Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-20
TRANSFER DREsCHER's CASE.
Given Sentence of Sixty Days in
 Jail by Judge Peasley.

Given a sentence Of SlXty Lays HI
 Jail by Judge Peasley.
 In the city court to-day before Judge Peasley, the cases of William Dreschef and William Kelly, teamsters, for oo- structing the trolley tracks, were hearo. Attorney Guilfoile appeared for the ac- cused. .f'..
 Lewis Lott, one of the non-union men who came here week ago with a num- Der of others to take the place of the strikers, testified that he is a motor man and that as his car was going up North Main street last Saturday Drescher drove his team onto the tracks and stayed about three minutes. Drescher called him names, refused to leave the. tracks and invited him to fight Lott said not a word. A crowd gathered and lot of boys made things lively. Repeatedly Lott said to the ac- cused: ,"Will you please be so kind as to get off the tracks" Witness said he made it a point to be as polite as possible While accused was abusing him witness made no reply. Even when accused got off his team and in vited witness to fight the latter made no reply. Accused kept to the track until policeman was seen. when Lott reported him and requested his arrest William Bond, the conductor OR the car, added that Drescher refused to leave the tracks when asked by the po- liceman and the latter had to take the horse by the lines and lead it off the track The crowd of small boys cheered Drescher as he obstructed the {. car. Bond said he came from Brook lyn, where he was employed by troll lev company Both sides of the street ! were icy while the track was clean, Bond admitted.
 Frank Benham, a livery keeper on North Main street, testified to seeing, merely, the arrest of Drescher take place. opposite Bradley's livery stable, at which place the street is very nar- TOW. ,.... e'
 Officer Noonan testified half a dozen citizens complained to him about the conduct of Drescher, and that he drove :. the team to the police station and had no difficulty in turning the horses around. .S
 Attorney Guilfoile could not under stand whether it was before or after the men complained to him the officer took the horse by the lines. The off, cer thought the attorney was trying to have fun with him and Judge Peasley said there was no difficulty in under standing the officer MT Guilfoile final < ly understood that it was after the men < had complained that the officer took the lines. Drescher said to him that he could not leave the track on account of < the condition of the street.
 David Stein, for the defense, testi- fled to seeing the incident in question. He keeps a tailor shop at PIG North Main street. Shortly before Officer Noonan got on the scene witness saw a wagon on each side of the car so that the accused could hardly get off the tracks. The officer in turning about the aceused's team came near upsetting it, owing to the short turn he made, the condition of the street and the pressure caused by the other two teams.
 Drescher then took the stand. He lives on River road, near the so- called Turner's bridge on South Main street. He drives for Narr,a bottler on ScoviIl street. He claimed he was ter ' ribly- --abused by Lott. who called the ' yilest names, and he got off his team to refute the abuse. His horse was not Nsharpened," the street was crowded with. teams and he could not get off the track with safety to the horse. - In his argument Attorney Guilfoile went into the relations of capital and labor and said that what Drescher was charged with doing is done every day, but owing to the present situation and the attendant excitement a great deal more importance was. attached to it. Prosecutor Durant asked that substan- tia1 punishment be imposed and Drescher was sentenced to sixty days in jail. An appeal was taken under a bond of $2OO. ~
 A The case, against Kelly was contin. Hed to tomorrow, owing to the length of time it took.to hear Drescher's case
 William Wheelahan and James Rooney were given ten days in jail fol ,, intoxication, and James Mcdonald was fined $5 and costs for the same offense