The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-07
kANAKl HELD
 ON CHARGE OF
 MANSLAUCHTER

Louis Kana.ki, 2o6 Spruce street,
 was held on a charge of manslaugnler for the fall term of the Superior court
 by Judge Wakeman in Fairfielo town IVY 2 court today in connection with the i death of his two companions. Paul Asztelos and Steve Vergos while nsh- 1 ing off Penheld Reef on July F. Bond was fixed at $1,000.
 The testimony of George Manders. assistant keeper of the Penfleld Heel 1 light told how. early in the morning, while the sun was just rising in the east; he heard the boisterouss shouts 1 Of drunken men. Peering out, he saw three men rowing past the light, ail 1 apparently intoxicated He watched l them until they anchored about 2 quarter of a mile distant. He gave no l further notice to the party5for an hour 1 when he glanced out over the sound.
 He was talking with William Basx- ter Of 14 Lebia. street. John Barr, 4
 Harrison Court Eugene Ritchel, 947 Hancock avenue and Frederick Mc-
 Donald, of Broadbridge road, Strat- that formed the base of the light
 house, and. as he glanced out across the water, he saw two men swim ming, while. a third remained in the boat.
 Baxter remarked that the men were liable to drown if they stayed in.
 
 when he noticed that but one man l was in the water. He did not see what became of the other. Then the man in the boat arose and started to poke an oar at the remaining man in the water He did not see him strike 1 him, but said that it passed close by ! the man. The man then sat down in the boat and started to row about, while the man in the water apparently att empted to reach it. for it could be seen he was strong swimmer He did not see the man when he sank Kanaki started to row for the light house, and as he approached, Mand derH testified. that he placed his hand in his pocket and ordered him to sur
 render himself He secured the man s Isignatures and then turned him over to the fishing party with orders to turn him over to the authorities At the time of the drowning. Manders testified the boat was not more than a quarter mile distant from the light house
 William Baxter one Of the fishing party to some extent corroborated MdRnders, story, q if er1ng mainly as to the distance from the lighthouse of the boat which contained Kanakis He declared that it was at least three
 quarters of mile distant at the time. They saw the boat contaInfng Kanaki and the two drowned men as 1t pass led the light early in the mornt ing. They paid no further attention to the
 party, until they saw two of the men igswimming about
 l Then Manders shouted: He is hitting them | but when they looked they deciared that they saw Kanaki rowing about, while one man was swimming after the boat. They paid no further attention. and returned to their fish ing Shortly after Manders remark ed that there was but one man in the boat. Manderssran to the top Of the 1iglat returning shortly with the in- form ation that two of the men had lsdisappeare
 They then started for Kanaki for he was rowing with the greatest diff ficulty. When they reached 4fae boat, Baxter roWed the man to the light. They later started for shore, Baxter
 rowing the boat containing Kanahi Upon questioning RanaaSi, as to Where. his two companions were he kept saying They re gone, for he could speak but little English. Taaey later drew from him that the men had drowneds They were too heavv for him to pull to the boat, he sai id.
 Baxter s story was corroborated by his three scompanions, all declaring 1 that the men were swimming in the l water for about fifteen minutes. No other boats, they declared, were fn the vicinity at the time