New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
PainuiM News SHOTGUN AND AXE
 WEAPONS IN ROW
Two Fined This Morning After
 Quarrd Over Slab Wood

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 4 leaasd shotgun and an axe were the weapons used in . fight which took place on | farm near Hart's corner yesterday and which resulted in tho appearance of Mich ael Donas, alias Dunn. and Adam Savinsky in court before Justice L. s. Mills this morning. The trouble was caused by an argument over the possession of slab wood on Dunn's premises. and he was accused of as- saulting Burton J. Carroll of 4os Pennington avenue. New Britain. as the latter was engaged in removing the wood. Savinsky. an alien. was charged with illegal possession of a weapon. Both men pleaded not guilty.
 \. C. Woodford of Avon testified today that he had reserved the rights to the slab wood when he sold the premises now owned by Dunn and that he had transferred these rights to Arthur R. Swanson of 3o9 Osgood avenue, New Britain. Swanson was placed on the stand by Grand Juror Charles r. Conlon and told what he knew. He said he had bought the wood from Woodford two weeks ago and that yesterday he, Carroll. and two other men had driven over wuh a truck 10 remove it. They hti been stopped and warned by Savin- sky. he said. but they told him they had ! right to the wood and took one load of 1t to New Britain. Swan- son then sent Carroll back for an- other load.
 Savinsky. who was hired by Dunn to watch his premises. had mean while called his employer. and short ly after Carroll began to collect his second truckload Dunn appeared and the scrap began.
 Carroll. when placed on the stand today. said that Dunn had come up behind him with a shotgun and or dered him of the land. saying: Move or I'll drop you" Carroll. thinking Dunn was using an empty gun in an attempt to bluff, raised his axe and retorted. You move or I'll drop you" Dunn then attempted to ,temporize, the witness stated. but Carroll use his axe to knock the gun from the others hands. Dunn then wrested the axe from him and the two men ran for the gun. Carroll being successful when the other man tripped. Carroll then took back the axe, ordered Dunn away. and hid the gun. he said. Soon afterward Dunn returned with Savinsky and Con. stable George Schubert. When ask ed the cause of a cut on Dunn's face. Carroll said it must have been caused by the axe when the two men were wrestling for 1t.
 | Constable Schubert testified that
 he had been called by the first sc- lectman after complaint had toen registered that wood was being stolen from Dunn's property. He went to the scene with the two men and found shell in the shotgun of which he was led to believe Savin- sky was the owner.
 Dunn took the stand in his own defense and told an entirely differ ent story. He said that he had been unarmed when he ordered Car roll away and that Carroll then at- tackled him with the axe. He isain- ed possession of the weapon. Dunn said after which his antagonist pulled the gun out of the woodpila and covered hi!n He said his wife owned the property and that Swan son had no right to the slabs, but the latter thereupon produced th- | deed cntitling him to them. Savinsky told :he court he had been hired by Dunn to watch inc property. The gun was his. he ad mitted. and had been in his house until Monday, when ne had hidden l it in the woods 10 prevent children from playing with it. There was no shell in the gun at the time. he said. In reply to questions rut by the prosecutor he admitted lIe had been in the United States 16 years but had never been made citizen. Grand Juror Conion. in summing up, said that 1t seemed extremely unlikely that Carroll. who had never been on the premises before yester- day. would know the location of savinsky's hidden gun and that Dunn's story was entirely false. These people must be taught a les son not to take the law into their own hands," he said. "especially where a gun .s concerned" He recommended substantial fines in both cases, but said there were some extenuating circumstances in Savinskv's case because he was act ing under Dunn's orders. Dunn. he said, was lucky to be charged with