The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-23
PIHKHAM THE ONLY LOSER
Girls PecuIatiOns Will Fall Upon Expressman and the Accused Turned Loose on a Bond of $500
Special to the Farner.)

Fairfield, May 23.-While the atti- tude of presiding justice Bacon Wake man at the trial of the girl Mary Kaszylxeka for theft from the cloth ing of Expressman Stewart R. Pink ham of Southport yesterday, and also that of Prosecutor Clitus H. King was a credit to the humanitarian sentiment existing in this town There are many who believe that there is such a, thing as carrying the sentimental part of these crimes too far. The glrl is beyond doubt at least IS years of age testified under oath that she would be sixteen next Easter. on April 10. she testified at the hearing, she found a roll of bills containing SIPS in the pockets of 8 pair of over alls given her to wash. The money was not accounted for and the matter was not made public Or the girl ac- cused. Last week a bank book con- taining bills to the amount of about SIS and checks to raise the amount to about $1O7 was also missing. Mrs. Pinkham. mother of the congressman, did a little detective work and found the money sewed up in cloth in one of the drawers in a bureau in the girls room. Mrs. Pinkham neatly abstract ed the bills and substituted some newspaper scraps. After the d1sap- pearance of the bank book the girl WAS 2cCuS6Q O1 lu0 llTSI lHclI ou~ mitted her guilt. When she went to obtain the money the papers were found August Brill, who is the Po- lish interpreter of the Bridgeport courts, testified at the hearing yester- day that the girl had admitted to him that she had taken the bank DOOR and money and had given it to her friend Mary Clupscak. On the stand she denied the allegation. Mary Cup soak also denied that she had receiv- ed any money except in small amounts as the girl had earned it but said that she had about s9O in her posses sion belonging to the girl. The girl is cu1fessedly unable to read and write and has been in this country only year. She had s26 when she came here, and has saved all she earned with a small exemption. The court be- lieved that it would be better for the girl to go to the state industrial school than to serve a term in jail and the statutes give a justice of the peace this option In cases where minors are charged with a crime subject to prison sentence. It was hoped by this action that the girl would be imme- diately placed under good influences. Attorney E. O. Hull, who represented the defense defeated this laudable purpose by immediately appealing the case and furnishing a bond of $500. The girl is now free, and if she has
 
 book the authorities of Fairfield will probably never be the wiser. MT. Pinkham has guaranteed to make the loss good to MT. Gould. He has at tached the money of the girl The girl destroyed all the good effects of the arguments by her counsel for her in- nocence and inexperience by her at titude on the stand which was any, thing but penitent. The suspected man in the case has not ma terialized John Rckyak, who gave a bond of s300 for her appearance In the com mon pleas court is a friend of the girl She has no relatives in this country.
 Master Jim Fox and his sister Flor ence. children of First Selectman Chas. Fox entertained two of their young friends from Bridgeport on Saturday. They were Jack Wade and Eunlce Merwin close friends
 A meeting of the Fairfield Hook & Ladder Company will be held this evening at the fire house, to consider plans and make arrangements for the coming fair and carnival to be held this summer.
 Patrick Cashman. we'll known in this vicinity, now agent for the Prudential insurance company, while hustllng about for business yesterday found a pocket book containing a goodly roll of bills. Before the smile which lighted ms race ndd d chance to get fixed a young woman asked him if he had found a pocket book. He said yes and produced the affair. Before the surprised agent had time to ask for an Identification the woman grab bed the purse walked rapidly away. It was several minutes before he re- gained conscious and then made up his mind to omit pursuit
 Local trap shooters have abandon ed the idea of another gun club and have decided to join the Seaside Gun Club of Bridgeport. Selectman Chas. 1 Fox and Former Selectman Simon Bradley have already enrolled them- selves and others will sign up in a short time.
 Sika Macakowski. a polish girl IS years of age. who has been in this | country less than year has become | violently demented and the attention | of the authorities has been called to her case. First Selectman Charles ! Fox visited the house where she board 1 ed at Mill Plain, yesterday and found | the girl locked in a room raving ma | niac She had almost entirely de- | nuded herself. The girl will be de- | ported.
 Work on the special appropriation | for the grading at Snake Hill is now In progress.
 The last few days has seen many | soply to collector F. w. s. Pickett | for their receipts for the payment of | -oI1