New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-11
HELD IN BONDS OF
$500 FOR ASSAULT
Joseph SoGsfsk Makes Indecent
Attack on VadS'aW btj .tW,ki.
FINDS GIRL ALONE IN HOUSE

Walter Spane Fined 500 and Sent to
Jail for Six Months for Clubbing
Caroline Novak With Iron Rod
Other Cases. .A
|. Joseph Socofski, a boarder at No.
~ Grove street, is held in bonds OF
$500 for the next term of the
criminal side of the superior court, for
an assault and rape committed on
Miss vadislaw Bojnowski, a fellow
boarder, last night when he returned
home and found the girl ali alone in
the house. The accused denied the
assault but acknowledged "fooling''
with the girl and expressed fervid
desire to marry her on Friday IL she
wishes it.. The case was replete with
sensation and was one of the most
atrocious and vulgar ones ever
brought before the local court. There
were an unusually large number of
cases on the docket this morning
several of them being of a most
serious nature.
Police Get Accused I'm Hall.
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Officer William Hart and Special
Officer Kennedy arrested Socofski in
the Grove street boarding house at
o'clock this morning after a complaint
had been made of the criminal as
sault. Officer Hart caught the ac-
crsed as he was sneaking from the
Bojnowski girls room through the
hall in an endeavor to reach an attic
room The officer testified that
Socofspi was CARRIED only in his under
clothes and shoes and carried the re-
lnainder of his wardrobe IN his hands
" hen arrested. To Officer Hart the
assaulted girl accused the man of en-
tering her room, where, despite her
struggles he forced her onto u bed
ard assaulted her She said he con-
tinued his i'll treatment Of her. Gar
ments worn by gSocofski and by the
girl were shown. The bed clothes
were also exhibited as was, watch
which was found under the girls bed.
The accused man admitted that the
watch was him, but weekly explained
that it must have fallen there while
he was fooling. g..
Girl Accuses Socofski. &c.,. "a
The girl herself took the stand and
accused Socofski of assauting her
She declared that she was alone in
the house when the man came home.
He forced his way into her room and
at once committed the assault, al
though she fought him until she was
too exhausted to stand. After throw
ing her across the bed, the man threw
iner onto the floor and then dragged !
her to another bed, she said.
Although the accused said that he
g y,fa piylfc her s,,xyi
TT ton, Sc stoutly denied this. He /,
also said he did not assault her but |
only fooled with her. On the stand he |
again told the court he would marry
her If she wished it,
Probable cause was found and Judge I
Meskill bound him over to the June /
term of the superior court in bonds of |
$4,000.
Cube Girl With Iron Bar.
Walter Spane, an eighteen years
cid youth, was fined 500 and costs
end sent to Jail for six months for
clubbing Caroline Novak over the
head with an iron bar as she was COM
ing down North Burritt street from
the Polish Printing company. yester-
Cay afternoon. The girl said she was /
near the head of Gold street in Booths /
lot when 6 zane stepped out from
Not word was spoken. but suddenly
Spane hit her savagely over the head
with an iron rod. she said. She
rushed to Mrs. Joseph Karpluski and
Mrs. Bertha Karporski and told them
of the assault. They all identified
Spane in court. .. ffs.v
The young man was badly fright
ened as he took the stand. He denied
the assault but admitted being near
the scene at the time aha could offer
no satisfactory explanation as to why
he was there. officer Fred Wagner
arrested Spane when Miss Novak iden-
t:fed him as her assailant..
Has Old Sweetheart Arrested.
Louise Mazuski and John Sagoz e
used to be sweethearts, but a short
time ago John, who is a bartender,
took to drink. Discovering her lovers
fault the, fair Louise ratified the ran
and told John he could either cut out
the booze or her Very ungallantly
John decided he would stick to John
Barleycorn. About a week ago, how
ever, Sagoz's old time love came over
him with rush and when liquor had
warmed his heart he would wander
up to No. As Lafayette street where
Louise lives and, like Romeo of old,
stand meath her window and plead
for her to come out. The girl and Mrs
Amelia Smith, with whom she lives,
nothing more to do with the | '
fellow and when he persisted in an
moving them the police were notified !
Officer Strolls arrested Sagoz at II
o'clock this morning as she was trying {
to lure his former sweetheart to the
window.
Sagoz promised the court he would
keep away in the future and in ex- I
plainir1g how he happened IN on there | 4