New Britain herald., 1916-03-20
COMMIT GAVIN TO
 INEBRIATES' FARM
Many and Varied Are Cases in
 Police Court Today

[ GaVln, well known young man dpouI
 town, to the state farm for inebriates at Norwich. Gavin is the second local l man to be committed to this instltu- l ton and his commitment came at the | request of the authorities and also ms immediate family, who realized that
 unless something is done for him he 1 will soon be a physical wreck. GaN- l in has had one attack of the delerlun 1 tremens since he was arrested by Offl- l cer Michael J. Cosgrove Saturday eVe- | ming.
 l Fred Lockery, another unfortunate, was sent to jail for thirty days on 1 charge of Vagrancy. LOckery told the l court that he is unable to work as he l is Q 1ocomotOr ataXia victim. The l man is a veteran Of the Spanish Am
 erican war and has spent much tinse at the soldiers home. During the past few months, however, he has alter mated between jail and New Britain Jailed For Pool Room Fracas. 1 Arthur LaFlamme, characterized by l Judge Meskill as decided "fresh," was sentenced to jail for twenty days La 1 Flamme was arrested in Peters pool room in the Hotel Bronson building Saturday evening by Officers Richard ] son and Quirk. The proprietor had asked the officers to eject several of fensive patrons, among whom was LaFla mme. All went peaceable ex- cept the accused and he refused to gO The officers said he was drunk and put up a fight. The pool room pro- prietor said he had had considerable trouble during the past week and had put the youth out of his place on four different occasions. On Saturday night LaFlamme ripped the cloth on two pool tables, he said.
 LaF1amme denied the charge of drunkenness and regarding Peters as- sertion that he had damage the pool tables he said" He's a liar on that part" He said he would never have refused to leave the pool room had not the officers showed him. He also de- nied having been elected from the pool room four times. He only put me out twice." LaFlamme said.
 LaF1amme's companion, John To- pia, 16 years old, was found guilty of a breach of the peace and sentenced to jail for ten days. Judgment was suspended. When LaFlamme was ar rested, Topia threatened to forcibly take him away from the officers unless they released him at once. The youth has a, home but does not live there, preferring to board at the Hotel York. His father testified that he had warned him to keep away from this pool room and to go to work, but he did not heed the parental advice.
 To Arrest Harry Mack.
 Harry Mack, who WAS summoned by Officer Quirk as witness in the above case, did not appear in court. Action of this sort on the part of states witnesses has been very frequent dur ing the past few months and Prose- cutOr Klett is determined that the or ders of the court shall be respected. He ordered Mack's. arrest and he will be brought into court tom Orrow on writ of capias. He may face a charge of contempt of court
 Bloody Fight in Saloon..
 A bloody fight took place in Tut ties saloon on Lafayette street Sat urday night in which George Moray ich was struck in the face with a beer glass in the hands of Mike Saviski. Dr. Joseph Walsh dressed the injured mans wounds and testified that he had an ugly gash on the forehead and a deep wound under the eye. The mans head was sWathed in bandages. Officers Quirk and Richardson made the arrests and also took Tony Yaks, another of the principals, into custody. Saviski was fined s2O and costs, Yaks was fined s1O and costs, and Mora Vich was let off with a fine of s5 and costs, his physical punishment being l more than enough to make up the l difference financially
 Smashes Up His Homc 1 Officer Cosgrove was sent to Jo-
 seph Zisk's home at "A Clark street | Saturday evening where he placed the | lord and master under arrest on com 1 plaint of his wife Fisk was drunk 1 and had begun to smash up the fur l niture. He started on the stove and | had reduced that to scrap iron when
 the officer arrived. Mrs. Zisk told the
 court her husband is all right only
 when he gets drunk The man has l recently served a sentence of fifteen l days in jail and the court placed him | on probation, With the threat that un- 1 less he behaves he will go back to
 jail for a long term
 Another ID. IT." victim
 Andrew Vetrulick was charged with l drunkenness and breach of the peace
 and was arrested by Officer Cosgrove 1 Sunday. The man was on the verge l of the delerium tremens this morning
 and was sent to jail for ten days in
 order to get the alcohol out of his
 system.
 Says He Is Nervous
 l J. P. Walsh of Springfield, who told ! the court he is a very nervous man l and is also deaf, which accounts for
 his talking so loud, was charged with
 drunkenness and breach of the peace
 at S4 Church street, Saturday even
 ing. Mrs. Eva Barnes, with whom l Walsh boarded, said the man came in l drunk and paid her his board. Seeing l hi cho him h iG