New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
Either Kicked or Push-
 ed To Ground While Brother And Other Youth Are In Battle.
Edward Solstiack Develops Blood Clot on Brain Stanley Kowalowski, 16, Questioned by Police.

Alter becoming entangled We'd nesday in fight in which his broth- CT was engaged, Edward soltisiak, aged 4, of 116 Miller street. is dead today as result of being kicked to the ground by Stanley kowalewskI aged l6, of 14S Miller street, Row aleWsN claims that he showed the boy with his foot, in order that the child would not get hurt while he and Stanley Soltisiak, were fighting
 Medical Examiner John Purney pronounced the childs death due to blood clot, caused when he hit his head on the ground, and the doctor said he thought the affair was pure " accidental. Detective Sergeant McCue, after questioning Stanley hoWalewski this morning, also said that the lads death was accidental.
 and stated that he would say so in
 his report to Chief of Police Will
 nam c. Hart and Prosecuting At
 torney Joseph c. Woods.
 Upheld Brother In Te,d
 According to Sergeant McCue and
 sergeant Patrick J. O'Mara, Row
 alewski stated this morning that on Wednesday at noon when school vaa
 over, he went to his home and his
 brother, Anthony, aged 14, told him
 that Stanley Soltisiak, aged 14. and
 brother of the dead child, "licked",
 him when he was at Washington
 street school that morning. KowaI-
 ewski said that he went to the SoI-
 tisiak home, and went to the back
 yard where he found young Stanley
 coming down the stairs with nail
 of ashes.
 Why did you hit my brother?" } kowalewski said he asked Soltisiak Never mind" was the only
 answer he got from the boy, who l went back up stairs.
 r Soltisiak returned q few moments l later with pail of garbage. When j. he had emptied the garbage, KowaI- !. ewski asked him why he fought his l brother. He says the boy did not l answer so he slapped Kowalewski in - the face. The latter is alleged to . have struck Soltisial in the head with the garbage pail
 s Edward Gets In Way , According to kowaewsk. he and g his antagonist were fighting when l little Edward appeared on the :. scene. Kowalewski stated that Ed
 ward got In the way. and was in , danger of being hurt, so Kowalew- Q ski say, he pulled up his foot and s pushed the child out of the way. l. Edward fell 70 the ground. and d struck his head, and went upstairs e crying. KowaIewski insisted to Ser
 geant McCue that he did not mean
 to hurt the child.
 = Father Wants To Prosecute d However, at the Soltisiak home g feeling is bitter against Kowalewski IT and Andrew Soltisiak. father of the n dead child, said that he would prose l. cute his sons assailant If he could 't secure sufficient evidence that he n was hurt intentionally.
 l. Rose Soltisiak, sister of the boy le said that she had just given Edwart D. his dinner, when she let him go out
 side. A few minutes later she says
 the child came running up the stair l. crying, "Koval kicked me, Rosie" al The boy complained of a pain il le his stomach, and told all whom h, er saw, that "Koval kicked me" " His sister stated today that sh " thought the child was not hur V badly, as he soon stopped cryius " bur that night continued to com IT. plain that his stomach hurt hin u, so she said that she gave him som 7u medicine.
 '" He died last night at the Ne,
 Britain General hospital. GU Rose declared this morning ths mo Stanley Kowalewski has bothere ~ them several times, and only rt " tConttnued on Page I4)