New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
PlainVillc News TARGET PRACTICE
 COSTLY ON SUNDAY
Angelo Nicosia Carried Gun When
 Found by Game WardenS
FINED AS SABBATH HUNTER
Game Wardcns Camp ill Woods All Night-WOman Loses Finger in Peculiar Accident-Firenan and Engineer Badly Scalded-Briefs.


 Engineer Badly Scalded-Briefs.
 Sunday target practice proved rather expensive recreation Tor An gelo Nicosia, who was arraigned in court this morning before Justice A. H. Dresser to plead to the charge of hunting on the sabbath. Despite protests of innocence when the at- cused advanced, the court 1Ound nm guilty and imposed a fine of SIC and coses, amounting to S39.9o. Nlcosls paid up although he claimed he was a >ict.m of circumstance rather than a vlolator of the game laws.
 For weeks complaints have been made to the game wardens aoout hunting in the woods in the south@ln part of the town on Sundays The rc- port of shot guns, fired Tn the Woous' -has been heard with falr resuldrly and protests against the slaughterlns of birds on the Sabbath nave oeeh made to the authorities.
 Game Wardens Pease and SmltM came to Plainville Saturday. Ihey camped in the woods Saturday night and Sunday they lay in walt TOT tne hunters. M nile the sound of firing
  the game wardeps were unable to To- cate it's source. Shortly before six o'clock in the evening they came up on Nicosia, who was walking through the woods carrying a shot gun. The man was on his own property at the time and he declared that he was looking for a stone to use as a tar get. Nevertheless he was placed un- der arrest
 In court this morning he entered a plea of not guilty and again protest cd his innocence Grand Juror M. A, Norton, who appeared for the state explained that the mere fact that the accused had gun in his possession in the woods on Sunday was prima facie evidence of his guilt Justice Dresser concurred in this opinion anu imposed the fine.
 Finger Pulled From Socket.
 Mrs. John Carlson of Unionville avenue. is a patient in the Hartford hospital where she was taken yester~ day afternoon after most peculiar accident. The woman, who is ad- vanced in years, was leading horse through pasture in the vicinity Of her home. A tie line to which the an- imal was attache ed was wound around the little finger on her left hand.
 The animbal bolted suddenly, the quick pull on the tie line removing the finger from the socket.
 Dr. l.. H. Frost was called to a. tend the woman. The finger was pulled clean from the socket and SD much flesh was taken from the hand with it that the physician advised the woman's removal to the hospital.
 Fireman Badly scalded.
 Fred J. McCusker, fireman em- ployed by the New Haven road nsr- rowly escaped death this morning when he was caught in the cap or an engine on which he was working, while steam, escaping from the boil ers filled the compartment. lie was badly burned about the face and arms and his presence of mind Ill leaping through the cab WlndoW probably saved him rom pelng scalded to death.
 McCusker was using steam to clean out the ash box on the engine, when it back fired with such force that he was hurled into a corner of the cab So much steam was escaping that it was impossible for him to shut off the valve, and he jumped through tho window to eafety. In falling he sprained his wrist, but was other wise unhurt.
 He was taken to the office of Dr. J. c. Tanner where his burns were dressed He subsequently returned to his home in New Haven. Engineer Scalded.
 Engineer Cosgrove, who has charge of the boilers in the local plant of the Bristol Manufacturing conlpany, was painfully scalded while at work in the mill Saturday. He was making some repairs in the rear of the boil CTS when a plug "blew out and he was enveloped in a cloud of escap- ing steam.
 He managed to extricate himself from a precarious position before he had inhaled the steam. At the office of pr. l. H. Frost his burns, were treated and he was taken to his home in New Britain Although swathed in bandages. he was able to return to work this morning.
 Have Local Medical Examiner That Coroner Calhoun will take Plainville from the district of the new medical examiner, who will soon be appointed to succeed Dr. T. c. Wright, Is expected by local phTsi- clans, and it is considered likely that a doctor living here will be named TO attend the cases In town
 Dr. Wright served both New Brit ain and Plainville as medical exaro- iner and while his work was satis- factory, difficulty in locating him, ow- ing to the fact that he had no regu- lar office hours, sometimes caused complaints from local sources The doctors here believe Plainville should have medical examiner of It's own There are but few deaths here