New Britain herald., 1930-04-02


 ing Code Contract-Nlrs. Evelyn \.
 Barnum Dies-i7 March Arrests.
 A dom estic battle was transferred from it's original scene of the home Of divorced father and mother to police court this morning and Judge Joseph M. Donovan, sitting on the case. extracted a quotation from one Of Edith Wharton's book. The Chil- drcn." called the local case a repi- tition of the story. and handed down q decision of not guilty in the case back a 15-ycar- old daughter to her mother from the home of her step mother but fined the mother sl and costs so that her case would be placed in the police records to auto matically make a second offcnse . more serious charge,
 The mother. according 10 a story related to the court by the step mother, urged the son to procure her daughter. The feat was accom- plishcd by the young man, but he failed to do it without creating a disturbance and awakening the neighbors-it all happened at about 3 o'clock on a Sunday morning. The daughter, Jennie, a charge of the Diocesan Bureau of Social Welfare. seemed to be satisfied with living with her father and, according to her testimony, resented leaving the home on that particular Sunday morning. She dartcd out of the house to call the police when her mother and family allegedly violat the peace. She said she fainted and could remember nothing until she reached the home of the mother at 70 Melrose street.
 The mother, Frances Raczkoski has remarried, and so has the father X son, Joseph. aged l9 years, lives with the mother. while Jennie, the daughter lives with the father. Mrs. Raczkoski told the court that the step-mother had refused to allow the daughter to visit her at any time and gave that reason for the abduction. Judge Donovan, however, saw the matter in a different light. He saw no reason why Mrs. Raczko- ski should visit her daughter at 3 o'clock in the morning, and, more than that, wake up all of the neigh | bors. The call to the police, he said, was from no one in the family but i from disturbed neighbors.
 Mrs. Evelyn A. Barnum l Mrs. Evelyn X. Barnum, S2, widow of the late James G. Barnum. | died at the home of her son at 20 | Carlson street this morning follow 1 ing an illness of about three weeks. She was born in Bristol in the old Wilcox homestead on East road on March 27, 1S4S, the daughter of Musoni and Harriet B. (Norton) Wilcox, and lived here practically all of her life. She spent 8 short time as a resident of Hartford and then of Granhy. On June 9, 1870, she married Mir. Barnum, who died on October 25, 1908.
 Surviving are two sons. Perley W. and s. Leon Barnum; four grand children; and a brother, Emerson Wilcox, all of Bristol. Mrs. Barnum was a member of the w. R. C. and of Trinity Episcopal church.
 The funeral will take place from the home of her son, J. Leon Bar mum of 20 Carlson street, at o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Rev. John F. Wilkins, pastor of the Trinity Epis- copal church. officiating. Burial will be in West cemetery.
 Birthday of Young Officials Today is the joint birthday anni- | versary of two of Bristol's most prominent practitioners of law. Judge Joseph M. Donovan, one of the youngest judges in the state, is i 36 years old and Corporation Coun- sel Francis V. Tracy is 30.
 | Contract to Local Printer | The contract for the printing" of i c.00O copies of tho revised edition Of the city building code was award cd by the city council at it's meeting last night to the Bristol Press Pub fishing Co, the lowest bidder. The l nool. one of Of pages, will be print | cd by the local concern for $500, 1 Tho other bidders were the Adkins | Printing Co. of New Britain, s301 .65 | for 2.O0o copies: and the Hartford | Printing Co.,, $340 for 1000 copies, X report was received from Dr. 1 Benjamin E. Robbins, health officer
 which stated that there were 5G cases of contagious diseases in Bris- tol at the present time. The person mel of the health department has made total of 407 treatments al the public schools during the month The application of Adolph Stach-