Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-02
BEFORE JUDGE PEASLEY
Men Arrested Saturday Night Bound Over One Heavily
 Fined-Cascs of Strike
 Breakers Continued.

this morning with prisoners. police oth- cers, witnesses, lawyers and sIrcta. tors. If tlie court room was i've times as large t would have bae,r packed. l.efore court opened about 100 persons who were standing in all parts of the room, were ordered out by Sergeant Blakeley and only those who had seats were allowed to remain. Judge Peas ley on the bench.
 The first case was that of Frank Spencer and Thomas A. Hogan, two of the strike breakers who were run ming on of the cars that received q fearful bombardment on West Main street near North Willow street about 12 o'clock on Saturday night. Dur ing the bombardment one of the strike breakers is said to have fourishcd q revolver. Both were promptly arrest ed Prosecuting Attorney Durant said in the beginning that he was not familiar with the circumstances of tho case and would therefore ask for a com .tinuarca. But in the next breath he said if what have heard ofi the ease is true, will probably nolle 1t. At torney Meigs appeared for the accused. EIIG dlSO AShNSl lOl q NOllItLA0slhS JLC said that there had been some nisun- dcrstanding in the mems arrcst and that the bonds of $1,O0O should be re-; duced to S1OO. Judge Peaslev ccntin- ued the case for a week under bonds of S1OO
 Philip Tontaine. an cmplove oe the Scovill Manufacturing Co, was charged with breach of the peace. Officer sam lel Walsh said that he walking along West Main street in front of the City hall about il o'clock when he saw Fon- taine's arm swing, a missile ily through the air and crash through pane of glass ir a window. He was only q few feet away from tee man when he threw it. He imediatelw went over and placed him under arrest. Fontaine did not protest antl walked along peacefully. The accused. who pleaded not guilty, said that he had put up his hand to ward off stones which were flying about him in all di- rections and while doing so the off, cer saw him and placed him under arr rest. He had no stones nor missiles in his hands during the evening One Iof the questions asked of him by Prosecutor Durant was: Have you q
 union ?'' The man replied that his trade or craft had no union. Although Attorney Kennedy made an tble plea l in behalf of his client, referring to his good record during his 12 years, resi- dence here and that it was possible i in such a crowd as that of Saturday night for an officer to make a mistake.
 Judge Peasley found probable cause, and bound Fontaine over to the su- perior court under bonds of $500, which
 were furnished by Alderman Brophy. Richard Moeschke. age IS years, Twas also charged with breach of the
 peace. Officer Brickel who made the
 arrest, testified that on Saturday night
 after II o'clock he saw the accused
 throw q missile at one of three cars
 standing on West Main street. On
 the way to the station the accused
 told the officer that he wouldn't do lsuch a thing again If he would let
 him go. Superintendent CombeIlack
 of the Boys club testified that the ac-
 cused is an orphan and supports him
 self by working in the watch shop.
 He testified to the excellent character
 of the accused. The young man him. ! self said that he was very sorry that
 he had done such thing, that he was
 ashamed of himself that he would leave town forever as soon as the case 1 is over. He was bound over under
 $500 bonds which were. furnished by
 Senator Tracy
 \ George Wildman pleaded not guilty
 to the charge Of breach of the peace. Dr A. A. Crane said that he was on l West Main street near St Johns lchurch when he saw the above young
 man throw a stone at a car. He kept lis eye constantly on him until he met Officer Goggins,s who placed the boy \ under arrest at the doctors request The doctor could not identify the boy in court this morning, but he was posi- tive that the boy whom he pointed out l to the officer was the person who threw the stone. Officer Goggins told of the boys arrest. Wildman took te stand in his behalf and positively
 denied that he had thrown q stone I or missile during the evening. His tevidence was corroborated by friend,
 Lawrence Nelson. His lawyer, Attor-
 IRey Pierce had several persons, lamong whom were R. N B1akeslee, James Dennison, foreman in the clock
 shop. where the young man is employ |ployed. and MT Grannis to testify to
 the boyss good character Attorney l Durant ill summing up the case said N tLdI Ae Sliu IiOL 3kuOW sWly IHa y0uH q I threw the stone any more than he knew what made men of standing and I property i'll the community stand
 around and jeer on Saturday night.
 In imposing the sentence which was I the same as in the previous eases,
 Judge Peasley said that he shouldn't
 disregard the testimony of the only Icitizen who got out there and tried to l SllDDreSS the riot
 I William Morgan of Wolcott street was found guilty and fined S2O and
 costs for melting people to riot. Of l ficer Dodds, who arrested him. said that the young man who was clearly excited, was standing on West Main
 street when car window was brok- len and he said: That's good, give ii some more" Attorney Durant said that young Morgan came of one of the
 most respectable families in the city who had lived here Tor generations An appeal was taken under S1OO bonds I furnished by Constable Lannon.
 I Frank Pagan. formerly a hack driver I in the employ of T. II. Lunny, was
 fined $25 and costs for cruelty to ami < mals.