New Britain herald., 1919-02-28

give him a picture of their SON. Mrs.
Durity, after a consultation with her
attorney, left pictures of her son at
the home of Mrs. Henry Austin,
neighbor. Durity, it was testified,
then went to the home of Mrs Austin
and entered without knocking and re
ceived the pictures that had been left
there for him. He then held a con-
versation with Mrs. Austin and gave
her an envelope which had written
on it: This is your death warrant"
He told her to deliver this to Mrs.
Durity, which she did. He also gave
the pictures back and wrote a threat
ening note at the same time.
While on the stand, Durity denied
the charges and stated that he had
not written the threatening statement
on the envelope. Prosecutor William
H. Gibney then asked Durity to write
the same statement, which he did, ap-
parently taking pains that there
would be no likeness between the two
handwritings Judge Griswold was
then handed both papers and he
stated that although the formalities
of the letters were not the same it
could be easily seen that the same
hand had written both statements
Durity was found guilty of the
charge and given six months in the
county Jail. He imm ediately appealed
to the superior court Bonds were
fixed at $3.50 Durity is at the pres
ent time employed by the Boston &
Maine Railroad company as a. tele-
graph operator.
John NentrcS Home.
Fireman John Ventres son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Ventres, Of Sunset
lane, who has been in foreign waters
for the past year, has arrived at his
home and will spend short furlough
with his wife and parents. Fireman
Ventres is one of the old-timers, hav-
ing served two terms in the regular
Navy before the declaration Of war
Owing to the fact that he was mem
Der of the reserve force, he was called
back into the service after war was
declared. During his stay in foreign
waters, Ventres had many experiences.
He is a brother OF Sergeants Harold
and Orville Ventres, who are with the
102d Regiment in France
East Berlin Bazaar
The committee in charge of the
bazaar and fair which is being held
at the East Berlin Athletic hall re-
ports that very appreciative crowd
attended last evenings performance.
The feature for this evening will be
a performance given by a number OF
young women from Hartford.
To Play i'm NiddIetown.
The management of the Liberty
Ministries announces that the entire
trNn10p will TO
1T will give a performance on Satur-
day evening. The troupe has hired
an automobile truck to take the mem
'bers to that city, and after the per-
Torrance the entertainers will stop
at one of the hotels and have a din
ner followed by dancing
Tournament to Start Monday.
The much talked about pool tour
nament between the Irish and Italian
young men of the town which was
scheduled to start this evening has
been postponed until Monday. owing
to the rehearsal of the Liberty min
strels. The losers of the tournament
will have to buy a dinner for the
winners at the Allyn House, Hartford.
Berlin Briefs.
All the men on the office force at
the American Paper Goods company
We're very much disturbed yesterday
When notice was posted forbidding
them to smoke during working hours
Howard Crane, who has been i'll at
his home in Blue Hills, is recovering.
The weekly prayer meeting of the
Berlin Congregational church was