New Britain herald., 1915-07-16
Pla!ltnvf1le News. JUVENILE THIEVES
 PUT 0N PROBATION

MISS L0RENA PRIOR DEAD Wen Known Young Lady Passes Away
 After Long nlness-NIrs. Doucette
 Dies at sanatorirm-Mrs. Haskell
 Figures in Accident.
 Pleas of parents of three New Britain boys arrested Wednesday for stealing an electric magnet from a trcllev car that had been left, on the siding near the Electric field, were re- sponsible for leniency shown last night H hv Justice E. P. Prior when the youngsters were brought into court for a hearing. Relatives were anxious to
 have the youngsters given another chance and the court imposed fines of
 s1 in each case, placing the boys on
 proba tion for six months with orders to report once week to Rev. l.. $.
 Johnson. New Britain's probation
 officer. Sixty days were given Tn which to settle the assessment.
 Joseph Niva, Kerry Mezacz and
 John Niedezwicki were the boys ar raigned. They were charged With theft, all of them entering pleas of guilty. Tuesday they partly dfs- 1nantled one of the cars. hiding valuable magnet in the bushes nearby. They returned Wednesday, bringing wagon with them to cart away their rlunder. After a long chase in Which revolver shots were fired by New Britain policeman, who pursued them, the boys were captured.
 They were in a penitent mood when ] they put were put to plea last nlghI and all promised to reform if given chance Their parents requested that ! they be kept out of the State School ] for Boys and Justice Prior decided to l put them on probation.
 Miss Lorena Prior Dead l (. Miss Lorena Prior, well known young lady, died at 8 o'clock this l morning at the home of her father d Thomas G. Prior of South Washington ] stret, after protracted illness She l suffered from a complication Of l diseases and for several days her ! death had been expected. I The funeral will be held Sunday af- i ternoon from the Church of Our Lady l of Mercy. Burial will be in St. 1 Jcseph's cemetery.
 l Miss Prior was native of Plain- ] ville For number of years she was l in the millinery business in Water 1 bury, retiring few months ago on account of poor health. Besides her father she leaves three sisters, the ] Misses Margaret, Josephine and Helen i Prior, all of Plainville, and three l brothers, Laurence of Hartford; Ray
 rnond, who is in Canada, and George I of this place. Y Dies at Sanatorium 1 Mrs. Maude Doucette of Bank street l died yesterday at Undercliff sanator- l ium in Meriden, where she had been l patient since Tuesday, She was I in the last stages of tuberculosis when ] Selectman Johnson heard of her con- l dition few days ago and ordered her 4 removal. to the Meriden institution. ! Undertaken w. Allen Bailey brought ! the body here yesterday. Arrange Sl ments for the funeral are being held J Up pending the arrivel of the woman g i father law from East Boston T Mrs. Doucette is survived by two I young children. Her nearest other l relatives are d sister-1n-law Mrs.
 Philip Marine of Plainville, and her 1 husbands s parents.
 Mrs. Haskell In Accident.
 Mrs Gladys. Haskell Of Bristol who
 inaugurated the jitney service between
 Bristol and Plainville, a business
 which has subsequently, developed in
 remarkable fashion, figured in an ac-
 cident in Hartford yesterday while
 driving her public service car. On Harrington avenue her machine col
 lided with wagon, owned by Newton
 and Burnett, meat dealers. The wagon was overturned and the contents spilled into the street.
 At the time the driver was delivering goods in a house nearby. Mrs Has
 kell admitted responsibility for the
 collision and agreed to pay the dam
 age.
 Odd Fellows Install. Oficers of Sequassen lodge, elected for the ensuing term at the semi annual meeting held in June, were l l seated last, evening, District Deputy tDieters and staff of Bristol, having
 charge of the installation exercises l Obligations were given to the follow. ing elective officers:
 Noble yGrand-Howard Thompson. } Vice Grand Allen W. Raymond. Recording Secretary-W. J. Mckee , Financial Secretary-Frank G. Os.
 borne
 Treasurer-H. W. Peck
 Inyconnection with last nights meet,
 ing$ Noble Grand Thompson announc. ed the following appointments: Right Support To Noble Grand
 David Gould.
 Left Support To Noble Grand-B
 $. Norton.A
 Right Support To Vice Grand-Har. r ry Tyler.
 Left: Support To Vice Grand-D. R