New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
JAIL SENTENCES
 FOR SHOPL|FTERS
Women Said to Have Stolen
 From Main Street Stores

After denying that they shopllftod si.05 worth Of merchandise from r,
 W. Woolworth's, W. T, Grants, and the Speciality Shop Saturday after noon, Mrs, Josephine Dehicina, age 4i. of 6i Smith street, and Mrs, An gelina Muscai, age 33, Of 6l smith street. were sentenced to l5 days in jail by Judge Hungeriord this morn Ing, in police court They appealed the decision and Were put under $500 bond with Attorney Harry Ginsherg representing them,
 IL Is alleged that Sergeant E,lingcr and Policeman Joseph Kennedy who made the arrests, that the women admitted they stole the arti- cles from the stores, but this morn Ing they denied taking anything or knowing how tho articles got into the paper shopping bag Mrs, bel fllicina was carrying,
 Officer Kennedy said tha, he was directing traffic Saturday afternoon at o'clock at East Main and Main streets, when he was summoned by an employe of Grants and Susie Matzen, store detective who alleged the woman stole $2 worth of mcr- chandise. They followed the two women and claim they saw them steal 30 cents worth of goods from Woolworths and two pairs of gloves worth s175 from the Specially Ehop.
 IL is said that Mrs. Muscat shield cd her alleged accomplico while she took articles by standing in front of her It Is also claimed that the women went into comfort station, where they put some of the articles Into a brown bag They Gaid this morning that they purchased the ar ticles in the brown bag from Grants, but William Ryan, manager of Grants, displayed blue bags in court this morning. These he stated were the only kind of bags used in the store
 Both of the accused women denied ever taking anything, and said that they did not know how the articles got into their shopping bag. Mrs Muscai and Mrs. DelhliCinaF denied ever having been in Grants before. They also denied admitting to Ser geant Ellinger and Officer Kennedy that they took the merchandise from the stores
 Woman Yields Pitcher
 Admitting that she struck Walter Sanford. colored, t21 Whiting street with pitcher Saturday night. injur- ing his eye, Anna Bryan, black and feminine, of the same address, was fined S5 and put on probation, charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace. Judge Hunger ford ordered her 10 leave the city at once for Meriden where she works
 O'Mara. and Officer McCabe, that they went to the house, where they found broken pitcher on the floor, and discovered Sanford, and Lemon Long for whom Anna keeps house.
 Anna claims that they were hav- ing an argument over board money which Sanford owed tLong. She says that all of them were drinking, 1 and she stated that she hit Sanford with the pitcher only after he back 1 ed her against the sideboard while 1 yielding 8 razor in her face.
 Long told Judge Hungerford that ! Anna was all right except when she . began drinking, whom she was "a little nasty" Both he and Sanford 1 denied they were drinking or fight Ing
 Walter on Rampage
 After he threatened to kill his wife, resisted arrest, assaulted Otfi- cer Grabeck and was charged with being drunk last night, Walter Basil cwz. 1H3 Hartford avenue, was sent 1 to jail for 80 days, Joseph Cosenny, i of the same address Was fined $5 . because he used offensive language 10 the officers, and because he was alleged 10 have been drunk
 Officers Cosgrovc and Grabeck i received complaint that Basilcwicz 1 vas trying 10 kill his wife SO they . rushed TO the Hartford avenue home ! where they found Mrs BasilcwicS | sitting in the nlids' of battered fur ] niture and broken dishes. They l claim the woman told them her hus- band had come home drunk and . threatened 10 kill her.
 Officer Grabeck said that Basilc- i ricz stalled of arrest and bit his finger. fought him. and used obscene language, When the two officers finally subdued the man they say -osanney rambled up to them. trunk, and attempted to create Q 
 St0 For Threat To Kill
 Prosecutor Woods recommended hat Ignatius Wist, g Grove street, 1e fined Sl0 after hn was charged rith attempting to "kiu" William sokoloshi. G3 Silver street, Friday night with an unloaded revolver. H. ,laimed that Sokoloski stole som" iqucr from him
 Beat Her since Christmas
 Alleging that he has been beating ler since Christmas and that he is ,tten drunk, Mrs. Andrew polakow '8 Connerton street, testified against Ter husband this morning, and hc ras given a IS day suspended ihI sentence, and put on probation, hy Judge Hungerford.
 Sergeant OMara arrested Pola- iow yesterday afternoon ai 2 o'cIorh Ie says Mrs Polakow told him her husband kicked her in 'bo leg and nit her in the eve yesterday
 Mrs, Mary Kurdcv2k, "S5 Main 'treet, who is charged wih vioIa'- ng the liquor law or two counts ct January l5, had her CGs. continued lntil March 3l.
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