New Britain herald., 1915-05-10
HIS COURAGE FAILS
!. At CRUCIAL u MOMENT
50 Constable stark Calls on Reg
uIM Officer for Assistance.

|
gan, who appeared in defense of Pat
| rick Leahey, charged with breah OF
| the peace at the railroad arcade Sat
urday night. Constable Stark essayed
| % arrest Leahey himself, but at the
| crucial moment it appeared that his
| courage oozed out through the soles
| of his shoes and he appealed to Oni-
/ Ger Charles Johnson for assistance.
| The officer took Leahey into custody
| on the constable's omplaint. Judge
James T. Meskill discharged the ac-
/ cused however, when the patrolman
testified he saw or heard no disturb
ance saying that the officer is more
| competent and has had more exper-
fence than the constable and had there
been any trouble he would have been
able to take care of himself
Constable Stark testified that at
about 9:45 O'Clock Saturday night he
was standing near the depot when
Leahey and a Hartford man became
engaged in violent quarrel. AS they
were making big fuss he interrupted
and told them to desist or they would
be arrested. Then, he said, Leahey.
turned on him and using vile languag sc
advised him to mind his own business
saying, II know you Stark, you've been
in trouble three or four times your
self and you can't arrest any one
The constab BILE testified that he was
about to arrest Leahey himself, but
as he had a, gang Of four or five oth-
ers with him he thought better of it
and went to get regular officer.
Leahey denied causing any disturb
ance. He admitted that a Hartford
man and he became engaged in a lit
tie dispute over the girl who plays the
piano at the Arcade restaurant but
there was no serious trouble as the
Hartfordite had apologized and every
thing had been settled when Stark
butted in and, flashing his badge, told
them to keep quiet. Lawyer Mangan
scored Stark severely, accusing him OF
being -officious and of butting in
where there was no need.
Bastian Adjudged Insane.
John Bastian Of Meadow street, one
of the best known characters in New
Britain, was adjudged insane by Dr.
Harry Elcock and DR.. John Purney,
and was sentenced to three months in
the Connecticut Hospital for the In
sane. Bastian was arrested Saturday
for breach of the peace, his neigh
bors having made q complaint about
him.
In the opinion of the physicians the
accused is suffering from alcoholic de-
mentia, so the court found him not
guilty of breach of the peace and CONF
mitted him to the retreat.
< Mccormick Goes to Jail.
Frank Mccormick was in court
again this morning charged with being
drunk. Judge Meskill sen him to Jail
for thirty days, much to the SUR
prise Of the man in the dock.
War Transplanted Here.
The European war was transplant
ed to Benz's hall in miniature scale
Saturday night when Philip Bruchal
and Nicholas Lazia got into a SQUAD
BILE. One is an Austrian and the other
is a Russian In the war argument
which followed, the Austrians brought
up a large gang of reinforcements
and the Russian was outfianked. He
was told that in the end the car
would be taken to Siberia and chained
to a wheelbarrow. This offended him
very much and he informed his tor
mentors that they were fools. Then
the battle was on, the principal de-
tense of the Austrian being heavy
beer glass, aimed by Bruchal. 1t
connected with Lazia's head and he
would have been annihilated but for
timely interference. AS it was he had
to be rushed to the hospital for treat
ment Bruchal did not escape UNI
scathed, however, and both of his
eyes were adorned with a mantle of
black today. He was fined $40 and
costs. '%5 .,t..,.vs> d.
& Arrested in Raid.
Rudolph Renus and Catherine Dyke
were arrested early yesterday morning
when Officers Malona, Howley and
Grace raided the house at No. "a Oak
street. They are charged with lasciv-
ious carriage. Attorney p. F. Nc
Donough appears for the woman and
Lawyer O'Keefe for the man. The
case was continued until Saturday
morning.
Boys Cases Continued.
Three boys, James Ray, Edward
Schultz and Edward Dunbar, were in
chambers this morning charged with
stealing a quantity of lead pipe from
the Rapelye stove store on Main street.
It appears that the youngsters have
cen stealing the pipe and selling 1t
to certain junk dealer. The case
was continued this morning until the
junk man can be rounded up.
Philip Smith, arrested in the Myrtle
street pit this morning by Officer
Hart, was sent to Jail for sixty days
for drunkenness and vagrancy.f
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