Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-24
SAYS MAN TRIED
Thirteen Year Old Margaret Green Accused New London Violin Teach CT.

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 Charged with attempt assault upon Margaret Green, the 13-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Harry E.
 Green of 191 Bayonet street, New Lon don, in private bathhouse at Ocean
 Beach, teacher of the violin and Beach, Prof. Albert Shonfeid, a teacher Of the violin. and prominent in New London social circles, faced
 Judge William B. Colt in police court
 Wednesday and was held in $75O bonds for hearing in the municipal court next Wednesday, August 90.
 No plea was entered. Acting Prose
 cutting Attorney Frank Q. Cronnin re- questinG q postDC1eraeGt to allow for
 further investigation of the case. His request was also agreeab ble to At
 t0rney Perry HolIandersI1y, counsel
 for Professor ShOnfeId, and the court ordered a continuance.
 Professor Shorf1eld was arrested early Tuesday evening by PatroIman Joseph F. Damas in Peck's restaur-
 ant after he had been pointed out by the girl who accuses him. The complaint on which he appeared In court charged "an assault upon the body of Margaret Green of said city,
 a female under the age of 16 years,
 with intent to carnaIly know and abuse said Margaret Green"
 
 charges of the girl are preposterous that he has been made an innocent victim. He further declared that he
 had never before seen the Green
 girl until she appeared before him at
 police headquarters Tuesday evening and lodged the charge of attempted as-
 sault
 'None but a degenerate would per
 Detrate a deed such as this girl charges, and l can prove that I am not a degenerate"
 He admitted going 10 the beach Tuesday afternoon and finding a long ! line waiting for accommodations at | the city bathhOuseS he went to the restaurant of Nathan Peck, with whom he has a personal acquaintance
 and asked for the use of his bath house, which was granted. Before going into the bathhOuse. Professor ShOn1eId says he left $1O in the care of Mrs. Peck for safe keeping. He remained in the water and about the beach for about three hours. Returning to the bathhOuse he was almost dressed when someone trapped
 on the door. He called for the per son to wait a minute and when he opened the door he found several children in the company of Ealdis Peck. the little daughter of MT. and Mrs. Peck He told them he would l be out in minute and with that he
 completed his toilet and departed. As it was close to o'clock the cars were crowded and he decided '-~o0 taking 2 iitney back to town 1 When more than half way into the city l. occurred to him that he had forgotten to ask the return of the $10 from Mrs. Peck and he ordered the jitney driver to let him off and he returned to the beach by trolley It was while talking with the Pecks that PatrOlman Damas entered End placed him under arrest.
 The Green girl was engaged by
 MT. Peck to take care of his two
 year old son, Albert, 10 days ago. She came to him on the recommendation of another girl who had been in his em- plOy. He knows nothing of her.
 Although the girl appeared at po-
 lice headquarters Wednesday morning in the company of her mother, her az [ 9aranCe in court was not considered teroom until after the adjournment She is somewhat tall for her age. Mrs. Peck furnished the necessary $75O bond for the release of Profes- son Shonf1eld.
 Professor Shonfeld is very well l known throughout the citly, having retained a residence there for about one year and a half. He married a weII-known New London woman a short time ago.
 Since coming to New London he conducted classes in violin playing and many of his pulips are numbered among the elite of the city. He has also circulated among the social set | extensively and in that way has be- come very generally known.