New Britain herald., 1916-01-08

1 most an hours time. He went into 1 every detail of the case.
 1 Judge Continues Case. ] Judge Meskill continued Smith's S case until next Wednesday morning. l Bonds were fixed at $200.
 Thieves Sent to Jail. John Meade and Joseph McGuin- ness, two tough looking customers. 1 were each sent to jail for sixty days { for stealing a. bolt of cloth from J. Birnbaum's Main street store yester l day. Officers Wagner and Malone made the arrests.
 MT. Birnbaum testified to finding I the cloth stolen and notifying the police. Walter Donohue testified that yesterday morning he saw McGuinness sneak out of a hallway in Sweeney's s block with the bolt of cloth under his l arm. McGuinness asked permission to question MT. Donahue, which he cid, With the result that the case against him was strengthened. William Reynolds told the court that on Myrtle street yesterday morn ing he saw both Meade and McGuin-
 ness try to sell a. woman the bolt of cloth. Next he tried to sell it to an-
 other woman and he finally sold it to
 Peter Zarielo. Zarielo said he paid
 fifty cents for it. Officers Malone and
 Wagner said they arrested the two
 men in Munch's saloon. On Sunday
 night both men had begged lodging at police headquarters
 Meade had nothing to say, but Me- Guinness insisted on telling his yarn. lie said he met Meade in Waterbury two weeks ago and on Sunday they both walked to this city. On Mon day, he said, they got work at the City Coal and Wood company On Thursday morning they both slept late SO did not go to work. Thursday night they got drunk and as they both had "sick heads yesterday morning they did not return to work. While walking up Main street a "stranger'' walked up to him and said: You look sick. Here, take this cloth and go and sell it. I'll meet you in the first bar room on the left hand side in half an hour" Your Honor, I plead guilty to selling the cloth but not to steal ing it. I do not know where it came from.'
 Sixty days each, on the second count" said Judge Meskill. The two men were charged with vagrancy and theft.
 McGuinness caused a laugh when asked who was the stranger who gave him the cloth. He replied to the prosecutor: "He was a fellow about your size-a clean, well dressed, slick locking young man.
 Boys Sent to Reform School.
 
 line and Attilio Sylvester, both fifteen years of age, were sent to the reform school for boys for theft The boys, in order to "get even'' with William Rubuck, a photographer stole a amera Tense valued at about $40. They then went to Berkowitz's Arcade studio and tried to sell the Tense for fifty cents. Battaline had nothing to gay, but Sylvester. with tears in his eyes, told his story. He said Robuck had agreed to take their pictures in cowboy suits and promised to give 1 hem an extra photo. He did not do l his so in order to "get even" with l nim the boys stole the Tense. intend ng to return it when Rubuck should treat them right
 Wife Reater Arrested |
 August W Olte or 34o ArCn street l vas sentenced to ten days in jail but 1 was suspended and he was ! placed on probation, for beating his 1 wife last night. Officer Charles John | son made the arrest on complaint. l lie found Mrs. Wolfe in an Arch 1 street drug store crying. The woman 1 told the court that her husband came 1 nome and chased her out of the l house. Later she returned, where ! lpon her husband told her she was 1 just a cat'' to him and couldn't "stay 1 n the house. i
 Plays "Hookey'-Is Sick.
 Truant Officer Andrews and two ! teachers from the Smalley school ap 1 peared to tell Judge Mesllill that John 1 Donlin, a, pupil at the school is an 1 nveterate hockey player. Mir. 1 Andrews said that not only at present, 1 out last month, Donlin played l hockey from school. The boys 1 father told the court that his son is sick in bed with the grip. This being l she case no action was taken, but the 1 tother was impressed with the neces sity of sending his son to school when