New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
Mother Flies Into Mysteries
 As Court Takes Her Children
Mrs. ROmain Creates Scene in City Hall and Is Quieted With Difficulty by Spectators.

Loudly bemoaning the loss of her three children who today were com- mitted to the Hartford County home, Mrs. Stanley Romain who last week fought, bit and stoned four police men at her home at Il Oak street and on the following day attempted suicide on the New Haven railroad tracks, today staged demonstration in the main corridor of city hall un- til quilted by municipal building at- taches.
 II. Clay Preston of the Connecti- cut Humane society. through Agents Phelps and Brandt, moved for con- mitment ot the three children before Judge William c. Hungerford in city court today. Miss Shoemaker, an agent of Long Lane Farm. where two other children of Mrs. Romain are now inmates, testified as to home conditions which, in her opinion, made 1t unwise for children to be brought up there. Miss Ruth Bristoll, woman probation officer. was also in court. She told of home conditions affecting Benjamin, aged II years: Edward. aged seven years; and William. aged five years.
 The Romain family had been un- der surveillance for several months. Two weeks ago the father was ar raigned in court for cruelty to a pony and on the following day in- vestigation of home conditions was renewed. When Agent Phelps and Detective Sergeant Ellinger went to serve temporary commitment papers papers for the three children the mother protested so vehemently that three more policemen were sum- moned and fierce fight ensued. She and her husband were finally subducd. handcuffed and locked up at police headquarters.
 Attorney l.. J. Colon represented her today.
 In police court this morning, Judge Hungerford imposed a sus- pended sentence of 30 days in jail on Romain on the charges of cruelty 10 a pony. and suspended sentences of 60 days each on husband and wife on the charge of interfering with an officer. He placed both on proba- ton for six months and instructed Interpreter John Partyka to impress on them that the offences for which they were arrested were serious and their behavior in the future must be such that their ippearance in era ri will be unnecessary, otherwise the suspension of the sentences will be revoked.
 Agent Phelps informed Judge Hungerford that the pony which Ro- main drove without shoes and kept in an unclean stable has been sold to Pasquale Toscano of 63 Oak street, who has had it shod and ap- pears to be taking proper care of it.
 Relatives to the charge of inter- fering with an officer. Attorney Colon asked for a suspended sen- tence. pointing. out that Mir. and Mrs. Roman are illiterate and naturally they lOuent when l1elr Ol1SpflngS were about to be taken from them. Had they been able to understand legal procedure they might have conducted themselves differently, he said.
 After disposing of the two charges Judge Hungerford continued the cases until tomorrow morning when disposition will be made of the count of neglecting to care for the chil- dren. Assistant Prosecuting Attor- ney Greenstein requested the con- tinuance. on account of the city court hearing, which was scheduled shortly after adjournment of police court.