Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-06
Y. NJ. c. I. Officers,

I M. V. l. olllceES.
 At meeting of the Y. M. c. I. last evening the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
 dent, Maurice Condon; vice president Edward Barry: financial secretary
 George P. Hayes; recording secretary,
 William B. Maloney: librarian, Will
 liam Scully; treasurer, Elmer Deegan; trustees. Joseph Neil. Edward Reilly,
 Frank Grant and William Ayers. <, Insulted by Unknown Man.
 As Miss Margaret Kelly. local young lady, was going down Water street last night about 6:3O she was ! attacked by an unknown man. Miss Kelly was going down to take q music lesson and had her music roll with .er, and as soon as he grabbed her she tried to hit him with it and started to yell and was heard by William Dunn. a bartender for k. Weary, who went out and after putting in couple of punches on the fellow he started on run down Water street.
 Challenge Accepted.
 The local newspaper men have ac- cepted the challenge of the local police to play q game of basketball, and the game will take place about the first i of Marcn. Tine scribes have decided | that their suits will consist of white duck pants and shirt waists, and the police have not yet decided on their style of uniform. but they will be i pretty swell in appearance at the game. Reserved seats can be had of the Republican representative. Frank F.. Nolan, who is the manager for the 1 scribes. ~ Tried to Commit Suicide. | John Dullard. local young man who is very well known in police cir cles. was arrested at his home last 1 evening for intOxication and breach of l the peace and taken to the hotel on i Maple street that is presided over by Chief of Police Schmidt. and placed in corridor with couple of boys who had been arrested for ear jumping. and had only been there a short time when | he told them that he was tired of the ! troubles of this cruel and wicked 1 world and was going to end it all by committing suicide. and proceeded to carry out his plan of execution by talk i ing his suspenders. which were of a very poor kind. and tying them around i his neck and then to the door of q cell i into which he had in the meantime
 locked himself. Upon seeing an act of this kind tried the boys at once
 started to cry for help and their cries [ were heard by Manager Morse of the
 Gem opera house. who went out ahd i found an officer. and on bringing him | to the station they found the wOuld-be 1 suicide lying 0n the cell floor with q ! piece of the suspender still around his [ neck. and only for their being 0f au
 old and rotten nature he would na
 doubt have succeeded iD his plan
 Being found in this condition the off. | ger thought it would be safer tO put
 him in a position where he could moi
 make another attempt. and he was therefore placed with his hands be.
 tween the bars of the door and hand.
 cuffesl- and the cot bed in the cell
 drawn ID so he could lie down and { sleep it off. In the borough court thi.
 morning before Judge HungerfOrI. hs
 was given thirty days in jail with
 costs Another prisoner. who gave his
 name as Frank Harris. was before the
 court charged with intoxicatiOn and
 vagrancy. Prosecuting Attorney Swee
 nev was of the belief that I5e was in
 the court some time ago OB a similar charge. hut as nothing was done OT
 that charge the judge deciled to give
 him a vacation and sent him down the road for thirty days and c0sts. which Ns=@ fras
 the birds begin to sing The next eass
 to be brought ID was that of six boys | all If whom were under the age of ft E years for jumping 0n the cars and
 playing about them al the SwiteheS oi
 the TniteI states RerlaimInz plant al Ward street \ romplziut was made ! yeSferfay afternoon by Nr Relenleeh
 to Chie< schmidt that this had been