New Britain herald., 1914-05-12
CUES FOR WEAPONS
 { IN P0QLR00M BATTLE

ScYenty-fVe Men and Youngsters
 Engage m fItt-for-An ! Fight. CHEF RANlINCS'nAY CLOSE PLACE. Tsinones' Parlors in Bronson Block
 on Main, Street Has Evil Reputation '.s '.s -PolinesAr Argtve Probably in Time to-
 Prevent Serious Results.
 Scenes rivaling gang fights in the lowest sections of New York were enacted in. John Tsimones' poolroom at AT Main, street, the Bronson hotel block last night and that someone was not killed outright was considered marvellous in the eyes of the police. Pool cues were yielded freely and a pair of brass knuckles was found .on one of the prisoners captured. Seven arrests were made, the proprie- for being one of those taken into cus- fody.
 Tn police court today Peter Pappas, convicted of hitting Gustave Murzyn on the head with a cue, was fined $1o. Arthur LaFlamme, charged with breach of the peace, was assessed $lO. John Dombrowsl<i, on a similar charge was fined $7. A charge of carrying brass knpckles which had been pre- 1erred against Dombbrowski was dis missed. Steve Mikowsl<i. Albert Gra- beck and Murzyn. charged with breach of the peace. were acquitted. Judge James T. Meslxill was on the bench. All of the prisoners, with the excep- tion of Pappas, gave their age as eighteen. Pappas is about thirty years old.
 Battle Starts Over Pool Game.
 Young LaFlamme and a Greek were playine pool and had an argument as fo the number of balls each one had pocketed.s Tsimones separated them when they became too belligerent and the discussion simmered down to nothing when a helper in the poolroom opened it up again by ordering La Flamnie out of the place. The young ster refused to leave and the helper invited him out into the" back yard to fight. LaF1amme picked up the gauntlet and both started for the back door. M
 As LaFlamme reached the door, sill someone hit him from behind and he landed in the yard after negotiating a five-foot drop from the sill to the ground. The crowd had surged to the back of the poolroom and Dom browski, Graheck and few others were pushed out the door into the yard where,ftit was alleged, they pro- ceeded to bombard < Tsimones, who was in the doorway, with rocks and other .objects.z The closing of the door and the arrival of Officers Lam phere; Nealon and Malona, put a stop to their efforts
 Seventy-five in Free-for-aI.
 In the meantime the interior of the pool room was filled with surging, punching mob. The Greeks are said to have taken sides against the
 
 grabbed from their racks and brought down at random on any heads within reach. Murzyn received bad cut on the head and said after the ar rests that he saw Pappas wield the cue. One of the witnesses said there wfresat least seventy-five men ana boys engaged in the free-for-all fight.
 After arresting those who had been pushed out of the back door, the po- licemen entered the poolroom and placed Pappas, Tsimones and Steve Mikowski under arrest. The last named insisted on being arrested, as he said he was in the fight.
 During the trial today Dom brow- ski explained to the satisfaction of Judge James T. Meskill how the brass knuckles came to be in his posses sion. He said he saw the Greek with whom LaF'lamme was going to fight reach in his back pocket and pull out his handkerchief. The knuckles also came out and fell on the floor. Dom- browski said he picked them up and would have used them if the fight became "big." He had no chance 10 test their hardness as he was pushed out into the back yard. While Dombrowski was being taken to po- lice headquarters he called small boy to his side and tried to slip the knuckles to him. He was clumsy in the attempt and the knuckles tangled to the sidewalk where they were found by Officer Nealon. s@ss ,v,s ;
 Mikowski told the court he insist ed on being arrested in order to be able to testify in the case. He had no hand in the fight, he said
 
 Tsimones was charged with assault ing Murzyn after the other cases had been disposed sof. He pleaded not