New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
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 Sergeant P. A. NcAvsy of the, po- lice force, leading raid on a tene- ment at 12s Bsavdr street last night. peeked through the keyhole gnd|got an eye full of '4movieass. with sound- kissini.A When the ssraid had been eomplafed aix prisoners were lined up headquarters.
 I've women. one, the mother of three children and the other the mother of seven, were seen by the raiding squad in the act of drink ing ndapfs and fondIing men. acord- ing to testimony in police court to- day. Both women denied the ac- cusatiops..
 Mr.. Rose Piskoski. ss. was charg- ed with violation of-the liquor law end ping disorderly house, while Mrs. Mary sikio. 4s, of 1< Beatty street. was charged with drupkenness and srequenting the place. Judge w. ;sF. Mangan dis charged Mrs. Pfskoski oh the disor- derly hbuse count and imposed a Jail sentence of 30 days. execution auspepded, on the other charge. He plaae1 her in care of Probation Offi- cer. CstnG1ly and had Interpreter John Partyka warn her that she may have her three children taken out of her custody. if she is copWcted again. Their ages are ', il, and IS years.
 Mrs. Sikio. who is also known as Mrs. Mary Renecki because of hav- ing been married twice, was fined s and- costs for drunkenness and discharged on the frequenttng count. Teofl- Vfhicog. 47.,& 1so Beaver street, was finsd1 tls and costs for drunkenness and discharged on the charge Of frequenting, and the same disposition was Fpade of the. assme charges against sAndrew Hill, 43. of 130 Beaver street. while discharge was 0Rdersd ins%hTeases of Dbmin- ick Heel. elias Afallfss, of 24s' High street.ehd. Chafles sDanzik. 2:. of. 70 Grove street, who were charged with frequenting but not with oFuuk6QlueS6~
 Pecsss Through KeyhOle <
 Sergeant P. 4. McAvay teatiied that he and sergeant P. J. O'Mafa and officers Edward Muszynski and E. B. 'Kiery went to Mrs. Piskeskis' home about 11:16 last night with . warrant charging violation of the li- QUOT law, but before entering he reeked through a keyhole and saw drinkA.served. { TepA was holding Mrs. Fiskoski on hiS lap and Mrs. Sikio twas kissing him, according 10 the sergeant. Complaints have been made to the police about the housA and last Sunday Mrs. stkio was iktAxicated in bed there. the sergeant said. and a Broad street resident complained last, week-enl ,lbat 4e lost, his watch andl tBs in the tenement. Mrs. Piskoski admit etd to Sergeant O'Mara in the pres ence of the other officers that she sold liquor for $1 a pint and her ex- cuse was that her husband is in parts unknown and she needs more m&ney than the city gives her to mAsntefn htr Household.
 Police Fall to Knock
 Sergeant O'Mara told of seeing drinks served, he and Officer Mus xynski having opened e storm door unknown to those mathe tenement Andrew Hill and Mrs. Piskoski were embracing each other. the sergeant said. After the raid. which disclosed jugs and bottles containing liquor. Mrs. Pmko1ki admitted that she sold it tor &1 . pint. the sergeant said. The liquor was in an ice box.
 Onficer>Kiely testified to his part in the raid. He said Danxick was not intoxicated but he demanded that the raiders show their warrant. des- pite the fact that the place was not his home. Onicer Mustynski told of listening outside the house number of times and hearing men and wo- men talking in Polish, which he un- derstands. Their conversation was mostly about liquor, he said. and every five or ten minutes, someone ordered another round of drinks. Complaints about the doings in the tenement have been made by neigh bors to police headquarters. the of- ficer said. but. he received none him. self. Mrs. Piskoski has been living there two or three weeks.
 Officer William o.Day testified that he received . oinplaint. from . man who claimed .to have been ''rolLed". for &9 while asleep in the tenement. Other complaints have been made about the drinking and carousing indulsed in, according to the officers.
 Woman Denies C0nfessi0n
 In her own defense. Mrs, Piskoski said she had admitted to the police that she sold liquor. but ss ., matter of fact it was not true. Asked about the liquor. that 4Ai found in the house, she said hse visitors brought 1t with them., '> =.
 Mrt. Siki0 denied that she was kissing men in the house but she admitted that she made 8 practice of drinking there. She was mot very drunk." however. and her purpose in zbins there was to visit her son.
 tudte Msngan did not care to hear Danzick or. Heel because they were charged only with frequenting and he preferred not to give them the record of being convicted for patron