The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21


Jonn j. Breen, 1ormer nneIaan
OF the ~ !, n. II q n. r. n, ~
who - wen known IN rallroao clrcies
hereaoouts, has been a guest OF the
New Haven road at the best or notes.
\ for upwards OF a yfar.
Ehat Breen mas oeen hVlng on tne
rat OF the land' ana tnat the New
maven VINO LOOKS upon MIN as q S -
witness IN a criminal aclon IN winch
Is lnteresleus was olsc1os e - 1ese
night Ply the NeW YORK rk rAV eilliig Z -
whose special correspondent at Whlte
4 Plains discovered tnats ne mas pe ,t,n
> one OF the guests OF the LasnloIie'pie
+ Cariyon arms OF Wnite I ANS -
despatch 20 the FosI 1roin ln9S ei'S'
says
Freder1ck f. Weeks. VINO TOT nlne77
+ teen years was an ASSISTANT anu to 10,
Il the year 1ustpasl mas Dfeh anu SUI
Is the honest-to-gooon
eart-and-nope-to-ole Dls tIice ALL 49,.
Hey or WestcnesSer Nounty, - % s1n
he lets the New York New Haven &
Hartford Railroad pay for the board
and lodging of one of the peoples
Witnesses
Ordinarily. such q, witness would
be kept in a prison. but this particu-
lar witness stays at the Carly0n Arms,
in this city, and in the summer goes
to Rye Beach and Mount kisco---at the
expense of the New Haven For
year he has been under subpoena, and
for a year the New Haven has been
paying his bills and saving the coun-
TVS cash, aided and abetted by the
obIiging District attorney In fact,
the New Haven has been quite hand
some about 1T, for. not only has it SO
we'll taken care of the peoples wit
ness, but it has paid him g. salary
as we'll, which is probably not quite
as far as Mr.. Weeks would go in his
eraxY he
money
The witness is John J. Breen, a
former lineman of the road, who gets
Keen enjoyment out Of mixing up oil
and vinegar in a soup plate and 1losaI-
ing matches on it. He did that ar
the Carlyon Arms. in this city, and the
Carlyon Arms asked It's distinguished
guest Of special privilege to move on
Just where he went from there is not
quite clear, but, during the hottest
among those present at Rye Beach,
vxy;+x,e~
80 - 1A7 - Y
# was BACK IN - - ina. "a go
first went e " = el = = -
was wanted as a.V1SnesS al enaEses
OF perjury that nag 1Oeen louseu
against Inonnas - Ise 81 i1e s snu. Z y
~seph Snarkey IN a SUIT LOT esi., .sss
brought against the = e" - nay On " =
FORMER e1npioye na1neu Osc~sAl lh7u'
y. OsNein, OF sos Broaoway' MAI
haitian Breen was the ch1er witness
against Berkery and Snarkeye Wnen
the grand jury fnqicted them IN West
chester County For q une Breen
received no better treatment tnan
other witnesses TOT the people, TOT
the records show, ANA the oLlleaals 40
nit he was first cPnr1ned TO asnouse
OF detention that mac peen essa pnsn-
ed temporary at Valinalia ano wnere-
- ~1@ea~.
IN an election case sWnen tnsL mouse
Of detention was abandoned IN De
cember, 1914, Breen vas Rapie 10
durance vie IN the peulLeHIaary. ne
would have been saIe EneTe, ana as
the. county hotel tariffs. are low u Is
not likely that the tax rate would
have been greatly increased IN co11se-
cuenee Of his imprisonment But
Breen rebel1ed Somehow the tact
that his feelings were hurt reached
the law department Of the New Edsa.-
VEN and the New Haven spoke TO
Mr.. Weeks about it, with the result
that Mr.. Weeks decided to save the
county's money and agreed to Breens
transfer to the Carlyon Arms at
which hotel Justice Morscnauser Stops
when he is hoIf ng court mere = In
fact, Justice MorschauSers name APP
pears on the register OF the CaTlyon
Arms under date OF March To- 1918,
when Breen registered tnerese giving
his ADDRESS as Valnalla-
When Breen arrived at the CarIyon
Arms he was accompanied by john
J Dowd, who IS not a witness Tor
~ ~ 4,e Fyerv Have, FOR other reasons
Also in the party was Howard Browne,
> private detectfye and still later A
T Rvlxert and Louis Smith said
also TO be private detectives, appear
81 On the scene and mt nm AFT the
hotel. The private detectives also
seen~to be part Of Mr.. WEEKS plan
10 save the eountv's money. He hired
them himself to look out for Breen,
although there were wardens at the
Ss.onrtv iafI who would have done the
4 ronors- AZ tIae county prison had