New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1918, Page 2

CPrics of X _eourt, and Alexander R. Brown, of 34 Wakefield court, furnished consider- mble amusement for court visitors this | morning when they recited their re- spective tales of the fistic encounter of Wednesday night in which Brown received a discolored eye and follow- ing which Luce received a summons to appear in police court on a charge of assault. After hearing all the evi- dence in the case, Judge Meskill evi- dently decided It was a “fifty-fifty” proposition and ordered the discharge of Luce. Judge William F. Mangan represented the accused. According to the story told by Brown, he was walking home about 5:30 o’clock, Wednesday evening, when he was suddenly attacked from the rear, knocked down and given a severe pummeling. In witness there- bf, he exhibited his black eye. He accused Luce and said that he had seen “attacked without warning.” Luce told a different story. He briefly related the story of a fight ich took place between himself and Brown last summer, and then said hat as he passed Brown on Wednes- fay night the latter gave him a wal- lop on the side of the jaw. Instead of fleeing, Luce said, he turned and gave battle, and while Brown was sidestepping and trying to remove his overcoat in order to have more free use of his firsts, he hit him six or seven times in the Jjaw. This knocked Brown down, Luce said, whereupon he jumped upon him and grabbed him by the throat, meanwhiie delivering an ultimatum in which he advised him to cease annoving him in the future. Luce also told the court that ever since last summer’s fight he has consistently tried to aveid Brown, not because he was afraid of him, but because he did not want any trouble. He sald that in order to avoid Brown he has often walked to work instead of taking the car when he saw that Brown was on the car, and at other times he has been 15 minutes late at work in order to avoid meeting Brown. | After hearing the testimony, Judge Meskill said he was frankly confused, inasmuch as both men apparently told the truth. Thinking to clinch his side of the argument, Brown volunteered some additional information which was supposed to discredit Luce’s story and which ended with the state- ment that Luce would never have knocked him down “if it had been a fair fight.” “Lauce is ruled. Subsequent Investigation showed hat last summer Brown and Luce en- ! ged in a battle royal in which Luce suffered two black eyes, but friends of the latter say that he would never have been whipped at that time if Brown's wife and family had not come to the rescue of their battling hus- band and father. Non-Support Cases A rather pathetic non-support case was given a hearing when M: Michael Kriger, whose husband w: recently apprehended in Harrison, 7J., told the srory of her domestic troub- les. She said that her husband de- serted her on November 30 and since that time has not given her any money. In the interim she said she has been supporting herself and her two children by working for the Traut & Hine Mfg. Co. Two weeks ago, however, one of her fingers was cut off when it was caught in a piece of ma- chinery and since that time she has been unable to work. Kriger said among other things that his wife ‘“is a liar” and that she put him out of the house. He also said that when he was home him, even going to the extent of pull- ing the bed clothes off when he went to bed so he could not sleep in peace. He was ordered to furnish a bond cf $450 and to pay his wife $8 per week | for one year or go to jail for six months. Richard O’Keefe, whose wife said | that he left her and their little baby some time agg without food or money, was ordered to furnish a bond of $350 and pay his wife $6 per week for a year. 1In lieu of this Richard goes to Jail for six months. Would-Be Flirt Jailed 1ba, arrested on Main street fternoon by Officers Sharpe discharged,” the court she continually harassed | 8 Men'’s $1.25 and $1.00 shirts to closg 65¢ at Besse-Leland’s.—advt. $25 Owvercoat $10. ‘Wilson’s. advt. Jersey dresses and new silk gowns at the Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt St., Hartford.—adv. Youwll do better at Wilson's.—advt. 75c work gloves 48c at Besse-Le- land’s.—advt. Annual sale. Ashley-Babcock Co. adv Men’s $1.50 and $2.00 shirts 95c at | Besse-Leland’s.—advt. $35 and $40 Overcoats $16. Wilson’s, —advt. A. F. Nelson of Corbin avenue Is spending the week-end in New Yorlk attending the automobile show. Men's $5.00 silk shirts, all patterns, $3.15 at Besse-Leland’s.—advt. 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