New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1928, Page 2

OFFIGER, DRUNK AT WHEEL, FINED$100 (Continued from First Page) of those beverages. Parker said he drank beer but nothing else and he smelled some sort of an alcoholic odor off Bantucci's breath. Couldn't Have Walked Straight Line Sergeant J. C. Stadler told of be- ing summoned to the door ofehis home across the street from the scene of the double collision 5:05 | o'clock by Oficer Harper. On the sidewalk Officer Doty was holding fticer S Santucci by the arm. The sergeant invited them in and observed that Santucci was drunk. “Did you have him walk a straight line?" Attorney Casale inquired. “No. I didn’t have to. He couldn’t have walked it anyway,” geant answered. Asked whether or not Santucci | &tood or sat down, the sergeant re- plied that he told him to sit down “before he feli down.” Santucci told | him he had been drinking but his car was insured and the damage would be paid for. He would not tell the sergeant what he had been drinking. Drunk Lieutenant Says Lieutenant Bamforth testified that Santucci was noticeably under the influence of liquor. When asked whether or not he wanted a phy cian Santucci called for Dr. Flana- gan. “The reason I asked him if he wanted & doctor was that I wanted to be sure nobody would think 1: pecially on account of was biased, his connection with the police de- partment,” the witness explained . “You are not biased, arc you? Mr. Greenstein asked. “Certainly not,” he answered. “As a matler of fact you some- times disagree with officers as to the condition of men charged with being under the influence of liquor, do you nol Mr. Greenstein asked. “I have, frequently,” the tenant replied. “You would not come-in here and ®ay a person was under the influence of liquor if he was not, or if there was any doubt, would yo Greenstein pursued. “No, 1 would not,”” was the an- swe “As a matter of fact, licutenant, you would rather be able to say he ‘was not tham he was, wouldp't you?" Judge Saxe intepposed. “I certainly would, Your Honor,"” the lieutenant agreed. In reply to Attorney Casale, Lieu- tenant Bamforth described Santucci as thick of speech, unsteady on his feet, and with glassy eyes when brought to the police station. There was an odor of “something other _than tea or coffee,” the licutenant said, but he could not discern what it was. Santuccl admitted to him that he drank five or six glasses of beer, Physiclan Testifies Dr! L. B Blysz testiffied that he was called to the police station and was told that there was a police- man charged with being under the influence of liquor. He thought it might be a “border line” case, and he sald he preferred to have an- other physician with him in the ex- amination but he learned that it was not & very close case. He stood about six feet from Santucci in the detective bureau and ob- served him to be unsteady on his feet, thick of speech, with the tone of his voice ranging form very low to very high. He did not smell his breath but was convinced that he was between the second and third degrees of Intoxication. Passing the officer, he noticed that his eyes were fixed and ghe pupils small. There was a slight watery discharge from dhem. In his opinion, Santucci was ‘under the influence of liquor. Drinks Wine with Meal Santucci was called to the wit- ness stand by Attorney Casale. He testified that he went to his broth- er’s home at Stanley and Hurlburt streets about 11:30 Sunday fore- noon, remaining until 4:45 or there- abouts. At dinner he had a few Slasses of wine as he las every day RABALM STOPPED __AWFUL FOOT PAINS s in my feet for years, e R 1o qrimin mylestine yoery were all d haven't returned.” B. b ey .n"" 7t RABALM WATCHES $7.50 up No matter what kind of strap watch you want, or at what price, you'll find what you desire here. Each guar anteed. Each a rare value. A small deposit will hold xour gift till Christmas. Himberg & Horn L‘st. 23 Years 2 Stores 10 R R. Arcade 392 Main Street the ser- | lieu- | Mr. | with his meals, but after dinner he did mnot drink. Leaving for home, he drove for 10 or 15 minutes with- out any difficulty, but as he was {driving through Kelsey street a car came towards hisa and forced him to act quickly to avoid being struck. Pulling sharply to the left, he struck the first car and then lost control of the wheel, striking the second car. Santucci told of the arrival of the motorcycle officers and the incident in Sergeant Stadler's home, then the ride to the police station in the pa- trol. Lieutenant Bamforth spoke to him at the desk and had him go to the detective bureau, where Ser- |geants McAvay, McCue, O'Mara and Ellinger interrogated him about |the accident. Chief Hart came in and asked him what happened and |he told him. Then Sergeath Ellin- ger put him in a cell, stayed for 4 1-2 hours despite the fact that he had a bankbook in his pocket with $700 to his credit. Denies Being Tested Nobody put him through any test whatever, he said, until Sergeant O'Mara put a penny on the floor and had him pick it up, which he did. Then the sergeant had him ex- tend both arms horizontally and |bring them towards each other in front of him so that his finger tips touched. In reply to Attorney Casale, San- tucei said he did not admit to Ser- geant Stadler that he was drunk. The sergeant did mnot ask him whether or not he had been drink- |ing, he said. Mr. Greenstein asked him no questions and Attorney Ca- |sale called Sergeant O'Mara to the stand. The sergeant testified that he was detailed by Lieutenant Bamforth to g0 to Kelsey street and on arrival he found Sergeant Stadler and Offi- cers Harper and Doty, so there was | nothing for him to do but return to headquarters. He told Lieutenant | Bamforth that Sergeant Stadler wanted Santucci charged with driv- ting while under the influence of liquor. He observed that Santucci was unsteady on his feet as he walk- | ed