New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1928, Page 2

HUSBAND AND WIF ARE SENT T0 JA Racket in Gilbert Street House Ends in Arrest Louts Raczkowski, and his wife, Fannie Raczkowski, 32, of 14 Gilbert street, rear, who have been in police court several times during the past year, were sent to jail by Judge Roche in police court today, the former being charged with breach of the peace and assault on the latter, while the latter was charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace. In each case, a suspended Jail sentence of 15 days imposed several weeks ago, was revoked, and a sen- tence of five days was added in Racz- 's case. In the case of Mrs. sentence of five days execution suspend- ed, so that Raczkowski must serve 20 days and his wife 15 days. Officer Daniel Cosgrove and Offi- cer Georgoe Collins testified that the owner of the Gilbert street property complained to them about 2:15 this the second floor tenement. Accompanicd by Officer Otis Hop- kins they made an investigation. Mr Raczkowski was intoxicated and her face was bruised and swollen, ac- cording to the testimony, while Raczkowski showed signs of having heen drinking. He said his wife had tried to jump out of a window, a smashing the glass and the frame | He said he pleaded with her to go | and sho said she would do anything 1o escape frem him. Mrs. Raczkowski took the witne: stand and told a story of having been sesaulted by ler husband. She #aid he drinks heavily and she has frequently been forced to leave the house at all hours of the night to escape his wrath. He works in Win- he berates and abuses her if she dis- obeys. Raczkowski went into detail about the events of last night, placing all the blame on his wife. In the aft- lernoon she wanted to go to Hart- |ford and he arranged with a friend |to drive them there. On returning, she gave him 50 cents and a bottle |and told him to get it filled with liquor so that she and the friend |gnight have a drink. He did not want to, but she insisted and he obeyed. | The friend complained that the |Mrs. Raczkowski said that it was only water and insisted that her husband drink some. He did and found It was only water. | Later she sent him to buy a ring {for her which he did but it was too large and she change it and again he obliged. 1In |the evening she suggested that they call on a woman on Orange street but he said he preferred to stay at {home and get some sleep. | She Insisted that he go, saying the woman some years ago used to “chase after” her first husband and she wanted Louis to see her, so he went and at once there was “moon- shine” served for all hands. On the way from the street house, she wanted to go to an- other house, according to Raczkow- | ski, but he did not want to go be- cause it was after midnight but finally he went only to find the lights {out‘ of school age, the couple stumbled along Broad strect and near Sacrad Heart church Mrs. Raczkowski, de- |clared that she wanted to go to jail rather than continue living with him. he 1e home and sceing an automobile |asked the driver to take them to Gi S | bert street. He agreed, but his wife |would not enter the car until a po- liceman came along and prevailed {upon her to go. Reaching Gilbert street, she start- ed towards Main street and he had a hard time getting her to go into liquor was not “cut" properly and | insisted that he ! Orange | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928, 1polm ocourt today on the testimany of Officer Thomas Lee, who testified that Stanley Grzybek of 125 Broad | street told him Saturday night that it was not Zajko who had struck him and when asked by the officer if he wanted Zajko arrested, replied nega- tively. This took place between 7 and 8 p. m. and about 10 p. m. Grzybek's daughter met the officer and told him she had located the as- sailant of her father. The officer told her that under the circum- | stances she should inquire for a war- rant for an arrest. In court yesterday Zajko's case was continued until today to hear Officer Lee's testimony after an- other young man was fined for his part in the assault. Attorney Mar- tin F. Stempien Appeared for Zajko. There Was An Auto Without John Carney, 24, of 43 Brooklawn street, pleaded guilty to charges of driving an automobile without lights, without a certificate of registration in his possession, and with improper imarkers. Ho was flned $25 and costs on the latter and judgment was suspended on the other counts. Supernumerary Officer Spooner testifled that he at the corner of Corbin avenue and Black Pond ave- nue at 10:30 last night when Carney ldrove up. The headlights on his car were not |burning and when the officer spoke to him about it Carney said the | fuses were burned out. The officer said he had fuses in his pocket, but (Carncy said they would not fill (h(‘: bill. He seemed i1l at ease and the | hig for the certificate of registration which he was unable to produce. The markers, it was learned, belonged on another car and Carney admitted | that he had changed them to the car he was trying out. | the officer testified. | Another Auto Without Boleslaw Bednarczyk, 25, of 272 Farmington avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge of driving a car with- |out a certificate of registration and | with improper markers and was |fined $25 on the latter count, judg- Carney made no comment after! ment being suspended on the former. | that alcohol was at the bottom of the fight, Hojnowskl was asked by Prosecuting Attorney Woods about |it and his reply was that he had not |made the statement and did not un- derstand English very well which probably accounted for fhe officer's |impression as to the cause of the | fight. Czarkowski acoused Hojnowski of | calling him a vile name, They had an argument over $20 which Hoj- ’nowlki barrowed from Csarkowski some time ago when the former had la liquor law violation penalty im- | posed in court. Doherty Case Continued The continued case of Eugene | Doherty, 32, of 213 Clark street, | charged with dsiving an automobile {while under the influence of liquor !was continued to Baturday. Attor- ney Thomas F. McDonough said | Doherty had sent word that he wus ill and unable to be in court today. | The case of Joseph Pavano, 24, of 92 Sexton street, charged with speeding. was