New Britain herald., 1916-09-11
PlainVilHe News C0NSTAbLES' ENEMY
 GETS TERM IN JAIL
Tony Chio Threatened to Kill Any
 Officer Who Would Arrest Him >%
 COURT NOT IN. SYMPATHY
 James J. Graham Appointed Assistant Postmaster--F'reight Handlers Fined teen---Expect Hart's Nomination.


 Costello Jailed--Oal1es Fans Six teen---Expect Hart's Nomination. That the courts are not in sympathy with law breakers who add to their offenses by threatening officers With whom they come in contact was dem 1 onstrated to the dissatisfaction of Tony 1 Chic yesterday when that individual | made an appearance before Justice A. H. CondeH to answer to charges of ,, intoxication and breach of the peace Despite his plea of not guilty to both counts, Chic was convicted and was sentenced to thirty days in jail in ad- dition to having to settle fine of $5 and costs.
 Chic has been on a rampage for the past week. He had been given a. number of chances by the constables but seemingly was not appreciat1ve of the favoritism shown him. Friday night he was found in an intoxicated condition Il the rear of the Russell property but was let go after he begged Constable David to give him a, chance.
 He was around the streets Satur- day boasting about his control of the officers and declared to friends that he was going 'to get' Officer David for interfering with him. Saturday night he acquired another jag and he took a trip to the lookup as a result of his actions. He told Constable Ma rino that he intended to kill him as soon as he got his liberty, and to give him an opportunity to reflect on his de- cision Justice Condell ordered term in jail.
 Two freight handlers employed at the transfer station were also before the court yesterday. They had been arrested Saturday night on intoXica- ton charges. Justice Condell imposed fines of S5 and costs in each case. The men settled.
 Graham Assistant Postmaster. Announcement was made today of the appointment of James J. Graham as assistant postmaster to fill the va cancy caused recently when Clinton J. Morse resigned the place to become rural carrier. The position carries a salary of $1,10O a year.
 MT. Graham has been on the clerical staff in the postoff1ce for some time Before he received his appointment hCFe ne worked as substitute clerk in the Hartford DOstOftice.
 MT. Graham's prom notion will ne- cessitate no other changes in the office, as the staff was made complete at the time MT. Morse elected to change to the rural carriers position, although the appointment of his successor as as- sistant postmaster was deferred until now.
 Postmaster Prior deemed it advis- able to select his assistant from among the clerks in the office. The assistant postma ast ership Is a civil service posi- ton and is not regarded in the light of a political plum as Is the case with the postmaster.
 Costello Jailed.
 Inability to meet the orders issued by Justice Condell has resulted in Plainvil1e's furnishing another inmate of the county jail. John Costello, for merly of Bristol, having been taken to that institution because of his con- viction on a non-support charge. Evidence showed that Costello has been spending much of his time loiter- ing around cafes while his wife had to | work to support their children. Justice | Condell ordered him to file a bond of i s2OO as guarantee that he would pay 1 sS a week towards his family's sup | mort The accused couldn't get a | hondsman and he was taken to jail Had Sixteen Strike-outs.
 Pitcher Oakes of the Plainville For 1 esters team is rapidly acquiring a rep 1 utatiOn as a strikeout king and his ap- | pearance on the mound has become a signal for chills on the part of op- l posing batsmen, owing to his clever ness The young twirler added to his | laurels yesterday when he faced the l Mohawk team of Southington on AL ien's field. His slants were puzzles to l the visitors and sixteen of them were retired by the strikeout route during the game. Only two of the Southing- | ton boys hit safely
 The P1ainville team put up an ex- cellent exhibition and won by a score l of to A large crowd watched the | game and gave the local boys much | deserved encouragement.
 Expect Hart's Nomination.
 Among the leading democrats of the town tonight the nomination of | William C. Hart for first selectman at tomorrow nights caucus was predict 1 ed. It was said that the selection will l be by exclamation if the former dep 1 uty sheriff is willing to make the run. l MT. Hart polled good vote a year | ago against w. J. Johnson, the repub- lican nominee, who Is expected to run l again in October, and the democrats are anxious to give him an opportun- | ity to make another bid for the of | fee.
 The caucus is liable to prove rather tame affair as there are no in l dications of a contest for any of the l places on the ticket. Democrats now | holding offices and others who in the | last few years have unsuccessfully