down the corridor to the deteo- tive bureau. + “Now, sergeant, I'm going to ask your unbiased opinion, leaving everything clse aside—", Attorney Casale began, but Mr. Greensteln interrupted him with: “Oh, he’s your witness. Ask him a question?” “Op, he is an officer of the police depaftment and I don’t want to at- tack him," Attorney Casale repliea. “I know Paddy O'Mara. I'm juse framing my question. Sergeane, would you say from your observa- tions of,Santucci walking down tite corridor that he was under the In- fluence of liquor.” “Not from that alone,” the ser- geant answered, “but he was from other indications." “I said from your Qbservations of him as he walked down the corrl- where he | dor,” the attorney insisted, but Mr. Greenstein sail that was an unfair question and Judge Saxe agreed, 8o Attorney Casale withdrew it. Almost Picking Up Coin “Did. Santucci pick up the cola from the floor, sergeant?" the law- )er asked. Yes, but he almost fell over do- ing it,” the sergeant answered. (Re stood up at this point and demon- strated Santucci's inabflity to touch the tips of his fingers properly.) Mr. Greenstein asked the sergeanu whether or not he had “anythiny against Santucci” and the sergean: answered negatively, adding that he seldom sees him and has known him only since he became a member of the department a few years ago. “T believe that it can be well assum- ed that Sergeant O'Mara is unbias- «d,” Judge Saxe observed and tne scrgeant was excused. Summing up his case, Attorney Casale apologized for taking up so wmuch time but Judge Saxe remark- ed that no apology was peeded, and he complimented the attorney on the ‘'manner in which he conducted the case. *If this was a private citl- zen instead of an officer, Your Honor it would hav® been just one of those things,” began the attorney, but Judge Saxe interrupted fo inquire the meaning of the assertion ana the attorney replied that there was “a great hullabaloo and publicity. which brought Mr. Greenstein to his feet with an emphatic denial of any attempt to create atinosphere or of- fer evidence in any but an ordinary manner. Attorney Casale assured the court he meant no reflection on Mr. Greenstein. All Want Square Deal Judge Saxe said he thought every- one had been plainly desirous of giving the accused officer a fair and square trial. “It certainly is not pleasant for policemen to come into court and testify against one of their fellows, but they had to do their duty," Judge Saxe said, and Attor- ney Casale replied: *Yes, Your Honor, but does it show a good | esprit de corps to put a fellow offi- cer in a cell and keep him there for 4 1-2 hcurs and hum'llate “im.” “I can only assume, Mr. Casale, that he was not fit to leave immedi- ately,” Judge Saxe replied. “Well, why could not a policeman be sent home with him, then?" the attorney shot back. “What do you say to the testimony of your own witness, O'Mara?" Judge Saxe asked. “I do not mean t» say that San- tucci was crucified, but he was charged with being ‘urtder the in- i 2nce of liquor and of coui:. every- one who saw him -t once agreed. Why was nc* the doctor permitted to be any closcr to him than six feet? The doctor is a gor?, honest witness, and f{-‘~, Indeed. I wish others who testif ~ and some who did not, were as fair. There was no sc’entific test given this man, yet there are well known tests to be applicd in such ca~>s. Out of all the sent to the senate today by Presl- dent Coolidge. Farrell sucoceds Com- 7 officers, from the chief down to the lieutenant and the sergeants and 1 Sergeant | don’'t know but perhaps there were some privates, nobody but Sergeant 02 thought to give him any kind of a test.” Says Police sored Him “They badgered him with ques- accident, and then they come in here and tell how he was thick of speech and unsteady on 1°; feet. Incoher- ency of speech is one of the princi- pal proofs of a man's condition, yet not a single witness testified that Santucci was incoherent,” Attorney; Casale “>clared. “Your Hor~ = heard him on the stand. Certainly he is not a model to be held up for others to go by in encnciation and pronunciation. He dro®e through the streets for some time and had no accident, and I submit, Your Honor, that he would not be in all this trouble today but f - the fact that anether car drove him to the -eac ide. He admits he bad some wine several hours before the acc lent, just as mar, others have every day, but I submit that he could not have been in the con- d:on claimed, all the facts taken irto consideration.” Mr. Greenstein replied that At. asale seemed ‘o losc sight of the fact that the charge was not drunkenness, but all the ev’lence actually points to the fact that the officer was drunk, rather than mere- ly under {h~ influence of liquor. *I suppos2 1 could stard here and de- liver a long tirade against an offi- ccr of the law, sworn to enforce law a* 1eorder, who would go out and get drunk and smash into other cars, bt I am not going to do so. Your Hor* has the facts ell in mind, and sir. > I have been connected with this court, I have never pre- sent=d a str n.er case on this charge than this one,” he said. ‘Ilad not Sergeant O'Mara been called by At- torney Casale to testify, I would have put him on.” | Wales Will Reach Suez on Saturday | Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 6 ® — The Prince of Wales will disembark from the cruiser Enterprise at Suez carly Saturday morning in ac- cordance with present plans nd will be met there by Lord Lloyd, British high commissioner. Both will travel by special train arriving at Cairo at prince will leave at 5:45 p. m. Sun- day for Port Baid, to join the En- terprise after she has passed | through the canal. The whole land passage through Egypt will be en- tirely informal. Farrell Nominated By Pres. Coolidge ‘Washington, Dec. 6 (# — The ‘nommauon of Patrick J. 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