The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-05
 ARRESTED WITHOUT
 WARNING
State Police Arrest Manager of Steeplechase For Picture
 Law Violation Depart From Usual Custom, Which is to Require
 Changes Made
Capt. BOyton Believes That He Has Been Selected as Ob-
 ject of Persecution

l For the first time in the history of motion picture theatres in Bridgeport, l the proprietor of such an establish
 ment and operator were arrested
 without warning at Steeplechase Is- l land yesterday, when State Policeman Frank Vireili, of Bridgeport, took in- | ager of the Island, and Jesse Levine, motion picture machine operator. Both cases were continued in city court today until Friday.
 He charged Boyton with conduct | ing a picture theatre without having the machine enclosed in a booth as is required under the state police reg ulations. Levine he charged with operating a machine without having first secured a license.
 The law relating to the operation of motion picture theatres vests the state police department with broad discretionary power as to what shall be required both of the manager Of the enterprise and the person who operates the machine. Acting under this law the state police department has framed lengthy set of regula- tions which they have been enforcing with more or less vigor for upwards of two years.
 It has been the custom for the state police to inspect motion picture theatres from time to time. When they have found that the layout of the theatre is such- as to be in viola ton of the regulations, they have made it a practice to insist that those regulations be compiled with, with all due haste. Very rarely has the per- formance of a theatre been interrupt ed for this reason. The department has apparently sought to deal fairly by the amusemnt promoters, by giv- iy,cr ,oI I1 rfytv, ity to comply with the law.
 Owing to the haste with which the preparations for opening the island have been made, due to the short notice upon which Captain Boyton and his force began the work, the ed until yesterday. The state police regulations call for the enclosing of the picture machine in a fireproof booth, from which there shall be a vent to the outside air. This had not yet been accomplished. Jesse Levine the operator of the machine had not yet secured his license. This is done by qualifying as an operator before an accredited representative of the state police department.
 State Policeman Virelli went into the theatre, made a brief examina- tion, then placed both Captain Boy ton and Levine under arrest. He took the men to police headquarters, where Police Sergeant Webb released them upon their promise to appear at the city court today. The sergeant told Captain Boyton his word was good enough for both of them
 State Policeman Virelli disclaims having initiated this latest move against the Island. He says he was sent there by his superior officer, to make an investigation, and in making the arrest, acted under instructions from that officer.
 Captain Boyton says he regards this move as merely a step in we'll or ganized plan to hamper the island at every possible step.
 Appearing before Judge Foster he asked this morning that his case be continued until Friday. Judge Eos ter granted the continuance.
 Judge Foster declined to pass up- on the case of Eugene McCann, man ager of the Bridgeport baseball team on the ground that he was counsel for the Steeplechase Amusement Co. The continuance of Captain Boyton's case today until Friday makes it fall upon the same date as does McCann's case, when judge from another city is expected to sit in the city tribunal.