEp Kiersted testified that theY are. out in the streets at all hours of the night. sleep in barns and any old place They assaulted man named O'Brien on | Ri&hOT1 Sfroaf Jpsf 11fula+ Roth sUoyse