New Britain herald., 1929-06-21

bowski ran into the street. and be- fore the officer crossed the street they tagged each other about . park ed truck but the officer was at g disadvantage on account of tho can and Grabowski kept away from him until he jumped on him in Meehan's yard.
 "FOught Like Wildcat" When did you first need help? Attorney Monkiewicz asked the of ficer.
 'I needed help from the start, the officer replied. He fought like wildcat and I was nearly all i'm The fight lasted 20 minutes. the of ficer estimated. before Officer Cor nelius Keough came along and Grabowski was turned over to him Later the patrol with other officers arrived. One handcuff was on Ora bowski by that time.
 Cross examined as to the contents of the can. Officer Cosgrove said he was positive it was filled with alcohol. He did not hear it splash ing about as it probably would have done had it been only partly filled. He admitted. when asked if the can in evidence was the one the fight was over. that the cans used by liquor transporters resem- ble one another. Some are dirtier than others" he said.
 Find Alcohol in Can Officers John M. Liebler and F. B. Kiely testified that the can was turned over to them at police headquarters and they opened it to pour out what was left of the al- cohol. To do so it was necessary to use pliers and in the handling, the wire grip on top of the can was torn out of place. They denied that the can had been washed out with water before being brought into court, and as for the absence of an odor of alcohol, which Attorney Monkiewicz stressed, they said it was possible for the fumes to es- cape on account of the can having been opened. The coat which was wound about the can was saturated with alcohol. they said.
 Loring testified that he and a man about SO years of age were passing through Clark street on their way home from work and saw Grabowski and Officer Cosgrove fighting in the monumental works yard. The officer called for help and Loring responded. his compan- ion holding back because of his age. "I got a couple of pokes in the jaw and I was going to quit Loring said. Two or three ladies jumped on me and scratched my arms" He saw woman spill the contents of the can onto the ground, but he could not see her in court. Asked who hit him in the face, he picked out Grabowski.
 Some Of Crowd "Yellow'
 Hannon testified that he was passing and saw the crowd. 80 he leaped the fence ito see what's what" The officer commanded him to lend hand and he pitched in. He created some merriment with his description of how he put a grip" on Grabowski and the latter stamped on my feet and of course I would not stand for that" Asked If others were called on to help, he said, "Yes, but they were yellow"
 MOnkicwicz Asks for Discharge
 After the state rested it's case, At- torney Monkiewicz moved for a dis charge on the ground that the can in evidence had not been connected with the case beyond 8 question of doubt Judge Sake denied the mo- tion and told Prosecuting Attorney Woods not to spend any time argu- ing that phase of the case, when MT. Woods seemed about to make reply to the defense counsel.
 The first witness for the defense was Mrs. Stanislaws Wilczewski, AZ, of 24 Clark street, who was arrest ed on the charge of resistance. She said she saw Grabowski once prior to last evening. She saw the fight and took no part in it other than to pull Loring off Grabowski after he had struck the latter 15 times.
 Reports Seven Against One
 Mrs. Bertha kaczmarczyk of 54 Union street testified that she was passing the scene of the fight and saw Officer Cosgrove strike Gra- howski on the head twice with his nightstick. "The screams were ter rlble." she said. Seven men had ahold of the man and they were killing him. ran over and told one man to assist the officer if he wanted to but not to be striking the other man. Why. you could not see him, there were 50 many on top of him. still they kept on hitting him and hitting him. Oh. it was awful, and then as the people were coming out of Landers factory on their way home from work about IS or 20 groups began fighting among them selves Mrs. kaczmarczyk said she did not know Grabowski and had not seen what took place in the rear