New Britain herald., 1914-04-16
FREIGHT CHOPPERS"
 ARE LOCKED IN CAR
Train Crew Turns Cambridge Young
 Men Over to Police.
CLAIM THEY BROKE CAR SEALS


 Paper Box Plant-.Wants Addi-
 tional Compensation.
 Caught by railroad men in a freight
 ear, the seal of which it is alleged they
 released, John Cunning and Frank
 Seybolt, two Cambridge young men,
 were turned over to the local police
 last evening and are now locked up
 awaiting a hearing. The pair will be tried before Justice E. P. Prior, prob
 ably this evening, on the charge of
 treSpassing on railroad property,
 Prosecutor Norton believing that it
 would be difficult to convict them for the more serious offense of which they were accused.
 The young men were caught in un- usual fashion. Railroad men saw them climbing into d freight car which was part of train bound for New Haven They were discovered while the train was in Pennington and the crew locked them in, turning them
 over to the police when the train ar
 rived in Plainville. Constable Down
 ing placed them under arrest on com-
 plaint of Station Agent c. J. Mulvihill.
 The prisoners vigorously denied that
 they broke the seal on the car. They
 declared that they were anxious to
 ride to New Haven and seeing the
 door on the car open they climbed in.
 Two other men were inside, they
 stated, when they entered and left be- fore the door was locked. As the car contained nothing but fertilizer and
 the evidence concerning their break ing of the seal is' not particularly strong, Prosecutor Norton did not be- lieve they could be convicted of an at- tempt to burglarize and he will prob ably charge them with trespassing only. The train crews have been greatly annoyed by youngsters who have been
 making a practice of freight "hop- ping and the authorities have re- ceived several complaints from the officials of the road Railroad detec- tives have been detailed to watch out for the troub1emakers and several ar
 rests are liable to result. i, Will Sell Plant. N. E. Nystrom of Bristol, who some time ago purchased the property on which the plant of the Plainville Paper Box company was located, has decided against operating the factory
 himself and has offered it for sale. 1 For several weeks the plant has been under attachments and Monday Sheriff Marsh of New Britain. sold the ma- chinery and other equipment to satisfy 1 a foreclosure judgment rendered in 1 favor of the Trumbull Electric com pany The outfit was bought for $500 by John H. Trumbull.
 l s It was reported for some time that MT. Nystrom contemplated going into 1 the business himself as soon as the at- l techments were released but instead 1 he intends to give some one else an opportunity to succeed the defunct company.
 The factory, during its existence. supplied the paper boxes used oy nearly all the local manufacturers and also had a good business in neighbor- ing places. Local industrial leaders believe there is a good field in Plain vile for such a concern.
 Taken to Retreat. Papers committing Charles w. Diggle to the Connecticut Hospital for ] Insane at Norwich were issued yes- terday by Judge George R. Ewing ton after a hearing held in probate court on the application of the young mans wife.
 Diggle has shown signs of insan- ity for some time and a few days ago
 he was removed to a private retreat at Norwich from which he will now be. transferred to the state hospital. Wants Additional Compensation. Pasouale Ciambiello is dissatisfied with the amount of damages given him by the Bristol Manufacturing company at whose plant he was in- jured a few weeks ago and Com missioner Chandler has been appealed to to decide on the merits of his claim.
 While at work in the factory Ciam- biello had his hand so badly crushed that part of two of his fingers had to be amputated One finger, the second, was taken off at the second joint while only small part of the first digit had to be removed. Under the compensation act a workman is entitled to half pay only during the period of his disability if | only one phalange of the finger, or from the first joint, is lost while if | it is taken off at the second joint he i is to receive half his weekly wage 1 for an arbitrary period of weeks. In Ciambiello's case, the insurance people arranged to pay him for the l loss of two phalanges of the second l finger, which the law prescribes is l half his salary for fifteen weeks
 They refused to award him anything 1 for the injury to the first finger Compensation is allowed for nineteen I weeks for the loss of two phalanges l of the first finger and Ciambielle l claims he should be paid for thirty. l four weeks.
 l Commissioner Chandler has asked
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