The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

Albert Jackson.s negro. 16 of Cliff ton avenue, Ansonia is being held for the Ansonia authorities at the local police station. He is charged with the theft of an automobile from the Copper City. The youth was arrested this morning by Pat rolman Timothy Reardon when he lost his way at Weber's corner and instead of continuing on the high way entered the right of way of the Connecticut Company at this point.
 Questioning by the officer reveal ed that he had nG license to oper- ate a car. He was taken to the po- lice station and booked on this charge. At the time it was not known that the car which he was driving had been stolen for there had been no report sent out from Ansonia and in fact the Ansonia po- lice had no knowledge of the theft. Questioning of the youth revealed that he had taken the car and 1t was his intention to drive to Meriden Reform school for boys. He told the local police that he had been re- leased from the Meriden institution il short time ago and that on his re-
 
 said that he had no other place to go and wanted to go back to Meri iden. Ansonia police are expected in the borough to-day to take the youth with them to stand trial. Cases NOlled
 The court nolled the cases of An thony Kuasniewski and Frank Grouse who were arrested on April 27, charged with damage to private property. The youths broke several windows in the lunch room of Jo- seph Sodlosky on Spring street. The damage had been paid for by the pair and the court ordered the nol- les entered. Frank Dingelski of Crown street charged with intoxica- tion forfeited -~a $15 bond. He was arrested by Officer Kogut.
 A meeting of the. executive board of the local Boy Scouts council will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5:15 O clock in the Y. M. c. A. This week the ann6al drive of the coun- cil will get under way.
 Hundreds Attracted by Alarm
 Hundreds of local residents were attracted by the continual blowing of the Beacon Falls fire alarm last night at about II o'clock. The alarm was sounded for about half hour without interruption. Residents of the borough who believed that & serious confiagration was in pro- gress in the neighboring town be- eiged the local telephone exchange with calls and the lone night oper- ator was unable to handle the bus mess. The cause of the alarm was the burning to the ground or the home of Frank Zopko of Pen road, Beacon Falls, after the house had been struck by lightning. Many To- cal residents made the trip to the Falls to investigate the cause or all of the alarm but were unable to get any where near the fire due to the great congestion of autos.
 Help was rushed to the local tele- phone exchange and the congestion of calls from both Beacon Falls which is in the local exchange and Naugatuck was soon cleared up. Committee Held Meeting It was reported to-day that the committee, of fifteen appointed al the mass meeting of the Polish residents of Union City on last Fri- day night to appear before the board of warden and burgesses to.
 night to enter a complaint agains' ChiMef of Police John Adamsor and Officer Anthony Malone of the local police met yesterday and form
 ulated their planse for presenting their petition.
 The polish residents are entering the protest on the grounds thai Louis Granica aged 15, and his mo- ther, Mrs John Grantca were rough ly handled by the officers when they took Louis into custody last Friday night. The local officers deny the charges emphatically and state thai they were not abused. The officers went to the Hop Brook school ir response to a call that young men were damaging the property about the school. The officers found Gran cia and two other youths wrestling on the sidewalk. They ordered them to move. Two of them compiled with their orders but Grancia refused te go and became defiant they state They decided to take him into GUS tody and. he resisted, striking Officer Maione-in the eye and giving him colored optic and In the melee he tore Chief Adamson's coat up the
 back. He chung tos the iron fenct I,arouBd the school property and tho A.. la I. q