Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-06
BRooKLYn BRIEFS.

Fred Gabriel of Springfield has returned after spending two weeks with Mir and Mrs Joseph Gabriel of Lafayette street.
 Miss Alice Ryan of South Leon ard street has accepted position at Harding's store on South Main street.
 The fair of the Brooklyn Lithu- anian Citizens club started In the Lithuanian hall on Green street last evening. about 200 being present. The fair will continue one week. During the week a play, A Storm in Clear Weather will be presented by Simon Daukaut's Dramatic so- ciety.
 The Pioneer basketball team has organized for the season but is find- ing it difficult to obtain games.
 Two fellows who are we'll known in this section were looking for trouble Saturday evening and they found it in large doses. It was not as wholesome as they had antici- pated. and the after effect we'll their faces certainly must have been tritie sore. The trouble seekers were on South Leonnard street Sat- urday evening when Daniel Croaan happened to be on his way home with a young lady from the fair of the Brooklyn Athletic club when near Dunn's saloon the pugilistic in cl!ned fellows accosted Cronan and informed him that they would like to hand him few iabs and hooks. Cronan told them not to worry. but to wait around awhile until he was coming back. Daniel is powerfully built athlete and can take care of himself very we'll when necessary. Consequently when he encountered the couple on his way back he pre- pared for action. Both were armed with stones as they were of the i'm pression that they would have a small chance with natures own wea- pons. But Cronan did not give them chance to use the stones He let drive his right and it landed sQuareiy on the jaw. The re- ceiver struck the gutter with thud. The other fellow was so excited that he forgot to use the stones or thought 1t more discreet to use his legs. But Cronan gave him no chance to evade the issue by using shanks' mare, so he quickly caught the runaway and administered q se- we're trouncing. When he through with him a passerby would have been under the impression that the fellow. who. had insulted Cronan a short time before. had in tho interim gone through the mill.
 Some interesting stories in con nection with petty thefts have been heard in this section the past year. but the manner in which Joseph Sho- brinsky. who conducts cafe at the corner of Bank and South Leonard streets, was relieved Of SIP yesier- day is funny to everyone except the loser. The proprietor as usual was in his place of business yesterday dishing out drinks. now and then go- ing from behind the bar and talking bag of money in the rear pocket Of his trousers. the amount being some thing over $l2. In the saloon was n fellow by the name of Hellmanhooks who was before the city court recent ly. Shobrinsky talked with the fel- low and seemed to think he was all right. all right as customer at least. But after Hellmanhooks had a few drinks he departed. Shobrin- sky did not think of the man again until he had occasion to take some money out of the bag which he sup posed was in his pocket. But he vas much surprised when he found much emptiness iG his pocket where the money bag should have been snugly hidden. Shobrinsky immediately thought of Hellmanhooks and al once he sent out a couple of friends to see where the fellow had gone. But there was no Mr Man in sight Sho- brinsky notified the detectives. but has little hope uf recovering his money. shobrinaky should profit by his experience and in the future al- low no man between heil-and-hooks to enter his place of business.
 Simon CreIickus. while al. work ai the Waterbury Brass Goods cor poration factory yesterday. had his