New Britain herald., 1919-03-22
CALLS MAN FR0G'
 THEN FIGHT STARTS
Battling Sextette Arraigned Be-
 fore Judge Meskill in Court

A free-for-al1 fight last night in front of William Zimatravich's saloon on Hartford avenue, resulting from a pool game in the saloon, was respon- Slble for the arrest of Frank Putus Justin Dronczk, John Maskenas Frank Risnowski, John Skeinski and John Fisher. The men were before Judge James T. Meskill this morning in police court and Skelinski and Fisher were discharged, Putus fined Sl0 and costs, and Risnowski, Maske- l mas and Dronczk s5 and costs each. Officer P. O'Meara arrested all six Tho at~~v t011 h-1 F~"~k P,1@,1s tl>n
 man in the opinion of the court who : Was fespo..S4A4u luI lu~ l74It, w..5, Ll4I he and a friend from Bridgeport were , playing pool in Zimatravichs saloon when some New Britain men began to interfere. They ordered the New they waited outside. When Putus and
 his friend came out they were attack ed Putus told the court
 Justin Dronczk exhibited a black eye, the discoloration of which GOV cred almost the entire side of his face, and laid the blame to the Bridgeport men. He claimed that Putus called him a frog, and the fight started then. Skelinski and Fisher were merely wit
 nesses of the fight, it appeared, and
 they were allowed to go free. John Pitney. who was arrested yes terday afternoon by Sergeant Johnson l on a charge of theft allowed to go this morning. Pitney was arrested
 upon complaint of Jacob J. O'Dell, who complained that he had taken in rL o4 E and sold them to $. Schurberg, a, junk dealer.
 O'Dell on the witness stand said the 1 jacks had been stolen in April, he thought, and when told that it was only March he admitted that it might have been about a month ago or in 1 September. He has been complaining about the theft of the jacks for seV eral months and recently found them 1 in Schurberg's yard. Sergeant John son investigated and found that they l had been taken to the yard by an ex- pressman for Pitney.
 Pitney admitted selling the jacks, and said that he found them under d lunch cart on Commercial street when l he was cleaning the yard. The jacks were broken and several other pieces ] of junk were there, so he took the
 
 said. Before leaving the jack screws 1 on Commercial street, where he was ] doing some work, MT. O'Dell said they were worth $5 each. The jacks were ] sold to Schurberg for $1.10. Thomas Farrell and Herbert V. ] Camp paid fines of $2 without costs ] for parking their cars in restricted districts longer than the allowed time. Officer Clarence Lamphere notified l both to be in court for leaving their automobiles on Main street over 40 l minutes last night.
 Andrew Oleajor paid a fine of B 1 without costs today for breach of the ] peace. Oleajor was arrested Saturday night by Officer P. O'Meara and, fail l ing to appear in court Monday morn l ing, forfeited a bond of $100. The ! bond was reopened at the request of l his attorney. F. B. Hungerford. after l the circumstances of the case were l explained and it appeared that he was l not at fault for his failure to appear. Oleajor, with some friends, was 1 standing near the Connors drug store 1 on Hartford avenue and a complaint 1 was made that he was botherng pas sersby. Officer O'Meara requested l that he move along and he refused to l do so, asserting that he knew his rights and asking the officer to arrest 1 him if he could, the officer said this l morning. After he haI been arrested l and baiIed out. he returned to Hart ] ford avenue and said to Officer 1 O'Meara:
 Well, I'm out; here I am"