New Britain herald., 1925-02-07
UNABLE TO REACH
 COUNTY DETECTIVE Atty. Charles F. ConlOn Seeks to Release TorreT0 From Jail PLAINVILLE WINS AGAIN
Scout Week Starts Tomorrow - Board of Relief Meets--Plainyill Church Notes-Word of Death - Plainyille Briefs.

Attorney Charles F. Conon who has been retained by Mrs. Ida Tor rero of South Washington street in an effort to release her husband | August Torrero from sentence of 15 days in jail, was unable to reach County Detective Hickey in Hartford yesterday. The local lawyer spent the greater part of the day searching for Detective Hickey about the coun- ty building In Hartford and although he stayed in Hartford until well after o'clock last evening, he was unable to find the man he was searching for. | AIr. Conlon Is again in Hartford to- day in an effort to straighten out the tangle resulting from the misun- derstood sentence pronounced on the man by Justice M. o. Ryder In the town court Thursday afternoon. 1 Justice Ryder states that if he sentenced the man 10 jail for 15 days and then suspended sentence, that was not the way it was meant, because 1t was the intention of the court to send the man to jail.7 The spectators in the court heard the judge state that the sentence would be suspended and they were all sur prised when it became known that Torrero was taken to jail.
 Whether Attorney Conlon will have any success in his attempt to free the man, remains to be seen. He is now in jail on Seyms street, Hartford and will serve the sentence unless the suspended judgment stands. Attorney Conlon stated that he would fight the case up to the states attorney If necessary, and he will try every legal means today to have the matter threshed out.
 Torreros wife was the only other of the four tried who was given a jail sentence, but execution of the incarceration was suspended pending her good behaviour in the future. She is the mother of two year old child and this is probably what in- huenced the court to grant the sus- pension. It appeared to be the yer dict of the court and the consensus of opinion from the testimony taken, that the woman was more to blame than the man. It was Torrero's sec- ond offense in the liquor line, he having appeared one time for having wine at his home without a permit | for 1t He. however, was not charg- ed with being a second offender in court Thursday afternoon.
 Team Beats Simsbury
 | The Plainville '. M. c. 4. basket ball quintet defeated the Simsbury team in a regular league game last night in Smsbury's home lair by the score of 25 to 1G, The game was a thriller and the Plainville team was at it's best in every department. Martin was the outstanding star for Plainville while Salter was the main- stay of Simsbury.
 This was the third contest in the Pennington Valley Y. M. c. A. league and the local team is leading their opponents with three victories and no defeats.
 The spectators of last nights game were brought to their feet on sev- eral occasions during the first half and the teams started the second half with the score at six all. Plain vile was unable to get the bearings of the small enclosure for which Simsbury is famous. but when the eccentricities of the floor were pug zled out, Plainville came back strong and clearly outplayed Simsbury in | the second half. Both teams were decidedly weak in scoring free tries. Many fouls were called during the play, but both combinations failed 10 cage the single points.
 | The Plainville players excelled in long shots. Berry, Miller and Smith 1 caged several neat baskets from the entire length of the floor. Last nights game completes the first round of the league tournament and , Plainville confidently expects to go through the second round and bring home the banner for first place.
 The score was as follows: