New Britain herald., 1924-01-29
AVERY'S MIND BLANK
 ON FIGHT DETAILS.
Remembers Nothing Except Be-
 ing Clubbed in His Doorway
MOTIVE IS STILL UNKNOWN
Address on Railroads by George Conccrt-Red Men to Have Ladies Night.


 l Seeking the motive for the brutal
 assault upon Victor Avery and Fred erick Giguerre two weeks ago at their i home on Maple avenue, the police did not gain much headway yesterday aft l ernoon. following the arrest of three l men. Ralph Rhodes, Herbert Chaplin and Frank Deloy, who were charged 1 with breach of peace and assault. ] Chaplin has been practically cleared ! of the charge as the story, unfolded 1 by the principals and two women. 1 present at the time of the trouble, whitewashes him. He was outside of 1 the house in the motor car which brought the three accused men to
 the Avery home. When Questioned
 yesterday by the police, Chaplin de- veloped lapses of memory, but admit
 ted that he heard some trouble in the
 house and becoming annoyed at the
 delay of his companions within, enter ed. He declared that he saw nothing
 out of the way but that four men and
 two women were sitting around in a circle and an axe handle lay upon the
 floor. There his memory failed and
 the police locked him up to give the
 elusive thoughts another. opportunity
 to gather.
 The story told by Rhodes and
 Chaplin yesterday and also by Gi-
 guerre shows that Deloy visited Avery, who is his uncle, in the after
 noon of the day of the assault. What
 transpired is not known. About S:30
 o'clock that night Deloy, Chaplin and
 Rhodes drove to the house and the trouble took place. According to Avery, who is in a serious condition at the local hospital, he heard the car drive up and as he stepped outside of his house. he was clubbed into insens- ibility. Upon recovering he found himself in bed in Giguerre, who was also badly used up, having three broken ribs, bruises and torn ear.
 Avery received no medical atten- ton immediately and not until his head had swollen 10 such proportions that his serious condition became too imperative to ignore and Dr. II. D. Brennan was called. Then the police were notifed. In the meantime, Giguerre had visited Dr. B. N. Whip ple of this city and explained his con- di,ion by saying that he had fallen from a wood wagon, He was given attention and is now well on the road to recovery.
 Every one connected with the Hf- fair is reticent 10 the nth degree and so far the officials have been unable 1. .ft
 Bonds of $500 each were fixed in the cases |, of Deloy and Rhodes, charged with assault upon Frederick Giguerre and Victor Avery two weeks i ago, by Judge William J. Malone in | police court this morning for the ap- l pearance of the men in court on Feb | rlary ii. Bonds of s100 were fixed | in the case Of Chaplin, whose connec- 1 ton with the affair is not thought | to be as serious as the others. Avery | and Gieuerre are unable to appear in | court because Of their injuries, so that | the continuance was necessary.
 Concert by Russian Choir.
 Thursday night al the Trinity church a concert Of the choir of 20 voices of the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox church of New Britain will be directed by Colonel Bacota. fa- vorite of Car Nicholas. and who was destined for great things fin the Rus sian monarchy, according 10 local men conversant with Russian affairs. Col onel Bacota was compelled 10 flee from his native land with the fall Of Inc Czarist regime and made his way to this country. Despite the fact that he can speak no English. he did not give up but entered into muSical work In New Britain and has enjoyed splen- lid success in organizing a choir that s a revelation to the state.
 Tn addition to the concert under the direction Of Colonel Bacota. @ talk on he Russian church Of today will be delivered by Rev. s. J. Lucas or New Britain in English. He will be fol- owed by the Rev. George Hilton of Plainville, rector Of the Plainville Episcopal church, who will speak Of he relations between the Episcopal md the Russian churches.
 Stevenson On Railruads.
 Railroads and their troubles will be discussed by George Stevenson, treas Irer Of the Society for Savings, of Hartford, and a member of the Stor- 'ow railroad committee, on Wednes- lay night al o'clock at the Bristol Hub. He will take for his topic the sew England railroad situation, deal- ( ng particularly with the roads that fleet local commerce most deeply. E lis experience in this line has been xhaustive so that a clear picture f the rail conditions of today will be ! The speaker is well known ' 0 many local people and especially D local bankers, as for a long time he -as connected with Lee Higginson S o.. the Boston brokers, in their bond apartment
 EerTysille Begin series. f
 The first game of the yearly series i, etween the American Legion five of \ erryfille and the West Ends will be layed on Saturday night at Red s lens hal, lwhen the visitors expect E n easy victory over the locals, who y ave been in a slump for the last few P regks. Thu Tsrryville quintet has n layed the teams that have been on he locals schedule and the fans c oint forward to an overwhelming pencil" superiority over the West .nds. The Terryville teams have ever been able to take back the pen ant from the locals, however, since Y 1e institution of the series about five '. ears ago. p
 Plan Ladies Night | Ladies night for February will e 2 discussed at the meeting tonight Red Mems hall or Compounce o