New Britain herald., 1928-07-05
PA7R0LMEN FIGHT
 ID SUbDUE TRIO
Two Kicked in Stomach While
 Arr@ting Disturbers

d rough -anO-tuHlDle street nGnt. such as the police were wont to ex- pect on holidays in the "old days" was described before Judge Henry P. Roche in police court today in the cases of Stephen Krawitz. aged l9, of IS Lawlor street, charged with breach of the peace and in- terfering with the police; Louis Michalowski, aged 25, of New York. formerly of New Britain. and Rob- ert Crelan. aged IS, of 150 Osgood avenue. Michalowski was charged with drunkenness. breach of the peace and interfering with the po- lice, and Crelan was charged with drunkenness, breach of the peace and resistance. All were found guilty. Crelan being fined s25 and costs for drunkenness with judg- ment suspended on the other charges. and Michalowski and Gre Ian were each fined $10 and costs.
 Sergeant T. J. Feeney and Officer Cornelius keough were on their way home about $ o'clock yesterday morning when they came across number of young men at Clark and Union streets discharging carbide in milk cans. blowing the covers in all directions and making a racket that could be heard long distance on. Sergeant Feeney ordered them to disperse and Crelan became abusive. according to the testimony. He was intoxicated and when placed under arrest he kicked and fought until he was knocked to the ground with the assistance of Off cers John O'keefe and James Sul- livan, who happened to pass. Officer Keough was kicked in the stomach and chest and suffered a sprain of the right thumb in the melee, while Officer Sullivan was also kicked.
 Try to Rescue Companion
 krawitz. who is sailor but was in plain clothes when arrested, had been drinking but was not intoxi- cated. according to the police. He tnterfered with Crelan's arrest by taking hold of Officer Sulivan's arm While the officer was holding Gre Ian on the ground Michalowski also tried to pull Officer Sullivan away from Crelan. and the three prisoners caused racket while being taken to the police station in the patrol.
 Crelan pleaded guilty to the three charges and asked that he be given . chance to enlist in the navy. T was too drunk to know what l was doing" he said. Prosecuting Attor- ney Woods told him the United States navy did not want men of his type to apply for enlistment. In re- ply to question by Mr. Woods, Crelan said he bought the liquor he drank in Southington.
 Krawitz and Michalowski said they had appealed to the police to handcuff Crelan instead of treating him brutally and when the patrol reached the scene they were hust- led into 1t and arrested. Mir Woods told them it was not their business to dictate to the police the manner or making arrests, and addressing the court, he said the occurrence was "the most disgraceful thing that has happened in New Britain in a long time" He characterized it as an outrage to every decent citizen of New Britain. "The door of jail is yawning for these men," he said. as he asked for a severe penalty in each case.
 Found PrOwling in House
 Stanley Grunski. aged 31, of g Orange street, pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and not guilty to the charge of breach Of the peace. He was arrested about 5:30 yesterday afternoon on Myrtle street by Officer Patrick Meehan. who testified that family at 119 Smith street complained of having heard footsteps in the tenement