New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
INSUL1ED SENTRY,
 SENTENCED TO JAIL
Trio Punished for Remarks to
 Sentinel at State ArInory
AT POINT OF GUN

William Sheehan, Daniel Doran and
 James Mcintyre Arrested i'm Saloon
 By Squad Sent Out to Find Them
 Following Insults to Priv. Bonenfant
 The sport" of setting dog on Pri- vate Alfred Bonenfant of Co. E., First Connecticut Infantry, and hurling yer bal insults at him as he patrolled his post as sentinel in front of the armory on Arch street shortly after 10 o'clock last night was summarily dealt with by Judge James T. Meskill in police court today, three months in jail each being imposed on William sheehan of 23 Spring street, Daniel Doran of 200 Hartford avenue and James Mcintyre of 213 Main street. In addition, thirty days in jail each was the penalty for intoxicatiOn. This was not the end of Sheehan's trouble, however, the police having been searching for him prior to the Arch street rumpus on conn., plaint relative to his procedure earlier in the day. An additional sentence of thirty days in jail for breach of the peace on another count and a similar penalty for injury to private property was Imposed. ~--rl.--~-~ .--~e-sss4,-.-
 Threat to ssGct'' Next Sentry.
 Appearing against the trio were First Sergeant James Kelly, Corporal John Curtin and Privates Bonenfant and Leslie Andrews of Go. F. Bonen- fant testified that he was on duty as sentry in front of the armory when the three, all much under the inf1u- ence of liquor, approached and began to taunt him with You're a fine bum of a soldier, Hello Chicken" and Anyone is a fine bum to enlist in the militia or army. He testi:a,d that they also threatened to "get'' the next man assigned to sentry duty there. Final ly, according to his testimony, they got hold of a passing dog and ''sicked" it on him. It was about this time that fellow soldiers got busy, Sergeant Kel- ly, Corporal Curtin and Andrews, re- lief for Bonenfant, getting on the scene.
 The trouble makers were traced to Turn Hall cafe by detail of soldiers heavily armed and taken into custody at the muzzle of revolver. They made no resistance. Captain T. W. Grace was communicated with and sent the QdCTOl to CIle SCSlo dllcT IO. ,iceman Patrick Meehan had placed the trio under arrest.
 Sheclhan Stsarts Early.
 Sheehan's trouble began much earli- CT in the day when Ire appeared at the stables of Charles A. Bence under the influence of liquor, persisted in caus- ing disturbance and then went to sleep in one of the horse stalls. Rout- ed out because the stablemen want ed place for the horse, he became abusive and persisted in removing a muzzle from dog. Patrick w. Sex ton testified that when he remonstrat- ed, Sheehan threatened him and said he would adorn him with the muzzle, if he did not get out of the way. About this time, in response to call for aid to police headquarters, the patrol was sent to the scene but Sheehan had taken warning and gotten under cover' by the time 1t arrived. Later he revisited the scene of hostilities on the lookout for trouble, broke a win- dow on the Bence property and again escaped before the police arrived.
 The accused emphatically denied that they meant to make any trouble for the soldiers and doubted if they used the terms alleged. However, they may have done so, they admitted. as their memories were not exceeding ly clear as to last nights happenings