New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
WOMEN TELL JUDGE
 OF HAULING MATCH
Explain Fight in Which One
 Went to Hospital

The oft continued cases of Mrs. Pauline Heppe, aged A yeays, of 22 Webster street, charged with breach of the peace and assault, and Mrs. Florence Moves, aged 35. of 214 Glen street, charged with drunken ness and breach of the peace, pro- vided considerable merriment in po- lice court this morning as the de- tails of an Amazenion fight were aired.
 Officer ". J. Mccarthy arrested the women on August 2S.
 Judge filling, after listening to the conflicting evidence for more than an hour, remarked that if Mrs. Hoppe had stayed inside the house there would have been no trouble and if Mrs. Moves had not pursued Mrs. Hoppe she would not have been attacked.
 He Found Mrs. Hoppe guilty of assault and sentenced her 10 jail for 30 days. He found Mrs. Moves guilty of breach of the peace and sentenced her to jail for 15 days, suspending execution of the sentenc- es in both cases, on payment of the costs. If the women fail to behave and keep the peace they may expect 10 go to jail, he said.
 Mrs. Hoppe, represented by Attor- ney NJ. D. Sake, said Mrs. Moves came into her yard in an intoxicated condition and used vile language,
 1la l--ItI which angered her. Mrs. Hoppe told her to go home but Mrs. Moves re- peated her language and her ac- tions, whereupon Mrs. Hoppe went ont and pushed her, knocking her to the ground twice. She also struck her with a small table.
 Attorney p. r. McDonough, rep resenting Mrs. Moves, asked Mrs, Hoppe if she hoped to purify Mrs, Moves language by assaulting her. Mrs. Hoppe replied that Mrs Moves was intoxicated and her actions were such that any lady would demon- strate very forCefully. The reason Mrs. Moves fell when she was push ed was because she was intoxicated. If you were drunk, you would fall down if someone pushed you" she said to Attorney McDonough.
 Asked if she is married, Mrs. Hoppe replied, that she is divorced and she does not want to re-marry as she is disgusted with the male of the species. Asked if she drinks liquor, she replied negatively, say ing she prefers 10 spend her money for nice clothes to wear to church on Sunday"
 Mrs. Moves, who was in the hos pital for five and one-half days after the alleged assault and was under q physicians care for some time afterwards, displayed her injuries.
 She was going to the store and was not intoxicated she said. She starting out Passing Mrs. Hopes house she heard her own brothers voice in the two room tenement oe- Cupied by man. so she went in 10 see him, She came out in a few minutes and Mrs, Hoppe attacked her after demanding :"What are you doing Around here after my nlan?" Mrs. Moves denied using vile language to Mrs. Hoppe. Mrs. Hopne attacked her and knocked her senseless, she said.
 Mrs. Hoppe showered her with stones and threw a small table at her, A flower pot on tle table broke and the pieces cut her. Sev- eral of her teeth were knocked out.
 pr. E. R. Curran testified that he attended Mrs. Moves about 1:90 a. m, and ordered her to the hospital Two teeth were knocked out and another was broken off. She com plained of an injury to the abdo- men. She also had cuts on her chest, her lip and her hands, chA and head.
 She was In a very dazed condition but he would not say she was under the influence of liquor.
 Attorney McDonough said 1t Is un- fortunate that the women became involved in a fight but the court must be convinced that Mrs. Moves was very severely assaulted. It is q fact that the law does not recog- nize any language as justifying an assault of any sort, much less such | vicious assault as was committed, he said.
 The most serious phase of the cases is the assault committed by Mrs. Hoppe. Mrs. Moves has testi- fed that Mrs. Hoppe started the trouble. Attorney McDonough dis counted the severity of the shock