New Britain herald., 1921-09-02
IS FINED $50 FOR
 ASSAULTING STARK
Constable Given Severe Beating on Broad Street Yesterday
OFFICER USED BLACKJACK

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 day-Jitney Operator Found Guilty
 of Overcrowding Bus.
 Found guilty of assaulting Constable George A. Stark, Edward Rachmann was fined $50 and costs by Judge B. w. filling following a hearing this morning on charges arising out of a melee in which the constable and the accused figured yesterday afternoon on Broad street. Constable Stark was ar rested at the time on a similar charge, but the charges were not pressed this morning.
 May Appeal Case.
 Lawyer P. F. McDonough, who rep resented the accused. asked that the court fix a bond in case of an appeal. Judge filling ordered a s200 guaranty if the case is to be brought to the su perior court
 Constable Stark went to 294 Broad street yesterday afternoon in company with Mrs. Bachmann, wife of the ac- cUsed, to recover her child now living with its father. The couple has been estranged for some time. When they arrived at the house in which Bach mann boards. the mother took the baby and headed for the car. Bach mann then ran out and in the direc- ton of the woman, The constable. according to his testimony. shouted to the accused not to interfere with the woman, and in reply a vile name was applied to him. Bachmann then ran over and struck the constable in the face, Stark testified, knocking him to the ground. Upon arising to his feet he pulled a blackjack and used it in self defense. He could recall having struck Bachmann but once.
 Stark Badly Beaten.
 The complainant was badly bruised and marked when he stepped in to the witness stand. Both eyes were badly discolored and swollen; his lips were puffed. the lower lip having four stitches taken to close the wound; un- der his chin another stitch had been taken: his scalp had been cut, his ear bruised and he complains of an injury to his arm. Dr. George Flanagan, who attended the injured civil officer. testified as to the extent of the in- juries.
 Mrs. Bachmann. wife of the accused, was the next states witness. She lives at 36s Launel street. Hartford. She told the court that, while visiting in this city last week she saw the baby, and, realizing that it was in need of doctors treatment. came here yester- day to see that treatment was provid- ed. q,
 Husband Intcrfercs.
 When she took the child toward the car, her husband ran out and the con- stable came between them, he stand ing at her back. She heard a noise which she claimed was the impact of bachmann's fist against the jaw Of Stark. The latter fell to the groTnd and the accused followed him. admin is,ering a severe beating, the witness said.
 At this point Lawyer McDonough Interrupted to ask how. the witness could tell whether it was Bachmann's fist or Stark's blackjack that had caused the sound. She said she could tell the difference and that was all.
 When she turned around, she saw ..tumbling' on the ground, | then arise and launch an attack on | Stark. bringing the latter to the ground.
 Cant Throw Any Bull."
 Mrs. Moves of 519 Arch street, a sIs- ter of Mrs. Bachmann, went with thc and her sister to recover the child. She sent in the call for he rolice after the trouble started. The was inclined to be eXcita ble and when asked if she saw all the she replied: {:
 ''I saw it all and you can't throw any 'bull' around me-"
 According to her testimony, Sacn- hit Stark several times while he constable was waving his black lack in the air. and finally the jack anne down. The accused then re- 1cwed his attack and Stark went down ike a dead one," she said.
 The next witness, Anna Saladin, with whom Bachmann and the chi;i i've, knew Constable Stark since Ec worked in the Lock shop. she said in eply to a question intended 10 bo :l he form of Identification. From fer hird story veranda she saw Stark on he running board of the car as Bach mann went to get the child that was llready in the auto. She testified that Stark hit Bachmann twice before the accused attacked the cons.-1ole. A nearby storeman took the blackjack rom the consta ble and turned it over o the police.
 Accused Tcstifies.
 The accused told of seeing the ,hild being carried into the car by lis wife. He went after the baby md was met by the constable who, without provocation, sturck him on he head and brought him to his knees, he said. After a second ,lout, the accused crawled out of striking distance on all fours and hen went at his assailant. he testi- , jed.
 pr. A. l.. Savard attended Bach mann some time later in his office Ie found two separate and distinct calp wounds one about half an nch long and the other about three imes that length. Both wounds were , bout a quarter of an inch in depth. John Brizzal, the man who took . he ack-jack from the constable. aw part of the fracas. He testi-