New Britain herald., 1930-10-28

knife in the vicinity at the time, nor was the clerk making any effort to secure one.
 Kerosene Poured on Meat
 With this the inspectors poured kerosene oil on the meat. They did not ask Belkin if he were the man. ager. They said they knew he was. One of the clerks wrapped a por- ton of the meat up and asked Dr. Macintosh to sign the wrapper, which he refused to do, Dr. Dumont said.
 On October pr. Radcliffe re- turned from the Strauss-Roth store and presented his report that there were 46 pounds of lamb. After the report John Dolan was sent to the store where the lamb was found. The meat in the thorax was soft and dissolved, as was the diaphragm, the witness said. A portion of the de- composed tissue was cut off and d slight odor was discernible. Dolan did not consider the meat fit for consumption. Joe" who posed as manager. objected to the use of oil on the condemned meat and wished 10 send it back. The following day Belkin, a Mr. kelman, andsTreen- berg came to the health office and asked if the lamb had been shipped back as had been ordered. No one had come in.
 In reply to the question of At torney Greenberg as to why he did not save some of the hamburg for him, Dr. Dumont said that he did not see where the meat had come from and had no time to chase everybody's attorney" The manager of the store had been cautioned after September 20 to use a better grade of meat.
 Dr. Radcliffe Testifies
 Dr. Radcliffe testified that he went into the store with Selander and there found several pounds of beef lungs. Some of this meat was de- composed. discolored, and had n fetid odor. Spitzen said 1t couldn't be sold in New Britain. No pork could be found. A car drove up to the rear door with five cases of meat. It was putrid, decomposed and had a very offensive odor, Dr. Rad cliffe said. and he told Spitzler he would have to condemn it. that he couldn't allow it to go lack for credit. Hornkohl and Selander then discussed the matter. Hornkohl said that the buck could not be passed" :" that he had known he meat was sweaty when it was bought four days previous.
 On October 7 the inspector found lamb and sheep decomposed about the ribs and abdominal wall, also l there was a fetid odor, though not so bad as was found in the pork, Dr. Radcliffe testified. The lamb was hanging on a hook in the ice box | Dr. Radcliffe told the court in answer to question by Attorney Greenberg that he had not inspect ed the Armour plant in several months but inspectors of the depart mcnt had made frequent inspections
 Found Meat Decomposed
 pr. John P. Mcintosh stated he was deputy Of the health depart ment, was a graduate of university As he had entered the store with In. spector Selander. he noticed a boy grinding up meat. Some of the pieces were badly decomposed. q condemned the lot and stood by while he trimmed off parts of the meat" he said. The hamburg itself gave off an offensive odor, he testi- fled, but when he talked to the boz grinding the latter said he was put, ting it all through the grinder. MT Belken said the youth should have sorted out the pieces. When asked if he had examined refrigerator, Dr Mcintosh stated he had.
 There was no question in the mind