New Britain herald., 1916-12-04
WOMAN BOUND
 ON THEFT CHARGE
Mrs. Gifal0'S Bond Is Increased
 to $500

Charged with the theft of s25O from
 the home of Anthony Vernelli of 58 l Beaver street November 16, Mrs. Jose 1 phine Gifalo of the same address was l arraigned before Judge James T. 1 Meskill in police court today and held l for superior court under a finding of
 probable cause. Despite the plea of
 counsel for the defense, bonds were 1 increased from $250 to $500. The 1 amount was furnished. Attorneys J. | A. Glover and M. D. Saxe appeared 1 for the defense. The hearing was
 lengthy, much of the testimony talk
 en through an interpreter. There | were numerous witnesses for the state 1 and defense.
 The arrest resulted from clever l work by Detective A. J. Richardson and his tracing of $2O bills, the sum 1 taken being composed of bills of this denomination, with the exception of one $10 bill. It was announced that the arrest was somewhat premature because Isidore BassOn, son of a mer- chant in that neighborhood, had in formed Mrs. Gifalo that the police had asked him to watch out for any s20 bills presented by her at the store.
 Elusive $20 bills and an attempt to
 trace them and explain their use com
 prised the testimony used by both
 prosecution and defense. Prosecuting
 Attorney George w. Klett presented
 the landlord, milk dealer, grocer.
 beer wagon driver and several others
 with whom the accused traded. They
 testified that shortly after the time of
 the moneys disappearance, she ap-
 peared to have received considerable money and paid them. In, at least two instances $2O bills were used
 The accused said that she borrowed the money. Two boarders testified to
 having loaned her $2O each. They were somewhat vague in their remem-
 brance as to the circumstances and,
 under the close cross examination of Prosecutor Klett, did not fully re-
 member as to how they happened to have that amount of money with them at that time and as to where they got it.
 Attorney Sake caused smiles on the faces of court officials and others in his contention that it is not common for people to have $2O bills in their possession and that this was nothing that could be regarded as conclusive evidence against the accused, even if her husband, Salvatore, had been out ] of work and she had previously in l formed police and tradespeople that 1 she had no money.
 Joseph Welsh of 3 Sexton street and 1 Joseph Carroll of 102 Sexton street | were fined s5 and costs each for as- sault upon Ludwig Warnet and Walter Baslwiewicz of 286 Elm street. It was testified that the assault last night was a. result of trouble Halloween lt Pofh of mil, and have been in trouble before. Car roll gave an excellent demonstration | of how English can be turned into | slang. a demonstration seldom heard excepting in the slums of a large city or in gangster circles. Several times he was interrupted by court officials and an interpretation of some of the phrases asked. Before being ordered to pay the fine, he was given a scath- l ing reprimand by Judge Meskill, who classed him as being of the type that would benefit by a jail experience. Welsh recently returned from militia duty on the border. Closely linked l with this case was that Of BaslW1e- l wicz, who was fined $1O and costs for i assault upon Martin Walsh, cousin of Joseph. It was testified that the as- sault took place on Hallowe' en night. l The warrant was issued November 1 1 and since then Baslwiewicz had been ] unsuccessfully sought.
 Judgment was suspended in the l case of William Lavanis, charged with 1 breach of the peace. William said l that he has been working on a farm 1 and was unable to get his former | boarding house for Thanksgiving l dinner. He said that his boarding | boss was angry because he did not and l thought it was an insinuation against l the quality of the dinner and put him out when he did appear. Lavanis ! sought aid of the police but did it in such way as to cause his arrest He was advised to get a new boarding l place.
 Hearing of assault charges against David Gorfain of 55 Oak street was postponed until Thursday as several witnesses did not appear He was represented by Attorney M. D. Sake
 Court session was the longest for a ctjnp nnti1