New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

HEAVY fine FOR
RECKLESS DRIVER
Operator Of Car Which Hit B0y
Pays $500
CAMPAIGN ON SPEEDING
William Trcutlcin Dies In Middle
town Hospital Father Carries
Three Children From Burning
Building at ca Laurel Street.

| Reinhardt Schaffrick of Farming
ton avenue was fined 5000 and costs
I in the police court today By Judge
William J. Malone on 4 charge OF
reckless driving and 500 OF the fine
was later RENTED.
| On April ]. car operated by
| Schaftrick struck Stenard Harrigan.
aged 10. near the junction OF West
and Epson streets. The boy was
| knocked TO the pavement and was
taken 10 Bristol hospital by a pas
serhy, After hitting the youngster.
the car climbed The curb and vas
stopped Just before hitting a house
near the corner.
Evidence presented to the court
today showed that Schaffrick was
operating his car at too great a
speed and That If he had been pro-
ceeding more slowly, The accident
would have been averted.
A campaign to reduce thu speed
OF autoists while children are on
their way to and from school. has
been inauEuratcd by Chief Ernest T.
Belden and all officers have been in
structcd to bring in offenders. Par
ticularly In Park and school stree.
sections of city. drivers have hron
paying little regard 10 the young
sters who attend both the South Side
and Park street schools 1t was
n ~. ..l nv r. I. -, d.
the imposition OF few heavy fines
, will bring about the desired result.
James T.. Reynolds
James l.. Reynolds, aged IS years,
died Saturday morning at i0:45
o'clock al the homo of his daughter,
Mrs. Alebrt Brown OF 35S West
street.
Mr.. Reynolds was born in Exeter.
z. L.. the son Of William ami Rhu-
hamer Potter) Reynolds. He had
been resident Of this city Tor the
past nine years. Surviving him arc
, two daughters. Miss Alice L. Rey-
nolds of Bridgeport and Mrs. Albert
Brown Of this city: two Erandchil
dren, Pearl and Edna Brown and
two great grandchildren Hazel and
Albert Brown of this city.
The funeral will be held at II
o'clock Tuesday from the funeral
home of James J. Dunn on West
street. Interment will be In the
family lot in East Hartford.
Constance Duccttc
| Constance Ducette. six and one
half year old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Ducet'e Of "a William
street. died Saturday night at st.
Francis hospital, Hartford.
Tho funeral was held at 10
O'clock this morning at st. Joseph's
church. Interment was in 81. Jo-
seph's cemetery.
Fined for Breach OF Peace
Charles Bruce, charged with in
toMcation and breach OF the peace,
was fined $40 and costs. Bruce at
tended the basketball game at the
high school gym Saturday evening
and became involved In an argument
with one of the ianitors. Testimony
showed that he later struck the
;anitor and was arrested later In the
evening by Policeman Anthony
Greisncr.
Case NoIlcd
Henry P. Martin of Hartford,
charged with violation Of the rules
Of the road, was permitted to go by
Prosecuting Attorney James 1
Mather after paying the costs In the
case. Martin was arrested Satur-
day evening by Officer Timothy
Lambert after ne had cut the trat-
fic standard in the Forestville center
william Trcutlein
William Treu'lein. aged AZ. died
Sunday at the Middletown hospital
where he had been undergoing
treatment for the past several
months.
He was born in Waterbury. the
son Of Nicholas and Susan Treut'eln'
As a young boy he came with MS
parents to this city. attending the
South Side school. For number OF
wears he was employed as baker
FOR the Bristol Bakery Co. later en-
tcr,ns business for himself on Laurel
street. He later lived in New Britain
and Wallirgford.
Surviving him are his wife VINO
was formerly Miss Rose Moore or
New Britain and q sister. Mrs. James
RYAN. also of New Britain. He was
member of the New Britain Lodge
OF I.lks.
Tho funeral will be held at 8
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
/ Finn Funeral Home. Intcrment VIII
| he in West cemetery.
Auto Collide
| Autom obiles operated by Michael
Turillo OF Al Gaylor street and John
Fred Miller OF Seymour. collided
Sunday afternoon near the junction