Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-21
POLICE COURT DoINGS
Cornelius Lahey Had Sentence sus-
pended in City Court To-Day.

pcuuSu IN lily Court To-day.
A peculiar case was heard before
Judge Burpee In the city court to-day.
Cornelius Lahey was In the bosom of
his family, which lives at 3Js Sontl,
Leonard street, last night. His shoes
We're OF and his slippers were on and
he was basking iii the contentmeut ~
Iamlly man with steady job. sud
denly the domesti, har nony was bruk-
en- Ia upon by little Agnes Burns,
about IL years of age, rushing into the
house In tears and proclaiming that
she was pursued by man. Mrs La
hey suggested to her husband that HE
inquire into the matter and take the lit
tie girl home. Lahey proceeded to get
himself into trouble. On leaving tue
mousse he saw man running and over.
taking him asked him WHY hc had
chased the Burns girl. The man re-
Piled that he was crazy, and thea liz
shouted as much as to say to Lahey,
DO you doubt my words? Lahey
sprang upon him and gave him blow
or TWO and it liz unknown what he
would have done with the man had
NOT someone come along The Burns
gil Identified the man as the one that
had chased her. This man turned ont
TO be Joseph Barnard, collector for 81
AIMS church, and he was on his
rounds among the parishioners when
the above Incident happened. Barnard
ls an old friend and neighbor OF La
hey, but owing to the dim light Lahey
dld not recognize him when the attack
was made. He asked him why he
ran and Barnard said he ran because
Lahey ran after him. Barnard ia q
man OF family. His eldest girl is III
ana his eldest boy 49, Lahey could
nor understand the difficuIty at all.
ana 1t was some time before Barnard
could make anything out Of 1t because
ne was stunned by the fall. The
Burns girl said she was going home
| from Brooklyn. She lives near the
Lalleys and the Barnards She saw
man following her and she ran. Then
the man ran. When she slowed M
he also slowed up. Passing under an
electric light she identified Barnard
and though she well knew him. still
she ran and stopped only when she
reached Lahey's house She could
not explain why she ran away from
Barnard If she knew him and had i6en-
titled him under the electric light. The
court said 1t was all a mistake. La
hey's Intentions were certainly the
best. Sentence was suspended.
Daniel Bergin was charged with
non-support Of his wife and four chill
dren. Mrs Bergin testified that her
husband worked three weeks in the
past nine months. Bergin said that
was a mistake; he worked three
months In nine months. AS he said
he had a job awaiting him sentence
was suspended for two weeks.s
The case against Simon Miller, 10
seph Stakeinvicze. Charles Laskovicl
and Peter Karis was called noyty
These men were charged with assault
ing Frank Markle and Martin Pluks.
This case arose out Of wedding on
/ North Riverside street Tuesday evan
ing. Everything went well until II
was time to close the saloons INA
dancing feature Of the wedding was
held in saloon. and when Pluks went
up to the bar to get "a ale'' he was set
upon by the accused and two others
and thrown out on the street half
dead He was picked up by friends and
on the way home with Markle was
again set upon. DIR Russell testified
to the number Of cuts the man received
about the head and face.
Attorney Russell, who represented
the state, said In his argument that
Of all the cases that come before the
city this one is the kind that tries the
patience Of everybody engaged In hear
ing 1t. The defendants belong to
class that is menace to society and 80
daring have they become In their deeds
OF violence that the Brooklyn Athletic
club found 1t necessary to take defens-
i've action These people are the kind
4 that use blackjacks and clubs Some
n thing should be done to suppress them.
1t is almost impossible to get at the
n evidence In these cases whether ~ IS
fear on the part Of the witnesses or
something else, Mr. Russell could not
saw. Generally the injured man is q
strong. husky fellow and his wounds
are such that would cause another
man serious trouble, but these men
seem physically strong and mentally
weak. The accused belong to the
worst gang In the city. Lots Of them
are anarchists and socialists. They
know no law, no government They
have their own literature, but no
lpriests. no clergymen, no church.
THE man who uses the stiletto is abus-
II ed, but these men are far worse, they
steal up behind your back and with
blackjack or bottle they strike you
senseless to the ground.
Attorney Root for the defense said
some Of the best people in this country
are foreigners Simon Miller was
, hound over to the superior court under
bond OF $500. Sentence was sus-
nended on Charles and Peter because
Of 4 great doubt Of their guilt and
Joseph was found not guilty.