New Britain herald., 1928-04-23
PROSECUTOR FLATS
 COLLISION DRIVER
Coolest Liar Ever to Come Into
 Court, :, He Declares

''The coolest liar ever to come into This court room," was the chara ,ter- ration given by Prosecuting Attor- ney J. G. Woods to George F. Clos sop. aged 3S. of 63 BrooklaWn street in police court today when Glossop's story of collision at mid night last night at the intersection of l.asalie and Oak streets did not jibe with the testimony of the poice and others concerned. Glossop. who was driving west on Lasalle street, accus- ed Michael LeStaris of e05 Daily avenue, wh0 was driving north on Oak street. of being responsible for inc collision between the cars. say ing Lestaris' car was travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour while his own car was not going more than , miles an hour. yet Glossop admit ted that after the impact. his car, with a flat tire caused by the col lision. continued through a fence and knocked down small trees and shrubs, besides tearing the steps off 8 building on property owned by Mayor T 1oilNGstA g AAtliEts taken by Sergeant T. J. Fcenoy showed that Glossop's car vent 16o feet after the collision.
 According to Glossop. who was found guilty of the charge of reck- less driving and fined $40 and costs. he was in the exercise of due care and had started to cross hol th nr car approached. The ether driver pulled to the left. Glossop said, yet his car struck Glossop's ma- chine. The force of the impact dazed Glossop and he made no effort to stop his machine, accounting. he said, for the long distance it went after the collision. The left side of his car was badly damaged. Lestaris and Albert Dorbuck. who was with him. denied that their car was go- ing too fast. but they accused Clos sop of exceeding the speed limit and thereby causing the collision.
 Attorney Monroe $. Gordon. representing Glossop. claimed the evidence did not justifSa conviction, but Prosecuting Attorney Woods asked for the maximum penalty. in- cluding a jail sentence. The case. he declared. caused "a most startling revelation of falseho on Glossop's $ part. The intelligence of the court was insulted, he said, by Glossop's story.
 Judge Sake said the physical facts of the case were not in Glossop' $ favor, and he pointed out that 1t would have been impossible for the car to have continued a distance of 165 feet against the obstacles 1t en- countered and with flat tire, If its speed at the outset had been only 1d miles an hour as Glossop claimed There was no question, he said, but that Glossop was driving entirely too fast and there might not have been a collision but for that fact,
 Street Fight Aired
 Some time was taken up with a recital of the details ot street fight between Raymond Monkiewicz, aged ski, aged 19. of 36 Silver street, and Charles A. Karpinski of 1417 Corbir avenue, an insurance agent, Saturday night. April IT. Monkiewicz and Sokolski were charged with assault. ing Karpinski at the corner of Broad and Silver streets and several wit. nesses testified that the pail pummeled karpinski. who was ready and willing to fight them one at | time.
 Karpinski testified that he held the door open at Rialto Hall as two young Swomen stepped out onto the sidewalk. Sokolski and Monkiewicz