New Britain herald., 1924-11-15
TWO MEN HELD ON
 STORY GIRL TELLS
Taken for Auto Ride and At.
 tackled, She Claims

Lester Bickerton Of 80 Pleasant street and Albert Peplaw of ASA Stanley street were arraigned before Judge Benjamin W. Alling this morning in police court on technical charges Of breach of the peace. They were arrested last night by Sergt. Michael J. Flynn and Police man Patrick OMara after an in- vestigation into a complaint that they forced 16 year old girl into their automobile on Stanley street last night about 7:30 o'clock, and took her to Pennington where they are alleged to have assaulted her.
 The alleged crime was committed 1 in Pennington SO the young men will be turned over to the Farming ton authorities by the local police. They were arraigned fin the police court this morning on the breach of the peace charges at request of At torney Thomas r. McDonough, as the procedure was necessary to have l them released under bonds. Their cases were continued until Monday morning and Judge Alling set bonds for their release at $500 each.
 The Pennington authorities have been notified but they have not de- cided on the charge to be lodged against the men. The investigation of the police is reported to have re- suited in bringing to light all the facts of the affair, but nothing to warrant the girls charge, it is said.
 The father of the girl notified Lieut.. Samuel Bamforth at police headquarters last night about 7;30 o'clock that two men took ~ls daughter into their machine on Stanley street and drove away with her. This information was given him by another daughter, with whom the girl had left the house to attend moving picture service at the South church.
 The police learned that the girls were walking along Stanley street OH LitF4l Hdy lO l4LC NiNlIIA iiCll Peplaw and Bickerton came along in their machine. The machine was stopped on the other side Of the street and the girl went over 10 the machine and talked with them. She told the police that they pulled her into the car, but the two young men claim that she got into the machine herself when they agreed to go for a ride after they picked up girl friend of hers. with whom she told them she had a date. The girl friend was not located so the three drove to Plainville and then to Farming ton,
 Reaching Pennington, the three say, the machine was turned around and went back to Plainville, where one Of the men went into a drug store. Then they returned in the machine 10 Pennington where the alleged crime vas committed. ac- cording to their story.
 Dr. A. J. Sayard examined the girl at police Headquarters, and found no evidence that she had been as saul+ed and TO marks were found on her body to show that she had been handled roughly. The girl ad- mitted that she had not resisted th" advances of the young men saving Lhat she knew sine couldn't do any thing with two of them.
 John CzeIlecz of :04 South Main street. charged with operating mo- torcycle without regisTauon' pleaded guilty and vas fined 70 without costs. He was arrested yes terday afternoon on South Main street by Patro,man Frank Parker Czellccz told the court that he had ! just driven the motorcycle up me street short way 10 see it 1t would run. He vas on his way back to his ward when arrested.
 John Herbert of Sl5 Park stree'' charged with drunkenness Nno as- sauIt on Michael Liliey, was hnen IS or each count. He was arrested hv Patrolmar Anthony Walinc2u' after & complaint had been receiV- cd that two men were fighting or Park street Investigation revealed that there had been no fight as LII { lev vas too drunk to fight, on !, Herbert had struck him severa times and knocked him to the street Lilley was arrested on a charge o'