New Britain herald., 1922-05-25
MAIETTA APPEALS FOR GUARDIANSHIP Wants Daughter Taken From
 Fred AtWater SUPERIOR COURT ACTION
Mir. and Mrs. Henry Dayids Celebrate Their Thirticth Wedding Anniyer. sity Today-Makcs Complaint of Alleged Garden Thcfts-Jtcmx.


 Eli Maietta of New Britain has ap- pealed to the superior court for the custody of his 10 year old daughter. Rose, who Is now under the guar dianship of Mir. and Mrs. Fred At- water Of this town. The New Britain man has taken action on the case through his attorney, Judge William r. Mangan, also of that city The case will be argued before the su- perior court on Thursday. June 1.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Atwater have been notified of the appeal and the son, Rev. Michael c. Maietta who is now in Syracuse. N. Y., has also been sent notice. Rev. MT. Maietta, brother Of Rose, was instrumental in securing the change of guardianship for the child and brought the pro- ceedings against his father The case was tried in the local court on April 10. before Judge Merritt 0. Ryder.
 Rev. Mir. Maietta contended in his action. that his father was not cap able of caring for the child and had as witnesses Miss Cora Beale of the New Britain Welfare association, F. c. Connolly, probation officer, and Mrs. Nicola D'Darro. All three tes- tifed that the child had been inn properly cared for, and Judge Ryder turned her over to Mrs. Atwater. Eli Maietta had Attorney Irving l. Rachlin as his counsel at the trial and Rev. Mir. Maietta was represented by Attorney David L. Nair.
 The mother of Rose is dead and the brother claims that the father had neglected to care for the children fol- lowing her death, with the result that two of the boys had gone astray and have been brought into police courts on several occasions.
 A bond of sl0O has been furnished | by Elias T. Ringrose of New Britain and James F. Tierney of Plainville, as principal and surety in the proceed ings. Mir. Maietta decrees in his ap- peal that he being the rightful father of Rose, should be the natural guar dian and he is not satisfied with the result of Judge Ryder's decision. Wedding Anniversary. Mir and Mrs. Henry. Da>ids of East street, are celebrating their thirtieth wedding anniversary today. The local couple were married on May 25, 1892, in St Mary's church in New Britain by the late Right Rev. Bishop Tierney. Three children have blessed the union. They are the late Mrs. Edward McGrath and Mrs. Robert Crosby, who died in Detroit, Mich, and Miss Loretta Davids, who lives with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Davids also have two grand children. Mir Davids was a former constable in this town and at present is employed at the Trumbull Electric company.
 Complains of Thefts.
 John Mosso of North Washington street, will be haled into court to- night to answer to charges against him by Fred Lippia, also of that street. Lippia complained that Mosso had been stealing things from his gardens and had a warrant made out O., ms arrest, Constable Charles katt made the arrest. Judge Edward P. Prior will hear the case at 730 o'clock.
 James Ryan Dies.
 James Ryan of 39 Elm street, Bris- tol, died at his home yesterday after i noon at o'clock. Mir. Ryan was well known in Plainville, having been a conductor on the Bristol P ainville trolley cars for the past IS years. The death of Mir. Ryan came unex- pectedy. Although he had been from broken thigh, his condition was regarded as being good. MT Ryan fell in his home on. Janu- ary 6. and sustained the injury He was walking across the floor at the time of the accident and stumbled He was 55 years old. MT. Ryan is survived by one sister, Mrs. Margaret Smith of Laurel Beach, Milford, and a nephew Frank Williams of Elm street, Bristol. Several nfeces in Terrv,ille also survive. The funeral have not been com pleted but burial will be in Terry vile, where the family plot is.
 Miss Stanley Improves. T. Miss Elizabeth Stanley, daughter of Mrs. Lillian Stanley of West Main street. is improving at the New Britain