New Britain herald., 1916-04-27
MUNITIONS WORKER
 IS GIVEN HEARING
Peter Byron Tells of Quick Promo
 tionS at WinCheSter'S

Peter Byron, alias George Byron, l munitions worker, who is at present !. engaged in making primers for the 1 big eighteen pounders at the Win chester Arms company in New Haven, 1 was arraigned before Judge James T. ! Meskill this morning, charged with 1 not having contributed to the support i of his wife in two years. The man l admitted the charge, but explained l that his wife had ordered him to stay ] away from her. He was placed in l charge of Probation Officer Connolly. 1
 Mrs. Byron resides with her three ] children at S4 Church street and she l testified that two years ago January 1 o her husband left her and since then ] has neither contributed to her sup l port nor written to her. She de- l clared he abused her so she told him 1 to leave, saying she could get along l better herself. Of late she under 1 went a change of heart and her state 1 ments indicated that she was some 1 what jealous for she complained that if her husband was capable of keep 1 ing another woman, and buying her an Easter suit, too, he ought to sup port me- The accused husband told a long story of his wanderings during the past two years. At one time he said, | he was very sick ana thought sure he was going to die so he wrote to his wife that shc might know, but he re- ceived no reply. Recently he entered the employ of the Winchester company in New Haven at $I.75 per day. He did we'll and was soon promoted until he now earns $3.7O per day. He has charge of sixteen priming machines which make cartridges for eighteen pound cannons and says he has standing offer from the Marlin Arms company to work for them at an in- creased rate of pay.
 Jerry Not GuiIty-CraZy.
 Jerry Lynch, No. 1, charged yester- day with being drunk, was found not guilty because of insanity by Judge 1 Mesl1ill today pr. George Dunn eX- amined Lynch and found him to be of unsound mind. He was committed | to the Connecticut Hospital for the 1 Insane for six months. l
 What six months for being drunk? ] Well, that's going some" soloquized 1 Jerry as he was taken away.
 Still CeIebrat ting Easter.
 George Matuhs was charged with 1 non-support it being claimed that l since Easter he has been on a con- 1 tinuous debauch. He explained at length how he works steadily but as Easter comes but once a year he felt 1 it his duty to celebrate in a proper 1 manner. He was placed on probation. |
 Married?-No, Russian.
 Mike Karpa, another celebrater with an Easter hangover, was arrest ed by Officer Frank Moore on Main l street yesterday. Are you married? ?' oueried Prosecutor Klett of the ac- cused.
 "No, Russian he replied.
 A fine of $3 and costs was imposed. l
 Wife Rescucs McKenna.
 Peter D. McKenna, who was re- gently fined $5 and costs in court, paid | his fine with a check. When Clerk ] Emil J. Danberg tried to cash the 1 check he found it to be worthless and l McKenna was rearrested again last night. Later his wife came to head 1 quarters and paid the fine in real l money.
 Migrants Go to Jail.
 Supernumerary Officer Birmingham i arrested Dennis Driscoll and Vineetn Allen early this morning as they were sleeping off a drunk in l. Swarsky's barn in the northern section of the city Both men pleaded guilty to va grancy and were sent to jail for sixty days Only the night before last a barn in this same vicinity was burned down by a fire of mysterious origin and with vagrants in the neighbor hood the affair looks somewhat sus- picious.
 Fined $1O For Assault.
 Nartelo Ruselne was fined $10 and costs for an unprovoked assault upon Matthew Horrigan { in the Bronson pool parlors last evening. Witnesses testified that Ruseline was angry at being defeated by an opponent and as Horrigan passed by he suddenly struck him with a billiard cue, al though the youth gave no provocation.