The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
DRASTIC PENALTY
 FOR WASHER WHOM GIRL HAD ARRESTED
Judge COughIin Gives Him Nine Months in Jail and $1OO Fine Other City Court Gases

Because of his persistency in fol- | lowing a young lady about the city last evening, Michael Perry. 14S Will | lard street, was fined $10o and costs and given six months in jail for breach of the peace and three months in jail for assault by Judge Thomas c. Coughlin in the City court this morn ing. Perry appealed under bonds of $500.
 Last evening Perry followed Miss Pauline Orsky of Hamilton street from Washington Park where he met her walking with another man, through the center of the city and back again to East Bridgeport. Tho young lady and her friend boarded trolley as also did Perry. At State to the young lady and began using abusive language. She called an of f1cer and had the man arrested. The court did the rest this morning
 Joseph Cronan. 199 Gilbert street, was arrested by Patrolman Robert Wolfe last evening at his home as he was trying to escape from the house. The officer had been called into the house by Mrs. Cronan. Cronan had stepped into room on a pgetext to change his trousers when the patrol man heard the crash of falling glass
 
 time to grab Cronan who was scaling down a leader. Cronan and his wife had argued during the evening over mail which Cronan was receiving at the general delivery window at the post office. This morning he was giv- en six months in jail for assault and three months for breach of the peace. Because of the condition of his wife the court suspended Judgment and placed Cronan in charge of the proba.- ton officer for one year.
 Boarders at 157 Summer street have 1 been missing funds from their rooms. Last evening three of them, Steve Redooto, Alexander Boskox and Joe Shebut decided to do some s1euthing on their own hook. Tony Caplan who i was passing the house was called in. He was accused of the thefts and on denial was handed a beating. He caused the arrest of the trio claiming | that he was not only assaulted but that one of the. men took SPA from his pocket while he was at the bottom of l the pile. The police are investigating 1 both ends of the tale.
 Edward Fay of Jef1and4 place was fined $k5 for breach of the peace and 1 drunkenness. He was found last even | ing arguing with a woman in State street He claimed the woman had | taken money from him.
 At the request of his counsel, At tOrnGY Robert B96Gh6T, Harry E1afr1S, [ charged with embezzltng $37.3B from | the American Graetzen Light Co. in | Fairfield avenue, secured a continu- ance until tomorrow under bonds of | $500. '
 Frank Burns was sent to Jail for | 12O days for vagrancy and 20 days for | drunkenness. Patrolman Barton who arrested him told the court that he was a persistent pan handler, that farmers were his game and he refused to let them go until he secured funds.
 Police Notes.
 Mrs. Phi1eatus SeIleck of 6S South street, Patchogue, L. l., asked the po- lice today to locate her husband. Sell leck obtained work at the baggage room in the local depot over a week ago. He drew a weeks pay last Satur- day since which time he has not been seen by his wife who has been stop ping at 57 Parrott street!
 Mrs. Oscar Blair of 124 East Main street also has asked the police to aid | her in search of her husband. She | thinks he has run off with another wo- man. The police learned that the man has been in Savin Rock
 The Hartford police desire to locate Burt Sanford, aged 35, six feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds, and E who it is believed is employed in this city. His brother in Hartford is seri- ously ilI 1