Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-18
BUSINESS MEN FINED
 BUT TAKE APPEALS
John Donovan and William F. Hill Taxed $5 and Costs in City Court for Breach of the Peace.


 Before the city court Saturday morn ing, William F. Hill and John Dono- van, who had been arrested the day before on charges of breach of the peace, were both found guilty as charged and each was fined by Judge Lucius Brown $5 and costs, after hear ing the evidence and Overruling the demurrer entered by MT. Hilrs coun- sel, ex-Mayor Charles F. Thayer. Both the accused took appeals and furnish ed bonds.
 There was a good sized crowd at the courtroom for the trial. MT. Don ovan acted as his own lawyer.
 Policeman Thomas Murphy, who made the arrests. was the first wit ness. He told of seeing the men strik- ing each other as he stood at the en- trance to the building on Franklin square where the stairway comes down from MT. Hills office. He saw blood on the side of MT. Hills face. Each man asked to have the other arrested.
 w. Harrison Caruthers, who testified that he was standing in the gutter in front of Somers Bros store, told of seeing MT, Donovan rush out of the building, Mir. Hill following. and Mir. Hill, he said, kicked and hit Mir. Dom ovan once, the latter making no re- siStance.
 City Attorney Hall asked Mir Don- ovan whether he wished to say any thing in his own behalf, and MT. Donovan took the stand. He told of going to Mir. Hills office about an in surance policy notice and their con versation drifted into a discussion about the time Judge Robinson was in 1 Willimantic last Thursday on the oc- casion of the good roads tour. Mir. Donovan asked hom it was possible i for Judge Robinson to be at Shannon's i corner here at the same time at which ! it was said he was in Willimantic, At this,~ MT. Hill got highly excited, cry- | ing out: Don't call me a liar. Don't call me liar in my own offlce!" 1 Mir. Donovan retorted that Mr. Hill and Alr. King and others are in league with the bull moose gang and Govern or Baldwin and others to injure MT. Macdonald. If I am a liar" said MT. | Donovan, you are a - (call- ing Mir. Hill a vile name). but" said Mir. Donovan. you are not that and l am not liar"
 Mir. Donovan said he noticed that MT. Hill was getting more excited and MT. Donovan told MT Hill that he had called to see about his insuF-
 ance policy and that MT. Hill could
 cancel it. Then MT. Donovan started
 to go out and MT. Hill followed him
 and when MT. Donovan tried to shut
 the door MT. Hill said. Don't shut
 that door in my face"
 MT. Donovan testified that Mr. Hil
 came down the stairs after him ant
 when MT. Donovan stopped to turn a
 the first landing MT. Hill rushed a
 him and kicked MT, Donovan in thu
 back and he was swearing all the time
 When MT. Donovan reached the stree
 he said he started to look for an off
 cer and he saw Policeman Murphy ant
 asked that MT. Hill be arrested.
 When MT. Donovan had conclude his testimony, Attorney Thayer start ed to cross examine him. but Judg
 Brown ruled that Mir. Donovan wa , not a witness for the state, but wa merely making a statement for him ; self and therefore could not be eros examined. There was a sharp clas between Attorney Thayer and City At torney Hall over the points of law in l vOlved and Judge Barnes called upo 3 to bring the lawyers to order so a ? to make himself heard. Attorney Ha
 finally said he was willing to let M
 Donovan answer questions if Attorne
 Thayer wanted to ask them. but ther 1 was none asked.
 There was conference between tn court and the lawyers as to testimon , and then MT. Hill was put on tf | stand. At first he started to tell , the sprinting abilities of Mir. Donova , but the court stopped this line of te! i timony. Then Mir. Hill said that NJ
 Donovan was like wild man when I I came into his office, saying that it W; s a nice trick to bring Judge Robinso . here. He invited MT. Donovan to s | down and talk matters over quietly , MT. Hill told MT. Donovan abo- 2 going to Willimantic with Frank Kir , and to meeting Judge Robinson at Wi i limantic as he stepped from the tra , and a man pointed the. judge out
 the Norwich men. as they did n
 know him. Judge Robinson was taks
 into the Hill auto and brought |. Smiths Corners. Mir. Hill assert' z that he telephoned to his office ar T others of the arrival of Judge Robil son in Willimantic.
 ' MP. Donovan said the whole matt was nothing but trick of those ari Y toerata in Greenwich and others for brick highway through the state al II cried out that if MT. Hill said tn l Judge Robinson was not here at
 o'clock he was a g- d. liar Bo
 men moved te the door, talking, al e after they had taken a step down u | stairs MT. Donovan hit MT, Hill on u L. side of the neck and MT. Hill said tn = MT. Donovan ran down stairs very ia d and the witness followed and declar, X he was ashamed to tell what to, l. place afterwards.
 Mir. Donovan did net cross examil
 Mir Hill.
 v The next witness was the yeui ? woman stenegFaPheF employed by N