New Britain herald., 1924-02-02
GOT LIQUOR FROM
 MYSTERY STRANGER
But Stanley Stanecki Doesn't Claim It Was "JOhn I. King"

The old story of buying d little liquor from some mysterious stranger whom he had never seen before failed 10 make any impression on Judge Benjamin w. Alling, and Stanley Stanecki of 103 Fremont street was dned s200 when arraigned in police court this morning on charges of iquor law violations. Sianecki told the court that he had bought the liquor found at his store last night by members of the liquor squad from a stranger ill front of St. Mary's church yesterday afternoon.
 The raiding officers, Thomas Fee ney and William s. Strolls, told the court that they went to the store at the corner of West and Fremont streets yesterday afternoon and asked Stanecki if he had any liquor there. lie told them that he didn't and they showed him the warrant and pro- ceeded to search the place. In the pocket of an oyercoat that was hang ing on a hook in the backroom, they found a small bottle of liquor and a glass. Behind one of the doors they found a quart bottle with a very small quantity of booze.
 The officers testified that when they entered the store there were two men in the back room. Patrol man Charles J. Anderson testified that he has watched the store and that he has seen drunken men come out of the store on many occasions.
 Cave Man on Probation.
 Steve Stalinovich of Christian Lane was given a suspended sentence of 15 days when he appeared before the court on charge of breach of the peace. He was arrested yesterday morning as a result of a call to police headquarters saying that a man was going to kill his wife and children with an axe and revolver.
 It developed in court that it is not his wife. but that he is a boarder, and the woman's name is Victoria Yaris. They moved here from Mid dletown several months ago and have been living on Christian Lane. Yes terday Mrs. Yanis had made plans to move and Stalinovich evidently didn't like the idea of it, according to tho story told by the woman.
 Stalinovich denied that he had threatened to kill her or set the house on fro as she testified. He said that he had a small stove fin his room and when he came into Inc house he started to make a fire. He poured lot of kerosene onto the wood in the stove and put a match to it, resulting in a cloud of smoke bursting from the stove. He tried to turn the draft in tho chimney and pulled the chimney off the stove, let ting the flames leap through the room. He ran from the room and down stairs. He denied having the axe.
 Mrs. ranis' little girl told the court that she had seen and heard the couple fighting and that he. Stall inovich. wanted something and when he did not find it he got mad. She said that he had the axe in his hand.
 Patrolman James McCabe testified that when he arrived at the house he saw the door that Stalinoyich was alleged to have broken with the axe.
 Mother Takes Girl Home.
 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Will liam Greenstein told the court that l the mother of Elsie Hobcrg of | Poughkeepsie. x. r.. had asked the | police to hold her and was here to take her back home. A nolle was entered in her case and she was al- lowed to return home with her moth- CT. She was charged with being in | danger of falling into vice, and was taken to police headquarters yester- day by Sergeant George Ellinger | from the Central hotel where she has been working as a waitress.
 The case of Frank Bogdansky. 70 | Horace street, charged with illegally | transporting liquor, was continued | until Tuesday. Judge William Man gan appeared for Bagdanski and en- tered plea of noe guilty.
 The case of Philip Klein. arrested Jan. 27 for violation of the motor laws, was further continued i until next Tuesday.