The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-18
OF
 CRAFT AWAITED
 FOLLOWING RAID
Witnesses Expected to Tell of Borino's Collecting
 Big Revenue.
COURT INTERPRETER
 CAN'T GET BONDSMAN
Found By Police in Com |, pany With Keeper of Wa
 ter Street Resort,

The accusation that Ralph Borinc taxed the keeper of dtsorderIy house in Water street $10O a month, and per cent. of the revenue to pav off,
 c1als for protection was disclosed at police headquarters today, following a sensational early morning raid upon the Auto hotel, 331 Water street e
 Borino, a familiar figure in police c1rcles, first as court interpreter later 9 prisoner for frauds practfced upon gullibIe. compatiots in the Ita1- ian settlement was found at 1:2O this morning when the police made a raid upon the resort. He was found in company with a woman giving the name of Mrs. Margaret Roquette.
 Borino is held on the charge of vio- 1ating, the statute relating to living on the earnings of 1ewd women. The Roquette woman is held upon a sim liar charge and Marie Toroke is charg- ed with being mistress of the resort The Roquette and Toroke women fur nished bail of $1,000 and $15O each, while Borino was bundled off to the county jail after the city court session this morning, being unable to furnish $1,00O bail.
 The raid on the Auto hotel was engineered by State Policeman Frank VfrelIi, and made by him and squad
 
 headed by Sergeant James Ramsay. Borino claims that his arrest is the re- suit of a scheme of VirelIi's to dis credit him. Bad feeling has existed between the-twe forsyears.
 While nothing oEffcfal was disc1os- ed at police headquarters today, re- 1ating to the stories of Borino's col lection of graft from the resort, the story was generaliN circulated in po- lice gossip
 It is reported that witnesses will De ss .mmoned, when the trial of Borino is held, who will testify to facts that purport to sh ow that he received S10G a month and a, substantial percentage, said to be 15 per cent, of the reve- nues- of the place, in recompense for Keeping the police away from the place.
 The story reached police headquar- ters a fortnight ago, and a raid waE made upon the Hotel Auto last Sum day night. This raid it was expected would disclose facts upon which fur ther investigation of the graft story could be made. This raid was made eration of Vfrelli, who did not appear in the raid.
 Sergeant John M. O'Conne11 raided the place late in October and trial is now pending in the court of common pleas, Mrs. Roquette having appealed from fine of $1oO and costs imposed In. city court. Last Sunday night a squad of policemen under Sergeant James Ramsay again raided the place run by Mrs. Roquette and in city court morning a continuance was granted until Thursday morning of next week. Last nights raid will be tried out in city court Wednesday of next week. Thursday the trial con nected with Sunday nights raid will 3v, oil will be he'd in the common pleas court on the appeal of Mrs. Roquette from the fine placed upon her for keeping a disorderly house ate in October.
 The building is the property of Mrs. Ernest Meyers, How 3conducting a sa- loon at East Main and Nichols street, the license being drawn tip in the name of her son-in-law. It is said that the monthly rental amounts to S1OO. About two years ago this re- sort was closed and Mrs. Meyers was l ordered out of town. She was twice 1 when trying to procure a liquor license for her present saloon l on East Main street. but she finally l in having the license is sued in the name of a son-in-law. l Her present place is managed by her. husband. Ernest Meyers, and is lo- sated in the F'raenza, building, four i story building, also the property of Mrs. Meyers
 Borino was mixed up in an alleged l biaclxm ai1ing scandal some time ago | and last September hA was sunm oned | before the board of police commits 1 sioners as a witness in the case of | Special Policeman Frank Loperci, who | vas repFimanded for accepting a re- | ward of $500 from Angelo Stavola, | proprietor of the Avon Inn, for cap turing Joseph Della, alias Cicareli, ] who had skipped a bond of $2,600 fur l 1fshed by StaVola- State Policeman VireIh bore the brunt of the, investi- sation and at it's conclusion he was as was Loperci
 The prisoners of this maIning's aid are represented by Fallon & zreenstein. They claim Berino will | lear himself of the charge of living m the revenues of the resort, assert ng that he earns a subsistence as, for an out-of-tewn italian journal.
 The lease of the Auto hotel prop rty was drawn up by CIitus H. King, he Fairfield legislator recently sen enced to prison for fraudulent mort age transactions. The rental was 1ee a month. The property was eased by Mrs. Roquette from Mrs. Ernest B. Meyers.
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