New Britain herald., 1916-07-14

witness and said he saw the accused throwing stones at chickens. Simeone has frying pan "bunked' in the lot and makes frequent excursions to the various cafes about town and returns with a "can of beer"
 In his own behalf, the prisoner said he had done nothing, but simply fell asleep under the tree. He lives at the power house, having obtained permission from the superintendent. He was unable to secure other lodg- ings in town. He buys his food in the stores. He has been working for the past sixteen days on a farm, but as there was nothing doing in the winter, he had asked for food in several houses. He left New York York and came to Kensington six months ago, because of the shortage of work there. He generally has one pint of ale a day. He denied he was horsewhipped for stealing chickens a month ago. but claimed he found a dead chicken in the. road and later a gang of men "beat him up" dur ing the night.
 Prosecutor Gibney said there was no question that the man was making a nuisance of himself. He has no place to sleep. He Is slightly dement, ed and only works long enough to ob- tain money for liquor The house wives were in fear of him, as he came to beg for food and he had heard of many complaints, but the women were unwilling to appear in court. Two years ago, the Italian society III Kensington agreed to pay the prison CTS fare back to the "old country, but Simeone refused to go. He be- leved the court ought to do something with the man. Judge Griswold then imposed the above sentences and told Simeone to go back to New York upon their expiration.
 To Sell No Liquor.
 During the court, Prosecutor Gibney said that many ways had been tried to get Simeone to leave town. When sober, he was quiet but frightened several women when intoxicated. In one place he asked for food and when given bread demanded meat. Tn his ! opinion Simeone should have no H- quor and said he would serve notice at every cafe in town that nothing 1 could be sold to him.
 1 Hears From Mexico.
 William Lyons, the well known | Kensington torsorial expert, has re- ! ceived a letter from Andrew Orsie and John Soloman, who are members of Company I, now located on the Mexi- l can border. About ten days ago MT. Lyons, Patrick Kelly, Thomas Secon- don and Thomas Kein sent a package of tobacco and "smokes' to the local
 boys and the letter was an acknowl- 1 a1c nf hn +1o l states that it is the rainy season on the Texas border and although the | thermometer registers at the eighty five mark, the heat is not oppressive.
 Everything is going on well and the
 troops are enjoying themselves.
 Fair Committee to Meet
 The executive committee of the Berlin Agricultural society will meet this evening and discuss plans for this years fair. Preparations will be 1 started and many details carried out
 It is confidently expected that the
 1916 fair will be the biggest and best
 in the history of the society and the
 committee will commence work on l that aSSump ptlon.
 That Shower.
 l Although no damage was reported | from yesterdays shower nevertheless
 it caused considerabl inconvenience The track under the railroad bridge | was flooded and the trolley cars had difficulty in getting through. Several 1 autom obiles were forced to wait from l to 6 o'clock before the water re-