New Britain herald., 1929-12-18
Neighbors Have Own Ideas of What Consti~ tutes Vocal Accomplish ments and Have Hurl- burt Street Man Arrest cd for Disturbance.

john EVanoHchlll lives in d six tenement block ot , Hurlburl street and when he hears t lifting melody ou any Of the radios in the neigh horhoo1 he just has 10 burst into song, he told Judge Stanley J. Ira ctski in police court today. No matter what he happens 10 b. doing when the programs start coming iu he must drop il and harUonj@'. with inc unseen voices. l. he happens 10 bc d little drunk" his talent asserts ItscIf 10 the "n;h'' degree. but. h. told the court. druu,, or sober, u nice song is his weakness and 1hp hour Of night does not strengthen him. either.
 At 1g:35 last Sunday morning. Ed ward L. Field, N ho lives in in" tenement directly beneath that of the embryo Mccormack. could stand the racket no longer and he com- plaincd 10 the police. IL was moi tn" first time his Sle p had been broken. but he decided he would stand it in silence no longer. especially When d chandelier began 10 quiver and shallo like q hula girl with a nervous ailncnt. There was "holloring' going on according to his testimony. and he could hear EVanoNchiI>'s pro- fanity and vulgar language much too plainly.
 Officer Ernest ?. BIoouuuist. who was called by Field, heard no uoise on the street buc when he entered the third floor tenement he vas greeted by q noise which he de- scribed as "hollcrins" and he ar rested ENanovchik on charges Of drunkenness and breach of the peace Mrs Ma'r E.>anoVchil,, wife Of John, mad other plans. however. and she not only told the officer he could not make the arrest but she proceeded to tako her husband away from the minioI of the law. Wi,h the result that she was arrested on the charge Of breach of the peace.
 After cross examining Officer HAoomqust and Field. Judge Man. gan moved that Mrs. ENanovchik be discharged. The extent of her con- nection with the affair was 10 try 10 save her husband from arrest and put him 10 bed, which was the most natural thing to expect her to do, he said, and Judge Traceski entered discharge.
 Calling EYano> chik 10 the stand Judge Mangan lud him if he had anything to drinl last saturday and the musical one smilngly admitted that he spent fifty cents for liquor and waited until he reach home be- fore going to work on ii. He did not recall the hour. but suddenly the stiffness of the night was soothinGiN penetrated by sweet music. and, 10 quote him: II like 10 sins nice song with the radio" Everyone who heard him agree that what he likes to do, he does. He did not say whether he had any favorites among the radio performers, nor did he "N- press u preference tor stations. He could not recall 'hollcrine' and the antics of the chandelier in Field tenement were tcyond him to eN- plain,
 Judge Mangan said he failed 10 see anything Of a serious nature ln the ease, lie has been told he can not sing at o'clock in the morn ing" he said. "Iu fact. don't know that he can sing at any hour of the day" Tn charge of drunk cnness was open to question in vie" oG the fact that ENanoNchik had taken the liquor 10 his home before drinking il, and even if he drank 10 excess, Judge alanGan did not ba- IicNe he should h" punished He admitted that hi, theory WIS moi in accord with tho prohibition laws, but the drunkenness charg" was brought under un entirely different lar he pointed out,
 Judge TraccsI said Ir di1 not believe q penalty should hr ju- posrd and h" suspended Hd"uwut E'ano,chjk and Gls wl1" ar" fl years Of agt.