Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01

Frightful conditions and squalor in
home on Buck street occupied by
Mrs. Eva Cornell and Peter Gregoire
and Mrs. Cornelfs little six year old
child, came to light in the city court
Wednesday morning when the man
and woman were arraigned on charg-
es of maintaining and being inmates
of a disorderly house
After two members of the Saliva
ton Army had testified to the bad
reputation of the place and Mrs.
Beaupre, who occupies the upstairs
tenement, had told of hearing men
going in and out and whistling around
the house. Mrs. W J. Bartlett told
what she knew of the conditions
which she said were "frightful and
some things that could not be told"
Mrs. Bartlett said that Mrs Cornell
came to her home and told her she
had nothing to eat She and her hus-
band had helped the woman. She had
been to the Cornell house and found
the daughter i'll, nothing to eat in the
house, no fire, and the little child
burning piece of paper to try and
get warm She said that the condi-
lions were the most horrible she had
ever seen.
She also told of when the people
lived on Canal street, of men going
there and in several instances pulling
the seventeen year old daughter out
of bed in the middle of the night. She
had seen a man come to the house
and take away dress suit case full
of empty beer bottles and she knew of
facts ''too horrible to tell" She said
on the occasion she found the daugh
ter i'll the daughter was in her bare
feet and that she was later removed
to the hospital where she came down
with the measles After being dis
charged from the hospital the daught
er was given a home temporarily at
the county home.
The daughter was in court and said
that she lived with her mother for a
while but left there. She knew the
home had not had a good reputation
and that a man was living there with
her mother
After being warned that she need
not answer, Mrs. Cornell replied to
questions, saying that she had been
married twice and that both husbands
were dead. She came from Roches
ter, n. H., year ago to make her
home with her father, but he finally
acted so she could not stand it an he
left. She said that her only source
of income was from her lodger, who
paid her S. week. She said she
worked in the mill some
When asked if she wasn't living
with the man as his wife she said she
didn't claim to be his wife. When
the prosecutor recommended a Jail
sentence she broke down. She asked
if the child could be left in the care
of Mrs Bartlett Mrs. Bartlett said
she would take it. A sentence Of
thirty days in jail was then imposed.
Gregoire was brought in and plead
guilty. He said he had been living
with Mrs. Cornell for the past ten
months. A sentence of six months in
Jail was imposed Gregoire has been
sent to jail a number of times for
various petty crimes.
Arthur Pepin, who keeps garage
on South Main street, plead not
guilty to assaulting J. T. Ryan, a pub
lie automobile driver The evidence
disclosed that an alteration took
place Monday afternoon at the rail
road station. The talk waxed warm
er and finally blows were exchanged.
Ryan then called Officer Cordier and
had Pepin arrested.
The court found that one man was
as much to blame as the other and
placed the case on file, warning the
men not to get into any further trou-
Bile.
Michael Nolan, lastly from Ballou-