New Britain herald., 1914-08-06
ACCUSED HUSBAND
 CHARGES INF|DEL|TY
Bhou Family Troubles Aired in
 Police Court Today.

In reply to his wife's charges of 1 non n-support, Martin Bilou, who was given a hearing before Judge James I. Meskill in police court this morn ing, entered into a long harangue of 1 accusations against his better half He ] declared that she goes out frequent ! ly With other men, usually with Arr 1 menians, and stays out late at night. At other times she goes out of town ! with male admirers. As a final thrust
 against his wife's fidelity MT. Bilou said that he caught her in a Myrtle l street restaurant, conducted by Arme-
 nians, and at the time one Armenian 1 had his arms around her, and both were imbibing freely.
 l Mrs. Bilou denied these charges and says that for several months her hus band has contributed nothing toward | her support. His only occupation is 1 to play a fiddle at weddings. An ad- 1 ditional charge of assault was also preferred against Bilou, and to sub- J stantiate this Mrs. Bilou exposed a l part of her bosom to the court to I show the black and blue marks caused {! by her husbands blows.
 l Judge Meskill continued the case | for two weeks in care of the proba- ton officer.
 New Excuse Offered.
 Almost invariab bly prisoners charged 1 with drunkenness offer some weak ex- cuse for their errors, but today Stan ley Koocheski added an entirely new excuse in the long list of "stock eX- cuses.'' He said that as he was walk ing down the street his shoe lace broke and he sat down to repair it. As he was sitting there an officer came along and arrested him. Was he drunk? Certainly not; he had few drinks, but he wasn't drunk. He was fined $5 and costs. Officer Strolls made the arrest and later brought in Charles McGill, who was sent to jail for fifteen days for being drunk.
 Others Sent to Jail
 "Gyp" keegan, the old reprobate arrested in the rear of the Stanley building yesterday afternoon, we'll as his pal, Frank Brushek, was sent to jail for fifteen days
 Mrs. Sage Testifies.
 Mrs. John Sage testified against her husband, John, this morning, saying that since June 23 he has worked but three weeks. At that time Sage was arrested for non-support, but the case was continued until October 1 to see if he would behave himself.
 Mrs. Sage asserted that her hus- band has been home but two nights in the past two weeks and also says that from o'clock in the morning until closing time he sits in a saloon drinking. On Saturday night she met him in front of the saloon and asked him for some money whereupon he chased her some distance and when she locked him out of the house he smashed a panel in the door. Last night she had to borrow s1 from neighbors to get something to eat, she declared.
 Sage said he did not care to make any statement adding that "it wouldn't do any good anyway"
 Judge Meskill ordered him to fur nish a bond of $500 and pay his wife $6 per week for six months.
 Young Boys Arrested.
 Steve Riess, Mondak Riess, John 1 kasetta, Louis Melinsky and Steve Sy- mowski, the eldest of whom is not over twelve years of age, were arrest | ed by Officer Fred Wagner yesterday 1 on a charge of damaging property. Judge Mesl1ill gave them a hearing 1 in chambers this morning and con- tinued the cases until tomorrow.
 The boys knocked a large section 1 of a brick wall from the building on 1 Beaver street owned by Miss Cath crime Gilbert After securing the bricks | 4L, o1