New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
SENSATIONAL CASES
 BROUGHT IN COURT
Domestic Troubles Of Mrs. Hazel
 BarroWS Sullivan Given Airing

Joseph Sullivan, well known young man about town, was before Judge James T. Meskill in police court this morning on charge Of drunk enness and breach of the peace pre- ferred against him by his wife after a decidedly sensational hearing and was fined $5 and costs on each count. Prosecutor George w. Klett conduct ed the states case and Lawyer Will liam F. Mangan appeared for Sulli- Van
 Sullivan Tries To Escape. j Officer Walter Malona arrested Sullivan at the depot shortly before 1 midnight Saturday when Mrs. Sulli- van lodged a complaint against him. 1 The officer said that Sullivan was 1 drunk and when he placed him under arrest he tried to run away. He suc- ! ceeded in sliping out of his overcoat l and leaving the officer holding the gar 1 ment. but when he tried to run away 1 he bumped into a woman standing l nearby and both fell down. He was l then caught and taken to the police ] station.
 Mrs. Sullivan, wife of the accused said she went into the Arcade Res 1 tuarant shortly before 12 o'clock to
 get "a cup of coffee and sandwich and while she was in there her hus- | band came in and called her bad
 names With becoming modesty the l young woman objected to repeating l the name her husband applied to her but finally gave in. She insisted that 1 Sullivan not only called her the name 1 in the restaurant but followed her I in, 1 claimed in a loud voice his opinion 1 of her.
 Can Get Only Coffee, Says Wife. Cross examined by Lawyer Mangan, Mrs. Sullivan denied that she was l with another man when her husband entered the restaurant, but upon fur 1 ther questioning she admitted that a MT Burdick'' was with "her party" Are you sure that all you were
 drinking at the restaurant was cof- fee?" queried Lawyer Mangan "Certainly-that's all I can get-in there," she replied with g. naughty toss of her head.
 ''All you can get in there? Then they know you, do they ?" retorted Lawyer Mangan.
 Further questions of this nature , were objected to by the state. Miss Kitty Anderson, who says she comes from Meriden, has worked as
 a waitress at the restaurant for a month and who is a close friend of
 Mrs. Sullivan and her sister, Mrs.
 Ruth Barrows Reynolds, next took
 the stand against Sullivan. She de-
 clared that he came into the restau-
 rant drunk and declared he was go-
 fer O. Fl
 induce him not to make a scene but
 he called her 'yellOW'' individual
 of bad character and insisted that he
 was going to tell his wife just what he thought of her. Mrs. Ruth Reynolds
 also testified against her brother-in-
 law, repeating what her sister had
 said and adding that Sullivan had called her a vile name as we'll. Sullivan denied being drunk, al- though to his lawyers question he said he had three beers" He de-
 nled insulting his wife and explained
 that she has been travelling around
 with a male friend who takes her out
 and gets her drunk much of the
 time. He declared that he went up to the man in restaurant and address, ing him in no uncertain terms, ad- vised him to keep away from his
 
 get her drunk any more. "I called him a name and said you keep away from her. " Sullivan said
 Cross questioned by the prosecution as to how many beers he had par taken of, Sullivan said 1.-TWO that l know of"
 How many that you don't know off, he was asked.
 'One,' Sullivan replied How many more did you have :' he was asked The answer was "two' and then to further questioning he replied three or four more.'' bring Ing the total up to nine. Sullivan then 1 told story about his wife chasing around with the follow who ''is a | married man" and asked the prose- cutor why he was not in court to- day. Prosecutor kett informed the accused that if he had any grievance against his wife he should seek coun- sel and not take the law into his own hands
 Judge Questions Witness Veracity. l Alexander Fanion, a friend of Suli- Ivan, testified in his behalf, but When he had concluded and Prosecu- tor Klett started to rip his state l ments to pieces Judge Mesl1ill TO- marked don't pay any attention to
 him. In my opinion he lied on tho stand''
 Well, I suppose it is for you 10 judge who tells the truth,'' remarked Lawyer Mangan, who then added Tn my opinion some other witness lied on the stand too.' Lawyer Mangan then remarked
 that it had been shown that Sullivan works every day at the Rule Shot, Why didn't the prosecutor ask them (referring to the three young women) if they work?''
 "Is the court to assume that 1n-