New Britain herald., 1927-05-03
0UTSTRE7CH ARMS
 TO ABUSED CHILD
Many Families Would Adopt
 Girl Beaten by Mother
HEARING NEXT SATURDAY
Community Chest Campaign Work ers' Banquet-Drunken Driver Fined $1O0-Auto Salesman Quil- ty on Three Counts,

l
 Many requests to adopt little Ma
 rion Devlin, aged s, who is now re- , ceiving treatment at the Bristol hos
 pital as result of the innumerable
 beatings received at the hands of her mother, Mrs. Mary Bunnell of 4oo Washington street, Forestville,
 have been received by the Connecti- statement made by Agent George A.
 Williams today. Many charitable persons are willing to make up in
 kindness to the little girl for the years of harsh treatment she re- l ceived while living with her inhu- man mother. who was sentenced by Judge William J. Malone in the po-
 lice court last Saturday to 60 days
 in jail.
 A hearing will be held before the juvenile court next Saturday morn- ing and at that time the future of Marion and another older child of Mrs. Bunnell will be definitely de- cided upon.
 Community Chest Dinner At g dinner rendered the workers of the Community Chest campaign in American Legion hall last eve- ming, announcement was made by Campaign Manager w. Raymond
 Crumb that sS,0O0 had already been subscribed to the fund. The num-
 Der of workers appearing last eve-
 ming to receive their instructions and secure the necessary equipment
 was particularly gratifying and
 present indications are that the
 goal of s60.00O will be reached be- | fore the close of the week.
 Morton G. Treadway presided at
 the dinner and outlined briefly the
 aim of the campaign A short talk
 was given by MT. Crumb and Will | lard B. Rogers. the speaker of the | evening. was then introduced by MT. 1 Treadway.
 | Through misunderstanding the | force of walters who were expected
 to serve the dinner, failed to ap-
 pear and that problem was finally solved when Scout Executive Alfred Breckbill rounded up sixteen of his 1 older boys as substitutes. Their
 ability to apply themselves so read l lily to the task assigned them was i admirable.
 Intoxicated Driver Fined l Charles Bravis of East Bristol was | fined $100 and costs on a charge of
 operating a motor vehicle while un-
 der the influence of liquor and $15
 for failure to have an operators li-
 cense, by Judge Joseph M. Donovan
 in the police court today. $50 of the
 fine was later remitted by the court. l Bravis was arrested Monday by
 Officer Edgar Norton, who had been sent to the corner of River and New streets after a report had been made
 to headquarters that woman had
 been struck by an automobile. The | report proved to be erroneous. but the officer found car owned by | Bravis parked in the middle of the street. He immediately went to the
 Bravis home but failed to locate his
 man. Upon returning to the spot ! where the car was parked, he found the automobile had disappeared and is was later found in a garage in Forestville. Bravis was also in the | place considerably under the influ- ence of liquor. He was taken to l headquarters and held for the hearing this morning.
 Attorney Joseph P. O'Connell, who appeared for the accused. in- tered plea of guilty to both charges. He pointed out that prac- tically all of his clients troubles were due to family troubles and his inability to abstain from liquor. This was the eighth appearance of Bravis before the local court. Ex-Mayor Dutton To Speak Tx-Mayor Joseph F. Dutton will be the speaker at the Mothers Day exercises to be held by the Manches- ter, N. H., aerie of Eagles on Sum- day. May S. Attorney Dutton is president of the Bell City aerie of this city.
 Fined For Illegal Fishing. Charles Lopaczewski of Pine street was fined $5 and costs in the
 city court this morning by Judge Joseph M. Donovan on a charge of illegal fishing. He was arrested last evening by Game Warden Thomas
 Ryan, who found him fishing in the
 pond of Judge William J. Malone in the Forestville section. Lopac- zewski had no fishing license be- cause, as he informed the court, he thought none was necessary. Fined For Reckless Driving. Edmond r. Lynch, a salesman in