New Britain herald., 1915-03-30
|| ABUOT AN INNOCENT CHICKEN
Adam Fu.S Little Brown Hen ln
 Grip to Keep II Warm.

Who stole John RichmondS $ ] chicken, the little brown chicken that l was in police court this morning and l which was found in grip on the veranda. of Adam Feiter's home, 59S 1 Elm street, Saturday.? MT. Richmond 1 charged Alexander Rulevich with the 1 theft and had him arrested, but the
 court this morning decided that the | chicken had not been stolen. One of the features of the case was the attempt of Judge G. w. Andrews to | have the man bound over to the Su- l perior court. The motion was demed 1 by Judge J. H. Kirl1ham, who pre- sided. ..- There was no conflicting evidence given during the trial. John Rich
 mond told how he and officer How ley had found the chicken in the grip. The witness of the defense told or
 spending the afternoon at the home of Peter ITeiter, a pail of beer adding to the sociability of the occasion. During the afternoon Rulevlch went out for a few minutes and returned with a brown chicken he had 1ound on the property. He asked Felter It it was his chicken and when Felter said it was not, Mrs. RuleVlch opened the window and threw it out. No more attention was paid to the in cident during the day until the officer arrived.
 Adam Feiter. the eight-year- old son of Peter Feiter, supplied the rest of the story. After the chicken had been thrown out of the window. he
 began playing with it. He put it into 4rA. ro% 1,o h; play with and forgot about it until the officer arrived. Rulevich was discharged.
 Hartford Avenue Troubles.
 Frank Brown, arrested yesterday for assault on complaint of Samuel Robington, was discharged by the court, the plea of Brown being self defense. Brown was defended by P. r. McDonough.
 Samuel Robington, horse trader, appeared in court with a bandaged head and pleaded that he was too weak to testify. His plea was ig- nored, however. The defense pro- duced witnesses to prove. that Robing- ton had threatened Brown and his .brotheri Jaw Harry Maxon, with physical violence and that yesterday Robington was the aggressor. Brown is employed by Harry Maxon to drive delivery wagon for MaXon's meat market
 At about , o'clock yesterday, Rob- ington and Flood both of whom are in the same business, were trying to sell a horse to Oliver Seeba1d. They were at corner of Hartford Ave. and East Main street when Brown came J1-if oh ioc foy, took off his coat, threw it on the side walk, and started toward the wagon. Brown, fearing 8 beating, whipped up his horse and hit Robington on the head with the butt end of his whip as
 Robington laid his hand on the rear of the wagon. Robington dropped to the ground, the wound inflicted on his head requiring the attention of a phy- sician. A number of witnesses were called by each side.
 Brown said on the stand that he
 had ten additional witnesses who re- i fused to appear in court because they 1 feared persecution at the hands of | Robington and his gang if they did | so. The trouble between Brown and
 Robington dated back to the winning l of lawsuit by Robington, according to statement made by the latter on 1 the witness stand
 1 Ncighbors' Quarrel
 quarrel between Julius Lavine and Charles Stankewicz of Oak street l in regard to the actions of Lcvine's 1 sons ended in court this morning with
 a $10 fine for both, the fine being sus-
 pended pending the keeping of the
 peace by both. Levine first swore out
 a warrant for the arrest of Stan
 kewicz on a charge of assaulting his