New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
ARREST BLACK MAN ! AS WHITE SLAYER i v
James Nichols WaiVeS EXtraditioD
 and Is Taken to Newark

Today's session of police court pro- vided eighteen cases to occupy the at { tention of Judge James T. Meskill, ! Prosecutor George w. Klett, Clerk E. E J. Danberg and the court officials.
 This docket included about everything from plain drunks to white slayer. The last named was a negro named l James Nichols, held for the Newark,
 N. J., police. An officer form that city arrived today to take the prison E- CT back to the scene of his alleged
 crime.
 Nichols is thirty-three years of age
 and the Newark police have been
 searching for him for almost a year. He was arrested by Officer Charles
 Johnson and Detective Sergeant Sam uel Bamfort yesterday as he was working in Williams garage. But lit tie is known about Nichols or the crime with which he is charged. The first the local police knew of him re- suited from the death of his child a few months ago. The fact that the infants mother was white and it's father colored aroused some suspicion and the rest followed. It is supposed that his crime has to do with this woman with whom he has been living as her husband. She is of Jewish descent and has disappeared from their erstwhile home at 3fS Elm street.
 Nichols has waived extradition and has. engaged Lawyer Harold Pierce of Newark to defend him.
 Brawl on Trolley Car
 Ac t1n of which took place on an inbound troll ley car from Hartford at 10:45 o'clock Saturday night, during which two women passengers tainted and the en- tire car was thrown into 8 panic Adolph and Henry Puppel, brothers, were fined $25 and costs each. Two Kensington men, Anthony Simeony and Waldo Saraivalli, who were at tackcsI by the brothers and who were arreased as parties to the breach of the peace offenses, were both dis charged. "" ..-@. Conductor F. c. Hahn of Hartford told1of having the two Italians as pas sengers from Hartford. Later the Puppel brothers and another man boarded the car and hearing the Ital- iar1s singing to themselves, interfered. They called the two songsters names and wanted to fight them, he said. As the car neared New Britain the fight waxed more furious and at Market street the conductor phoned for the police. At East street Henry Puppel zinterfered with Motorman Vernett . and the later knocked him through a Swindow and then held him, with the z zhelp of the Italians, until Officer ABrown placed them under arrest. The Witnesses testified that one woman 8paesenger tainted away in her seat, Frightened by the brawl and another kweTnan. fleeing from the car, fainted Rand fell in the street. The Puppel brothers tried to min Simize the fight and blamed it all on the two Kensington men.
 Wife Beater Fined. & Victor Koslowosoki of 73 Grove Astreet pleaded guilty to wife beating. l Nile was fined $1o and costs, placed on Drobation and told he would be sent kto jail if he ever hits his wife again. The wife testified that on Saturday, #following an argument she had with Ia neighbor her husband beat her with a horse whip and then burned the whip in the stove. In explaining his brutal act Victor said his wife had an- d his head. Officer Fred Wagner made the arrest.
 Case is Continued.
 Thomas Hart, Percy Wells, Peter
 Cook and Alex Huck, four young
 men, were arrested Saturday night
 by officers Hahn and J. Carlson. All
 are charged with breach of the peace and Hart is also charged with drunk VI, od nf bn fequest of Attorney W. F. Mangan
 he case was continued until tomor-
 low.
 Putnam Street Fight.
 -Four residents of Putnam street, Steve Ryskiewicz, Mike Ryskiewicz, Paul G1owoski and Alex Glowoski were arraigned on a charge of breach Df the, peace and aulting each other. The accused were defended by LaWyers P. F. McDonough and w. F. Mangan. All four accused each other of assault and it appeared that the trouble was the climax of fracas (which started on July 4. The most serious part of the fracas seemed to be the fact that Steve called Mike
 Fred devil" and other pet names and ones of the other belligerents bounced cuspidor off Steve's forehead. Off, Fer Sczinanski made the arrest. After
 listening to long, tiresome recital of details, Judge Meskill fined Mike hnd Steve $5 each and suspended Ardgment. The others were dis < %aischarged.
 Lawyers Didn't Show Up.
 yne case against Anthony Squillcote Eharged with reckless driving on East
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