Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
THE CITY COURT
Man Committed 10 Jail For
 Sixty Days.

An unusual case Of wife beating was heard in the city court to-day before Judge Peasley. The assault ed wife was not the complainant and it was quite evident during the trial that the case would never have been heard but for an outsider who
 considered 1t his duty to make a complaint.
 William O'Neill, who runs a black, smith shop on Brown street, was closing up for the day after 5 o'clock last Thursday when his att tention was attracted by a woman s cries. Looking around be saw a woman run out of nearby building pursued by a drunken man. The
 woman stopped in the middle of the street and the man, after shout ing word or two struck her on the face with his fist. The blow felled her and the man turned about and left her on the ground. There she remained until O'Neill and some or the neighbors went to her assist ance.
 The man was Michael Cronin and the woman his wife. O'Neill made a complaint to the prosecuting at. torney and Cronin's arrest took place last evening.
 Mrs Cronin, her face concealed by a heavy black veil to hide dis colored eye, said on the witness stand that she did not wish to make complaint because she wanted nu more trouble. Reluctantly she ad- mitted the facts of the assault MT O'Neill's testimony was corroborated by that of blacksmith named Ro> billiard. The accused's daughter, Mamie Cronin, would shield her fa- ther. She admitted her father striking her but added, The did not give me the pounding that people said he did" Cronin had nothing to say for himself and he was com. mitted to jail for 60 days.
 Hearing there was a shoe shop in Waterbury, John Sullivan of Lynn, Mass, came hither yesterday hoping to find a job. He found 1t but instead he saw an opportun, ity of getting intoxicated and he did not let 1t go by. About o'clock he was raising ructions in Mazukais's saloon on South Riverside street and had punctured a large window in the place with stone when or ficer Keirsted came along. Sullivan was sent down the road for 30 days.
 In the same saloon and about the same time John Perman broke loose. He was after salutlng the saloon keeper with punch in the face when Officer Gallagher dropped in sight. This man was fined s10 and costs for breach of the peace and 
 Tony Muro, barber at S66 Bank street, was charged with keeping a gambling house in the rear of his shop. Two Italian boys who have been about six months in the coun- try got the smell of a lot of nice things in the air around the barber shop and traced the odor to Muro's kitchen. There they saw half dozen men sitting around a table playing cards. On the stove some thing that smelled good was cook Ing. The card players, knowing here was only enough for them> selves on the stove, shooed the boys out of the place. Then they went next door and told Michael Iamele, cobbler, that his brothes was losing his money gambling in Muro's kitchen. Jameie transferred | he intelligence to Officers Galla- yher and Kiersted and the cops de- 'cended upon the place, capturing a | pack of cards and 46 cents.
 The strongest point the cops | made was that their unexpected ap- ,earance in the front and rear of | he place had the effect of startling he half dozen men around the ta- ,le. That in their opinion was suf- icient evidence that the men were Muro was fined $5 and .osts.