continued until tomor- {row. Officer Willlam O'Day made the arrest vesterday forenoon on | Stanley street. | Judge W. F. Mangan appeared | Pavano. for ———b TO SURMIT DATES | Louisville, Ky.,- Dec. 18 (A—Col. | M. J. Winn, president of the Ameri- |can Turf association, and executive director of Churchill Downs, an- nounced today that he would submit to the Kentucky state racing com- | Trailed by Mr. Raczkowski's child, | officer became suspicious and asked | mission for its approval, dates for the spring meeting at Churchil) Downs The meeting will begin Sat- urday, May 11, it {s planned, and the {850,000 added Kentucky derby wil be run Saturday, May 18. The meet- {ing will run 19 days. Other stakes to be decided are the Clark handicap, debutante stakes, Grainger memor. ial handicap, Bashford Manor stakes and the Kentucky Oaks. —— Christmas BOSSY I3 PROUD OF ADHINISTRATION Points to Accomplishments Through Auditor's Report Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 18 (UP) ~—Mayor “Bossy” Gillls, who knows his figures, both financial and fem- inine, pointed with pride today to the mccomplishments of his adminis- |tration aa reflected in the annual re- Iport of City Auditor Willlam Baich. Although much of his honor's |time was consumed in battling for his unauthorized gasoline filling sta- |tion, and in serving a resultant two- {month sentence at the county jail, |nis constituents realized today that |their red-headed mayor had been {able to provide au economical and |more or less efticient stewardship. | Cash Balance | Of course the $8,030.88 cash bal- jance on hand is & mere bagatelle jcompared with the meney which "'Buszy“ has collected as judge, jury and executioner of beauty contests, or as “loud-speaker” at real estate boom meetings where everybody who |buys a lot gots a dinner set free, or |as’a “between-the-acts” feature per- former at a Boston theater, But it was considerably more than {even *‘Bossy's” fondest admirers ex- ! pected, and the mayor himself could not suppress a feeling of unmitigated glee when he learned the financial |status of his home town at the end :'of his first year as chief executive. | According to the city auditor's re- port, total revenue was $635,156.95, jand the balance brought forward from last year made a total of $540,. 661.48 avallable for all expenses. The report showed a reduction of $61,000 in the mfi'l funded debt. 18 ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE |Déane at New Jersay College for Miss Helens Doanoe of Frederick Women and are now Vialtiag at her stroot, Maple Hill entertained at BOMe Thers wore four tablee of Expenditures included: Btate tax, |bridge last evening in honor of Miss | Miss Gertrude Gibney and Francls I. $18,360; state highway tax, $1,356.30° | Mary Twiddy of Maplewood, N. J., Traver and the consolation awards county tax. $25,748.80; city depart 'and Miss Ruth Nixon of Rutherford, went to Miss Twiddy and Earle V. ment expenditures and judgments, N. J., who are classmates of Miss Scott. Refreshments were served. 387.33. All this totals $633.630.58. P a =Y ) RS During the year, the city has so- Tl & “'5'11 quired & new fire alarm system, a police signal service, one plece of motor fire apparatus, a tree-spraying machine and a road roller. The city paid off in indebtedness 1$113,000 during the year. Chicago to Borrow For Teachers’ Pay Chicago, Dec. 18 UP—With only $275,000 in its coffers, and a $3,600,- 000 payroll to meet Thursday, the board of educktion today petitioned the city council for another loan to pay school teachers Two weeks ago the city purchased $2,000,000 in achool tax antieipation warrants to meet the teachers’ pay- rolls then due. H. Wallace Caldwell, president of the board, will ask for a loan of $3,600,000, which will be sufficient since George F. Harding, | county treasurer, will have turned over to the board $1,630,000 in tax money by tomorrow. Fire Destroys Block Of Sharon Buildings 8haron, Fire A beautiful gift—useful and endur- \ ing. V;';hu-nynyluh.wlh range of prices, SHEAFFER PARKER CONKLIN WATERMAN Pmdhhntehanqpn: MOHILL’S 297 MAIN STREET Pa., Dec. 18.—(M—] destroyed a half block of bulldings in the busineas district today, caus. ing losses estimated at $300,000. The Deforrest building, several frame warchouses and a number of other frame bulldings in the bloek were burned. The Carver hotel was "threatened, but firemen fought eff the flames after the hotel roof had “enu(ht fire. sted and comes home on holidays | {he houss. Once inside she made a | Motorcycle Officer David Doty and weck-cnds, she said. He forces | yaoet, pounding her heels on the | her to drink although | made the arrest on Dec. 11 and Bed- she dislikeS | fioor and screaming at the top of | v 10 because she cannot stand it but ner voice, * Ho ran downstairs to |LicrVk told him ho bought the car !summon the wife of thelandlord. as o, 4 | {he thought his wife was losing her | Tined $10 For Assault mind, and In his absence she dashed | paul Czarkowskl, 33, of 77 New- {for the window. smashing it and |ington avenue, was found guilty of cutting herself about the face. tho charge of assaulting Leo Hoj- Raczkowsk! denied that he as- | nowski of 475 North Burritt street ' saulted his wife but Prosecuting At- | and fined $10 and costs. He sur- torney Wooda declared that if ever a | rendered with a bondsman yesterday couple deserved to go to jail from |afternoon and pleaded not guilty local police court. the Raczkowskis when arraigned. certatnly should go. Judge Roche | Hojnowskl testified that he was in | remarked that he told them on their | his car at Orange and Silver streets last appearance in court that their |shortly before 6 p. m., last Saturday next conviction would result n a | when Czarkowski drove up and | jall sentence. I pulled him out of his car, striking Hayes & Sheehan|, 7afko Discharged Cash Get out used and no longer needed Books, Toys, Bike, Skates, etc. You can get extra Christmas Cash for them. Phone a Classified T hat Keeps on lelng Ad to the Herald and see . b | ' him on the head with a flashlight. Stanley Zafko, 21, of 441 North | XMAS TREES FOR SALE At Cor. Oak and West Sts. 46 HARRISON ST. how quickly somebody will Officer John M. Liebler having respond. 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