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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1925
Page
22
In Fairfield a raid on a liquor store at 98 Post Road led to multi count convictions. Andrew Kowalski and others faced fines, jail suspensions, and appeals. the group forms part of a larger seven of eighteen arrestees in a wholesale liquor bust. Local events follow in Warfield with club and church meetings slated for Tuesday.
The Red Mens alias in the evening group hosts a luncheon meeting at Blickhock at Moon Street. Forester and Fire Warden Austin L Hawes will be the speaker, with Deputy Wire Warden DT Williams of the Matt-Held district in attendance.
George Patti Rand a retired businessman and long time local figure, died at his home. Funeral arrangements are set with Read Fendal Chapel for Wednesday afternoon at Mountain Grove Cemetery, with burial in Mountain Grove. Rand, born in Brooklyn on June 21, 1854, came to the city as a youth, co founded a shop, led the Read Carpet firm, and later held senior roles in a distant relative Path family. He was known as a noted tenor in earlier years and was active in fraternal orders, the Pyramid Temple, Hamilton Commandery, and the Youth Machine Gun Battery. He served in the New Haven Governor Guards and was a member of St Johns Episcopal Church.
In Grodnwict a drunken driver named Mexander Dang Lewis street was fined $100 and costs by Deputy Judge W S Pinney for operating a car while intoxicated. He allegedly struck a car driven by Wo LC Driscoll at 63 Newby Street in New Rochelle. Thomas Baker of Greenwich left a large stone in the street to stop his car from sliding backward, and a car driven by John Cunningham struck the stone, causing damage to Public Service Corporation property. Baker was arrested for rebuilding the public highway and fined $10 and costs.
Stamford November 9 special edition reports Samuel Josak proprietor of a grocery at 684 Pacific Street was fined 200 and costs by Judge Samuel Young after a raid by local detectives found about one gallon of liquor and two men playing cards in the back. Also Samuel Lee of Westbury was fined 100 for transporting 100 bottles of wine without permit. McCarthy, Zemo, and Carlo figures appear with continuances in arson and forgery cases as courts handle a string of local offenses. A man seeking lodging after a distressing night described theft and hardship, while Thomas Lord, 69, died at his machine at a Stamford plant.
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