New Britain herald., 1926-07-17
GOOD SAMARITAN
 RAGGED BY POLICE:
Doing Act Of Kindness and Is
 Placed Under Arrest
REYNOLDS IS SET FREE
Presentation of German Howitzer to City Today-Stcphen Terry Lodge InstalIs Officers -- Philadelphia
 Giants Meet "Endees" Tomorrow.

Thomas E. Reynolds of Put nam street, an assistant in the pur- chasing department Of the New De- parture Mfg. Co.,. played the role Of good samaritan yesterday and was surprised to find himself in the clutches Of the police charged with transporting intoxicating liquor He is srinning today over his adven- ture, but for a while last night the situation appeared serious.
 Mir. Rtynolds and his family went 10 New Haven yesterday in his car and took along Mrs. Robert Night ingale, whose husband is a cripple. She asked him if he would help her bring back number of bundles. | and being an oblising chap, he agreed. When he returned with Mrs. Nightingale and her bundles he was shocked to learn, after police raid on his car, that the bundles con sisted mainly of colored alcohol He | had been told that they were cloth 1 ing Officers William E. Thompson l and Henry Jeglinski, who were | watching the Nightingale home. con- i fscated the contra band and placed i Reynolds and Mrs. Nightingale un- 1 der arrest. Both were held under | bonds of $1.U00 for appearance in | police court this morning. but be- i fore court opened the police were l convinced that Reynolds was an in nocent victim of circumstances and ! he was freed and the charge of | transporting dropped.
 Mrs. Nightingale was sentenced to | jail for 30 days with judgment sus- pended for a year on the under | standing that she quit the liquor business.
 Band Concert
 The band concert at Lake Com | bounce tomorrow afternoon be- tween 3 and o'clock will be ren- dered by the Veterans of Foreign ! Wars band of this city.
 Bristol savings Bank Meeting
 The annual meeting of the Bris- tol Savings bank will be held at | 4:S0 o'clock next Monday after noon in the consultation room. Di- rectors will be elected.
 Installation of Officers
 The regular meeting of Stephen | Terry lodge. l. O. O. F., was held | last evening in Stephen Terry hill ! and the following officers were in- stalled by District Deputy Grand | Master Walter W. Merrill: Noble i Grand, Robert Lyon: vice grand, 1 Julius Ostrom: recording secretary, 1 Harold E. Reed; treasurer, Henry | Kimberly; trustee for IS months Lester Root.
 Gun Presentation
 Thousands of people lined the streets this afternoon to witness the parade headed by the Harold F. Emmett post. V. F. w.. and parti- cipated in by numerous patriotic and fraternal societies and later repaired to the Memorial boulevard to witness the exercises incident to the formal presentation of the cap tured German howitzer by the To- cal post to the city of Bristol. The ituui 1oo oA AllO iAANillNOii was 6INtl | by Admiral Herbert o. Dunn. U. S. N, retired, of Pawcatuck. and the trophy was formally accepted by Counsel William N. DeRosier, selected for that task by ( Homer H. Judd ir the { absence of Mayor John F. Wade.
 Bids for Widening Main Street
 Bids have been asked for by the city of Bristol for the work of widening Main street, between North Main street and Malone court. Plans and specifications are in the office of City Engineer c. w. Buell. and bids will be opened at the next regular meeting of the city council on August 8.
 Ball Game Tomorrow
 Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock lt Muzzy field, the Philadelphia Giants one of the fastest colored teams in the country. will furnish The opposition for the local New Departure baseball team. In pre- yious game this season between the wo teams. it was necessary 10 call i; he game in the sixth inning on ac- count of rain, neither team having , been able to score.
 On Vacation
 Dr. and Mrs. r. A. Park and f daughter of Oakland street left this for a two weeks vacation , at Hawks Nest, Sound View. Ii
 Miss Lorena Merrill of Burling- lon avenue left this morning for a ] .wo weeks vacation 10 be spent at North Conway. N. H.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Ryan and