The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08

| Granica, who is a freshman at the | local high school and member of l the football squad of the school was I taken into custody last Friday night by Chief John Adamson and Officer ! Anthony Malone, ,Jr, after it was all
 legged he failed to comply with the officers order to move on when youths wrestling on the sidewalk near the Hop Brook school. Two I of the youths compiled with the orr I der, but Garnica, according to Chief I Adamson, became. defiant and would
 not move. When the officers went
 to make him comply with the order. I it was stated by the Chief that the .youngster pitched into them and
 before he realized what was happen | ing Officer Malone was struck by the youth in the eye which puffed
 up and became black and. blue and Chief Adamson's coat was torn up the back. T Grancia claims that he was struck on the hands by blackjacks in the hands of the officers and also that i he was slapped in the face. The | officers deny that the youth was struck by them and that he was not
 handled any rougher than was nec- essary to take him into custody when
 
 officers, and clung to an iron fence. Granica's story is that he was standing on the sidewalk near the
 Hop Brook school when the off cers in civilian clothes drove up in a car and stopped. He alleges that Chief Adamson yelled and that when he refused to move, he used insult ing language. He claims that the officers then grabbed him and he -N. f1v ,l.f< ts, 1rno tnh at that point. He claims the off, cers used their blackjacks on his hands to break his hold. Mrs Gran ica, the youths mother, came into the scene about this time and put her arms about her boy. She states that she was pushed away violently and that her chest was made black and blue. The police also claim that
 Mrs Granica was not touched by them but that she was in house dress and slippers and that she asked to be allowed to change her dress and put on her shoes that-she might accompany her son, and that she was told to go to her home to make the change if she wished. While she was gone the. youth was brought to the police station. Later he was released in the custody of h is
 mother. The next morning he ap- peared in juvenile court and was sentenced to the Meriden Reform School by Judge Claremont I. Tolles. Later Judge Tolles suspended the sentence and the youth was placed on probation.
 night have been given by poster and pamphlets in the Union City section. The printing being in Polish. Gran ica, it was stated, was treated for his bruises by Dr Harlod Johnson of Church street. It is not the inten- tion to file formal charges agains. Chief Adamson, it was reported, that the mass meeting is being called, but
 with the view of having the chief apoligiZe and to have the probation sentence lifted. Attorney W. Mont cavage of New Britain has been en- gagged to draw up the complaint to
 be presented to the board of warden
 and burgesses and to represent Granica and his mother.
 Funeral of Frederick K. Perry The funeral of Frederick K. Perry, founder of the Perry Press, who died Tuesday afternoon at his this afternoon from the house at 3 home, 14S City Hill street. was held 3:2O o'clock.
 Services were conducted by the Rev Edward R. Hance of the Con- gregational church. The body was taken to Bristol for interment in the family plot.
 Funeral of William T. ROdenbach The funeral of William T. Roden- bach, former treasurer of the local plants of the U. s. Rubber company and former warden of the borough who died early Tuesday morning at
 his home on Terrace avenue was held this afternoon. Services were conducted at the house at ? o'clock by the Rev Edward R. Hance of the local Congregational church.
 Burial was in Grove cemetery at the convenience of the family. Death of Lillian Schman Miss Bertha Lillian Schman,
 daughter of Theodore Schman of
 Melborne street extension, died yes terday afternoon. She had been in | ill health for a long time. She was a popular member of the younger set of the borough and the news of her death was received with sor-
 row. Besides her father she is sur vived by two brothers. Evial and
 Emial, five sisters. Olga. Edina, | Ethel, Alta and Mrs Bertha Cables,
 all of this borough.
 The body was brought to the fu-
 neral home of Clayton F. Bailey of
 South Main street. Saturday after
 noon at 1 o'clock the body will be l taken to the Immanuel Lutheran
 church where it may be viewed by
 friends. The funeral services will
 be at 2:3O o'clock Saturday after
 noon in the church. Burial will be
 in Grove cemetery.
 Issue Mothers Day Proclamation | Warden Frank T. Green in proc | lamation issued yesterday in relation to Mothers Day to be observed Sun
 day, calls .upon citizens of the bor- ough to honor the day. The family.
 the basis of our society and civiliza-
 tion, is first duality and then a
 trinity. A man and woman marry,
 and normally children are added to
 the circle. Hence, any constructive
 work for the uplift of the race must l concern itself with the family.
 Through the training given to
 their children, parents shape the des-
 tinies of this nation. The future
 welfare of this city and of this coun-
 try hinges upon. how well they dis
 charge their duty in inculcating in
 their offspring the necessary ideals to carry this nation forward.
 The United States, in common
 with the other nations of the world,
 is passing through a stage of transi- tion. This is critical period for the