New Britain herald., 1915-01-28
|NED SIS FOR
 ! TICKLING GIRL
1. S." hehahon and Lawyer
 MGDoDough Have 1iItS in Court.

Tickling Miss Anna Carnen at
 leeney's theatre yesterday afternoon
 roved to be rather an expensive
 9stl1ne for Henry Ehle, a twenty
 Uo years old young man, who was
 ped Sl5 and costs by Judge James T.
 leSkll In police court today for the
 1ehse His companion, Thomas
 uscano, was fined s7 and costs for
 preach of the peace at the theatre
 connection with the arrest of his
 lend. Attorney P. F. McDonough
 ppeared for the two accused and he
 nd =. $. McMahon, manager of
 >eeney's theatre had several warm
 US curing the progress of the case.
 r. S. was the first witness and
 suHed to receiving a complaint from
 1e girl and having her point out the
 tenders. He then watched the duo
 nd saw them repeat their offense,
 declared. He then spoke to Ehle
 ld was advised to go to hell.' Of
 Ger Charlie Johnson was pressed in-
 P service and rather than be taken
 ut by the policeman Ehle leaped
 yer the railing of the box and tried
 get away. This action he explained
 court by saying he did not want to
 Rffer the humiliation of being taken
 trough the center aisle by an of
 ger.
 "Ehle is a rowdie and is-,' "P. s. )aEted to say when he was cut short
 Lawyer McDonough who moved
 bat this statement be stricken out
 nd added that he wanted MT. Me lahon instructed not to characterize
 is client anymore"
 B. R. Dobbs was also scored by lawyer McDonough. He said he was
 he advertising man at the theater nd that after the trouble inside Tus- ano came out and began to swear nd use vile language, threatening to
 fix the girl for causing the arrest If his friend In the course of the Gamination of the witness, Lawyer 1cDonough and Prosecutor Andrew bt into an argument, which was cut ehort by Judge Mesl1ill's ordering them to ''try the case" When Dobbs, too, characterized the accused as rowdies their attorney again object ed and said: Never mind calling them rowdies, you take their ten lents, don't you? One never hears f your turning them away, do they?" ] As Dobbs left the stand the lawyer for the defense asked him if he is 8 married man. Yes, sir, I mar ried a Bridgeport girl thirty three tears old and I've got her yet Thank Tou,,a said Dobbs. LA moment later Mr. McMahon lnade some remark from behind and 1t once Lawyer McDonough protest q that T don't like to be insulted by man who characterizes every i body Officer Charlie Johnson and | officer Michael Cosgrove testified to | fresting the two men on complaints |
 The girl, Anna Carnell, wno was a Eashfly dressed and pretty Polish kirl, told the court she objected to being made the laughing stock of | khose who sat near her in the the ater. She said she came in with her brother and her cousin and as she | was taking off her coat some one be- 1 hind her, she declared it was Ehle, l tugged at her waist and said 'Sit l down. Later on, she testified, Ehle 1 slapped her across the face with his 1 program and repeated the offense on the other cheek and the ear. She ] also said that he pushed her in the 1 back of the neck and that his com panion laughingly advised him to btopA Four other men sitting near khis couple were also making fun of her, sae protested. The girl said that Ehle had in suited her by saying you are a dirty Pollock but you have a pretty face" He also swore at her she said. l Lawyer McDonough cross examined her closely and she finally admitted fhat it was the taunts more than any physical injury that caused her to com plain.
 Both Ehle and Tuecano denied the accusations and both declared that 1 they were unjustly accused. They said taat some stranger that sat beside i them reached in front of them and ! tckled the girl. Upon turning i around she saw Ehle and at once came to the conclusion it was him. This, they declared, was the extent | of the trouble and they had pro- tested for the stranger to cease for fear they would get the blame. An other witness, a friend of Tuscano's who sat behind them, gave similar testim ony.
 Ehle admitted that he had told "P. S." to go ahead and put him out, he ''didn't give a damn,' when ne had been threatened with election if he didn't behave. He denied trying to escape but said he leaped over the railing into the box so he wouldn't he dragged out and made a fool of by the officer.
 Tuscano declared that in the lob- bv Dobbs had called him a five cent sport and then slapped his face, but the officer paid no attention when he told him.
 In summing up the case Lawyer McDonough scored P. s. and Dobbs severely and said he was trying to oet away with a dirty, filthy Sug-