The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-07
FAIRFIELD
A Southport w-Hnngarians Throw Stones - Fire Company Election "A Technical Assault Case -Meas'es.

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 MT. Willis Curtis of Southport, re- turned to Yale college on Tuesday. l Mr. Hoyt Perry, of Southport, has resumed his studies at the Hotchkss school in New Haven.
 ] The Oneida club boys will play a re- l turn game of hockey next Saturda ay morning with the Bridgeport High school boys. at 10 a. m. at Parrott' $ pond, provided there is good ice and no snow
 Yesterday at the Town hall there was another of those not infrequ mt neighborhood quarrels aired before MT. l Wakeman. when one Christopher Cam eron of Southport appeared in the court room with a. very black eye. and ms l head done ui, in bandages, the result on Saturday night at about 9:30 o'clock, on the street opposite that house ot James Rigney The indictment was against Michael Dutko and Michael Knjon. a couple of Hungarians. All ! the parties appeared sin the court I room. with number of witnesses. ana from what could be gathered in the course of the testimony. booze ap- peared to be responsible for the row. l Attorney Cummings acted for the prosecution and Attorrev Louie Korn- 1 but of Bridgeport for the defence. Exactly why MT. Cameron Ws~ as- saulted, and the windows in the house of MT Rigney riddled with stones. did not appear. After hearing all the evil dence, the two, defendants were fined, one $17 and costs and the other so and costs. When one of the Hungar- ians was arrested and searched by the sheriff, a pair of steel knuckles was i found on the person of the prisoner. MT. Cameron thought he was struck i by stone but did not know what hit 1 him. There has long been susp c'on in town that some of the Hungar ans go armed with steel or brass knuckles and in a case before the court not many months ago. from the Lenox l Heights district, where a fisherman complained of being assaulted and serenaded as he passed along the street. it was asserted that one of the aggressive parties had pair of brass knuckles. But this was denied. After the trial yesterday MT. Cameron. when he received his fee as a witness want ed to know if that was all he could get out of the case. He was under the | natural impression that as he had suf- fered the assault he ought to be awarded damages. He was told he could bring 8 civil action for damages against those who committed the as- sault. He philosophically concluded it was not worth the whole. since, as he said 'T should get nothing for they arc all poor devils like myself"
 The local fire company held a meet ing on Tuesday evening for the elec- tiOn of officers and made the follow ing choice: Chief, MT. Saggel: first as- sistant. MT. H. Moore; second assist ant. MT. William A. Muttitt: treasurer, George Johnson; financial secretary. James Furniss:- recording secretary. Ambrose Smith. The company voted to give it's annual dance on the 18th inst. at Perry's hall. The object of the entertainment is to raise funds to help pay the running expenses of the de- partment.
 It is stated that MT. Mills Brother ton. while working on Wednesday in the shop of Mir. Thomas Forsyth. with. buzz saw. had the misfortune to lose three of his fingers.
 The assault case of one Klukas. fath- CT and son, brought by Hungarian tried out at length yesterday after noon ir the office of MT. Justice Wake man. The prosecution was conducted by Attorney William Everling of Bridgeport. The defense had no at torney. It'appears that the Hunsarian woman was in house which belongs to MT. Klukas. and she and her family. including her husband. had been served with dispossess warrant, by the sheriff. as they were two months be- hind in the rent. They had not va cated the premises as fast as the land- lord wished. and he had been to the expense of getting the aid of the sheriff. On the very day on which the family was moving. being the last Sat urday in December. MT. K1ukas and his son. having taken legal advice. visited the house just to look at the walls to see if any of the paper was off, and to count up the broken glass. Accord fF,c +p eSfx hx- fhn or " of the house the men marched in with out knocking and proceeded to make a tour of the rooms. She asked them what they wanted. and being assured that it was none of her business. called for her husband, who was proceeding down the road with load of furni~ ture. She says that the elder gentle man took hold of her shoulder and tore her waist. And a boy who was pres ent said the old man shook his mother and backed her up against the wall. At the time of the appearance of the father and son the mother was at a table feeding her youngest ch''' The landlord and his son testified that they knocked. entered the house. said Good morning." and that in order to reas- sure the screaming woman that no harm would come to her. the old gen. tleman gently laid his hand upon her shoulder, and told her he did not in-
 
 cording to their testimony. she kept calling for the police. although there are none in town. This was the sub- stance of the story. and from the ad- mission of the accused it was plain that in law there had been technical assault. and the Justice imposed fine of $1 on the old gentleman and costs The son proposed to appeal the case to higher court. but whether he will remains to be seen.
 Many people in town are congratu- lating Judge Banks upon his election as Speaker of the House. and some of the interested friends of the judge, sat up until after the voting of the caucus and kept in telephonic communication with Hartford
 There is said to have been a large falling off in attendance in the End and 3rd grades of the Sherman school, owing to the fact that there are a number of cases of measles in town.
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