New Britain herald., 1915-03-24

his arrival from France Lemuel King, a maternal grandfather, was 9 member of that committee also.
 Miss Mckinney leaves two nephews, Harry Burt Mckinney of Montclair, and Andrew Mex inney, of New York, and two nieces, Mrs. Warren T. James, of New Rochelle, and Mrs. George Edward Raymond, of Philadelphia 2. 2, At one time the Mckinney's owned all of what is now the Richard B. Murray estate and much of Porter and Pcck's land. A section of the land now held by t.1e Misses Brande- gee of Worthjngton ridge was also Mckinney property at one time.
 Miss Mckinney was known to a great many of older inhabitants or the town She was quite fashion able woman and was a member of the Berlin Congregational church.
 Ninety Days for Beating Wife.
 In the Berlin town court this morn
 ing, Judgc George G. Griswold re- vived a suspended sentence of thirty
 days in the case of the state against Michael Brayfield of kensington, for
 wife beating, and added sixty days d.
 ted Friday, March 12.
 It was upon the complaint of the
 prisoners wife that Deputy Sheriff
 James Clark-Went over to his farm, which is situated near the Southing- ton town line, last evening and placed him under arrest. He was >de- tained in the town lookup over night. Brayfield pleaded guilty to the charge against him.
 His wife was the first witness called. She testified that, on the morning of March 12. her husband went to Meri. den and imbibed so freely of intoxi- cants that he was quite drunk when he returned In the afternoon a l butcher called at the farm and bought three calves from her husband, pay ing fifteen dollars for them. After the deal mad been transacted, she said, her husband entered her kitchen and picked d quarrel with her. He ap- peared to be very angry about some thing and sprang at her and tried to choke her. Mrs. Prayfield said on
 the stand that her neck is still sore from the terrible grip of her hus- ! band She said that the prisoner 1 then picked up a chair and was about ] to strike her with it, when the butch
 CT. who was present during the fracas, i intervened and held the accused.
 Asked by the prosecutor as to who 1 causes the frequent disturbances at
 her place, Mrs. Brayfield explained l that it was her husband who, when | slightly under the influence of liquor. l is unmanageable. She said that she l is often obliged to run out of the 1 house to prevent him from striking 1 her. He begs her for money almost ! continually, she said She told the | court that she has three children to l support Three of her older children
 are married and live away from 1 home.
 l When given an opportunity to give 1 his version of the story, Brayfield de- ! nounced his wife a liar and denied l all of her dama ging statements. He
 was not in Meriden on the day in ! question, he said, and he did not strike
 nor even attempt to strike her.
 "What did you pick up the chain l for?'' asked the prosecutor.
 1 Just to push. it to one side of the 1 room and sit down upvu ft,'' was the answer the prisoner volunteered after | some deliberation.
 l He denied also that the butcher was l obliged to restrain him from striking his better half and went on to tel l that it is his wife that causes all the trouble. She charges him board he :! said and he objects to this, inasmucf I as she does not pay him anything fol Iworking on the farm. They own the ] farm together, he testified. He atl-