New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-02-28
Three HOUR court
ROW OF FEUD|STS
Jones and Zahary Fined After
Battle on Street
AUTO RUNS into POLE
Bristol Man Injured-Many Truck
Drivers I'm Court-Corsi-D Antonio
Wedding-Town Plan Commission
to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Amid violent shouts of the Greek
word for fool and active demon
| STATIONS Of incidents in the feud,
George Jones and Christodoupolus
Zahary were tried on breach OF the
peace and assault charges In the
| local court before Judge NJ. o. Ryder
Saturday afternoon and were found
guilty after a three hour wrangle be-
fore packed court room. The
quarrel between the defendants, who
| conduct the Palace of Sweets on
owner of the Central lunch next
door, had aroused much interest and
curiosity. and the friends of each
side attended the trial in large num-
| bers.
The teud apparently started. 1t was
brought out by Prosecutor Charles F
Conlon, when Anthony began to sell
ice cream in his restaurant. The
| owners of the Palace Of Sweets took
| this for an attempt to take some OF
their trade from them, SO they re-
taliated by putting in hot dog
stand to compete with the quick
! lunch service Of their neighbor. This
| led to mutual recriminations, and
Anthony testified that feeling had
been so strong that for some weeks
he had been almost afraid 10 pass
by his rivals store.
Anthony complained to Grand
Juror Conlon. but it was charged
that Jones had been watching him
and laying for him, for within a few
minutes after leaving the lawyers Of
| fee Anthony returned with his face
! badly scratched and said that his
rival had met him in the alley be-
| tween the stores and assaulted him.
A warrant was made out, and Dep
! uty Sheriff E. w. Furrey arrested
Jones on six charges, Zahary being
taken into custody day later and
charged with breach of the peace;
1t was alleged he called Anthony in.
sulting names.
The testimony in the case was con-
ficting but interesting. The wit
nesses for the prosecution said that
| whenever Anthony passed by the
Palace of Sweets the proprietors
shouted at him a peculiar throat
sound which was said to be Greek
for fool. 1t sounded like cuckoo"
This sound was repeated in court
time and again until the room rang
with II, and spanking motions alleged
to have accompanied the noise were
also demonstrated forcibIy
Finally, as it was growing dark
all the testimony was in. Justice
Ryder found Jones guilty of assault,
breach of the peace and abusive
language. finding him IS and costs
on each count. Zahary. charged with
assault and breach of the peace. was
given a nominal fine Of 81 and costs
on the latter count
Bristol Man Injured
Arthur Lord of kenney street.
Bristol. was injured Saturday night
when an automobile in which he
was riding struck a telephone pole
near the Plainville- Southington
town line. He sustained lacerated
chin, several stitches being taken by
DR.. George f. Cook to close it. A
companion. whose name was not
learned, was somewhat bruised and
slightly lacerated. The car was
badly damaged and was towed to
local garage.
Truck Drivers Fall Into Net
While the Jones-Zahary trial was
going on in the town court Saturday
afternoon it fairly rained truck
drivers in the fremen's room. where
second court was set up by JUS
tice William Cunningham to try six
truck drivers arrested by the state
police for overlooking their vehi-
cles. All six were arrested by State
Officer William II. Trip at the East
Main street scales.
Donald Hall OF South Manches-
ter was fined SIS and costs. SIS be-
ing RENTED. Peter Bava OF New
Haven failed to appear and his case
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