New Britain herald., 1915-06-01

near the railroad crossing on West | Main street Officers Marine and Da- vid discovered him sleeping off a jag | and they placed him under arrest. l They had to carry him to the lock-up as he was unable to stand. While he admitted having been arrested sever al times, Preston said he had been "on the water wagon" for months. He is working. The court agreed to sus- pend Judgment, holding a thirty day sentence over Preston's head to keep him straight" After court Justice Condell handed the prisoner a purse containing s5 which had been picked up on the street by James Fox and turned over to the judge. Preston identified it as his property. He be- came separated from it during his wanderings around the center. In his case the court also remitted the fees of the justice and grand juror
 Trown from .Jitney.''
 Samuel Gloriant of Whiting street, was badly bruised and cut about the face last evening when he was thrown from "jitney" in which he was rid ing home from New Britain The other occupants of the machine were also suddenly divorced from the car but they escaped injured.
 The machine was driven by Hart ford man. who has been carrying pas sengers between New Britain and P1ainville for the past week. Last night as he was passing White Oak pond he lost control of his car and it smashed through a guard rail on the roadside. The machine was badly damaged. The driver claimed that he was blinded by the head lights of an auto owned by M. Irving Jester of New Britain The latter reported the accident to the police giving C26042 as the registry number of the 'jitney.'
 It was said today that Gloriant in- tends to bring suit against the owner of the machine for the injuries he sustained.
 Injured in Hartford.
 Patrolmen Philip Marine was noti- fled last evening that Miss Jane Booth Hartford late yesterday when she was run down by an automobile on Asy- lum street. He was advised that she was struck by car as she was cross ing the street and was knocked down and severely bruised about the body. The owner of the machine Is said to have driven off without offering any assistance or even stopping to learn how badly his victim was hurt. Off, cer Marine was told that the car bore a New York license plate, the number of which was secured by eye witnesses of the accident.
 Police headquarters in Hartford had no record of the accident today and the detective bureau disclained have received any report on it.
 Freight Car Overturned
 The Northampton division of the New Haven road was. blocked for time early this morning by a freight car which had been overturned dur ing the night at the crossover near the depot. Two of the cars on a freight train which was making up' at the local yard left the rails and be- fore the string could be brought to a halt one of them tipped over
 The car was righted in time to clear the line for the early passenger trains
 Wants Deal Called Of.
 According to James Minello, repre- sentatives of Albert Halpern called on him yesterday to persuade him to call off a recent deal whereby he transferred to Halpern property on Whiting street and the stock and good l will of the Central Market in exchange | for land and buildings in New Brit { ain. They offered to pay him $500 | for the trouble he was put to on ac- | count of the transfer.
 MT. Minello insists that the pur- | chase was legitimately made and he | demands $2,000 to call off the deal ! He considers that he is entitled to | this amount for the trouble and ex- pense he was put to by reason of the | sale.
 Brief Items.
 The Parish Guild of the Church of l Our Saviour will meet Thursday af- ternoon in the Parish house. Supper | will be served at o'clock.
 Rev. L. F. Baker of this place. gave l an address on ''The Highest Ideal of the Loyal Worker" at the convention | of the Sunday Schools and Loyal Workers societies of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts held in the Advent Christian church in Bristol ! yesterday F. Peace, superintendent of the Sunday school in the Plainville Advent Christian church, spoke on | Temperance Teaching in the Sunday l Schools
 The grange will meet this evening |. in its hall on Pierce street. 'Children,s Night" will be observed after the |