New Britain herald., 1916-10-07
Two Waterbury Youths Start Out
 toSee the Country ARRESTED IN PLAINVILLE
Little Tots Take Junk Dealers Outfit and Drive Over MOuntain-Turned Man" Was Drunl1-BricfS.

After having driven several miles over lonely mountain road in a team, which they had taken without the owners permission, two Water bury boys, Walter McGourd, aged II, and John Cannon, who has just passed his eighth birthday, were picked up last evening by Grand Juror M. A. Norton and, having ad mitted their guilt, were placed in custody until this morning when an officer from the Brass City came here to take them home.
 While playing in, the vicinity of their homes early yesterday morn ing the boys spied a junk dealers team which they at once comman- deered. They drove over tho moun- tain just to see the country, they said, and tired and hungry, the novelty of their trip having worn off, they landed in Plainville early in the eve- ming. Ignorant as to their where abouts they picked up some of the youths around the center and, after learning that they were in Plainville, they took them as their guests for a ride,
 Grand Juror Norton was subse- quently advised of the visit of the boys and he learned of the "joy ride" they had taken. He com- municated with the Waterbury police. The latter had been put to consid- erable trouble in attempting to pacify the owner of the stolen outfit as he was wildly excited over his loss. The authorities asked that the youngsters be held here until an officer could be sent for them.
 Rather than have them locked up in the Town building Mr. Norton se- cured lodging for the little fellows for the night and this morning, with tears streaming down their faces, they started for home. They de- clared that they intended to return the team after they had a ride and had they not lost their way they had expected to return to the Brass City before nightfall,
 "Dead Man" Was Drunk
 An excited autoist hailed Constable Philip Marine at the center this morning and reported that he had seen the body of a dead man on the East street railroad crossing. Inves- tigation revealed that there was noth- ing wrong with the motorists eye sight as the prostrate form of a man was stretched across the tracks in the path of the dinky trains.
 His heart was beating regularly. however, and the officer found him to De but a plain drunk who had se- lected a precarious position in which to sleep. The chap was too drunk to tell his name and he had to be carted to the lookup.
 S1ent at FraiCht Ho,eo
 Picked up by Officers Marine and David at the freight house platform last night, a stranger who gave his name as J. F. Sullivan and claimed Meriden as his home, was taken into custody on the charge of intoxication. The man claimed that he had lost the trolley for Meriden and went to the freight house to sleep off his jag.
 He will be given a hearing before Justice Condell late this afternoon.
 Checkers Return to Work
 White men, employed as checkers at the transfer station who went on strike With the truckers yesterday morning because of their objections to being associated with the negroes brought here from the South. re- turned to work this morning. Agen+ Mulvihill had a talk with them and the differences were seeminplv patched up.
 Yesterday activities at the station had to be suspended owing to the strike the imported negroes being nm. able to work without the checlers Good Judgment displayed by the rail road officials probably averted troubl,.