New Britain herald., 1916-11-02
 MARTIN WANTED TO SHOW HIS ABILITY.
So He Beat Up His Wife and
 Daughter-Goes to Jail

Thomas Martin of Arch street, evil dently feeling strong and in a fighting mood yesterday decided he would like to administer beating to some one. Straightway he went home and pro- ceeded to play football with his wife, kicking her in the stomach and in the leg. He then proceeded to use her for a punching bag and the battered countenance she showed to Judge James T. Meskil1 in police court this morning bore mute testimony to the beating she received. Flushed with victory over his wife, Martin then pro- ceeded to vanquish his thirteen year old daughter, choking her and punch ing her in the mouth when she tried to defend her mother. The little gril's lips were badly swollen today. Mrs. Martin told the judge that her hus- band has done nothing for her sup port since last April and that her oldest son who has just returned from army duty on the Mexican border Is supporting her. Given a chance to make statement Martin entered on long harangue against his wife that was cut short when the court senten- ced him to four months in jail and re- voked previous probation.
 Wife Cholxes Husband.
 What would have happened had Martin had as his wife Mrs. Joseph Motta of 137 Corbin Place is prob Iematica1 for while Mrs Martin was calling on the police to save her from her husbands fury MT. Motta was seeking police assistance to save him from his wife. At 6:15 o'clock this morning Motta called for police help, claiming that his wife was trying to kill him. He declared that she not only hit him, but also choked him.
 Like Mother Used to Do.
 Stanley Paresky was in court charged with assau1ting Latis Grola and evidence yet undisclosed in court will show that Paresky did only what mother used to do. It is said that on Halloween night the Grola boy, with some other neighborhood cut-ups, visited Paresky's back yard where they proceeded to turn his chicken coop upside down. Not content with. h.j that, it is said, they poured kerosene on the coop and set fire to it. The owner is said to have caught the Grola boy and at once proceeded to business The claim is that he took the boy
 
 manner and used a shingle to the best advantage. He will be defended by Lawyer Joseph A. Glover when his case is called for trial on Saturday morning.
 Didn't Have License.
 Harry Bason of Hartford, employed by a wholesale fruit dealer and who accidentally bumped into a man nI Toy~Jc Io{ noon as he was trying to turn his auto truck around on Main street, was fined $5 and costs for operating a motor car without a license Bacon told the police he was New Yorker and had a Massachusetts license, but does not own a Connecticut license | He declared however, that he does not | drive the automobile and was at the wheel Monday only to turn the ma chine around so it would face with the traffic,
 Knife wielder Fined
 William Grabeck, just back from Noga1es, was in court this morning to testify against Mike Belina, charged with breach of the peace. Grabeck and several other witnesses testified that Belina caused a disturbance on East Main street last night and then drew a knife with which he threatened him. The knife was later found in the street where, it was claimed, Belina threw it just before Officer Joseph Kennedy arrested him. A fine of $7 and costs was imposed.
 Chickens Are Missing. Peter Dobrowski was charged with breach of the peace and pleaded not guilty. On request of Lawyer J. A. Glover the case was continued until Saturday. The complaining witnesses against Dobrowski were considerably peeved this morning because he was not charged with stealing chickens, it being claimed that he had two be- longing to them. The police state, however, that Dobrowski caught the chickens trespassing on his property, so a, charge of stealing would hardly be merited
 To Jail and State Farm.
 John McEnroe, charged with being drunk, was sentenced to thirty days i in Jail. 1 William Farr, charged with drunk