New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
Bristol Meus
TERM FOR
 GAS STATION THIEF
Sutherland Sentenced to One to
 Three Years at Wethersield
s MONTHS IN JAIL FOR PAL

.6 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR PAL Towns Owe Bristol $6,800 For Char
 ity-Death of Miss Ford and Mrs.
 Wooster - Liquor Transporter is
 Fined S25.
 Hollis E. Sutherland. aged 2S, of this city was sentenced to from one to three years in the state prison by Judge Edwin c, Dickinson in the superior court yesterday, charged with holding up the proprietor of a gasoline filling station in Plainville several weeks ago. Verne La Nigne, aged %, also of Bristol and an &C., complice of Sutherland's was sen tenced to jail for six months on the same offense.
 The two men In question were ar rested by the local police and at that time La Vigne was turned over to the Plainyiile authorities. He was charged with the filling station hold up in that town and bound over to the December term of the superior court.
 Sutherland was held by the local police on a charge of stealing the automobile of Edward Martin of Meadow street early in the summer and it was on this charge that he was bound over to the superior court. This charge, however, was not pressed against him yesterday by the states attorneys office. 1m- mediately following the theft, Suth- erland took the car to a garage in Simsbury where he let it remain for two weeks. He then registered the car with the motor vehicle de- partment in his own name and to- gether with La Nigne made a trip to Canada. On his return to this city, Martin noticed the car standing on West street and notified the local police department, the arrest of the two men following. When the car was searched several cartons of ci- garettes, cigars and a considerable amount of candy were found.
 Miss Catherine Ford
 Miss Catherine Ford died yester- day afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. H. Critchley of Yer non street, after a lingering illness of several months,
 Miss Ford was born in Massena. N. Y, the daughter of the late MT. and Mrs. James Ford. She has been d resident of Forestville for a num- bcr Of years. She was a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hibcrnians; Fidelity Circle, For estcrs of America; Daughters of 1sa- bella; Children of Mary and St. Matthew's church.
 Surviving her are one sister, Mrs. C. II. Critchley, with whom she made her home; one brother, Henry Ford of Watertown, N. Y; three nieces and two nephcws.
 The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning from St. Matthew's Roman Catholic church, Forestville. The high mass of TO- quiem will be celebrated by Rev. William P. Lafin, pastor of the church, and burial will be in St. Jo- seph's cemetery, PlaiHvihc.
 K. of P. Meeting
 The regular meeting of Ethan lodge, Knights Of Pythias, will be held at s o'clock this evening in Ar canum hall.
 Daughter Born
 4 daughter was born at the Bris- tol hospital yesterday to MT. and Mrs, James Howell of Reach street. Receives Suspended Jail Sentence
 Roy Sanford of Pequabuck place, with transporting liquor and whose case was continued from yesterday morning, was fined SaS and costs in the city court this morning. A jail sentence of 60 days was also imposed, judgment being suspended for one year.
 Sanford was arrested last Satur- day by Officers Henry Jeglinski and William w. Thompson when he drove into the yard Of Pasqualc Onofrio of Pine street. six gallons of liquor being found in his car. At torney Anthony J. Rich, who repre- sented him, told the court that Sanford's family were in rather strengthened circumstances and any penalty imposed would react more on his family than on the accused himself.
 Checking Railroad Trcspasshg
 Lieutenant Rooney of the police department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com pany was in Forestville yesterday checking the trcspassing between Davitt's crossing and the railroad trestle to the east. A number of persons have been using the tracks at this point for q short -cut to their homes and ono little girl has been using this route daily to carry d'n- ncr to her father who works in rbu It ie tha }ptaotfnp