Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY
Trial of Quarrel About Pigs Liver Results in Discharge of Defendant = Playground May Be Floored For Skating Pond-Nanagansett Commandery Knights Visit Nor yvich.

e- seems to be the indi-
 -ile arrest of Joseph
 with violent assault
 n1 BoCkataub, whose
 .e Judge Oliver H.
 tr ll-d district court
 I-br Harry B. Agard
 ate and Attorney
 ,ne accused. Dr.
 Lied that he was
 C-1at.tuo and found
 .ls head. both eyes
 ,l and swollen and
 ..n the knees to
 c-ely bruised and
 'uokataub to he'd
 or week as he
 and quiet. He
 -t -roted external vio-
 , have been caused
 - i1a,aub. the com
 -- ified that he con
 rset in Pleasant
 t, rIoon of November
 of whom was the
 riS place of bus
 lal he had never
 Dne fellow asked uJ back tO the ica
 E.er was on hook.
 ply the liver was sold and
 .aCr- Then witness went
 -ra liver and told the man he ...- the liver for nifty cents. ts.'- was not in court, said the .ftSs. p1t the other man was the sc-s~eC- Then. according Jo the testi lnuu-. rle witness started back to the lt box with the liver. when the tive meU ~-abacd hIm. one from the front n G -h= other from the rear. and kick @c and rounded him. Other people in the store nut the two men out. Book ai 5s insisted that he never saw ther, before. rle declared he never had bus denied -a1TTr7cF them a hog He could not tell which ot the fellows took him by the ears ana kicked him.. or which held him from The rear He said his sister-in
 I7w. three other women and three or -four men were in the store at the time He said he had no knife in hand when the two men attacked him and that he made no resistance except Jo free him self tn rsSponse to 2 query from Attorney DUrNn- Bookstsub insisted that he never sold ro either of the two men. a whole hog or any part of a hog and there fore never told them they were TO have the liver and pluck He said there was no other Arabian in the meat business in Westerly except his brother, Joseph Sullivan Bookataub. He denied going after knife either before or after the assault but thought he heard one of the women say: "Stop N%@OFES ALLer the assault ne Salu he resumed cutting meat and that the blood from his ears dropped on tlle meat he was cutting He said he was excited and could not tell whether the accused was the one who kicked and pounded him He denied that he was intoxicated and declared: "T am a bus mess man and cut meat only when sober" He said he never got drunk ] on Saturday and never offered either of the strangers a bottle of beer when l they called for the liver. chFistira Zcn1ba testified that she | Was in the Bookataub place, and iden- 1ihed Siewsyk- -2s one of the men in the l tIzssle with Booka1aub. The other fel- 1 low was a trifie shorter He was not in the court room she said. She was not positive that Siewsyk struck Book 1 atRub. or even if blows were ex- changed When the TOW over the liver l commenced she left the place as quick 1 ly as she could. Cornelia Squadrito, If Stonington l testified she was in the store when the l two men came in and asked about the | liver. Soon after there was a mixup 1 and she ran out. She recognized Slew l svk as one of the men. but did not | see him strike Bookataub. but he was | in the tussle with the other two men, | Manuel Lewis. another witness, tes- ]