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THE BERKSHIRE COUXTV EAGUI TEBRGRIZEOpkins iJohn Brombach While “Load-Ied Put Family to Flight with Double Barrel ShotGun.mf-gedLees A.I n -was peed | 1 n e d \\ a s of 1 d h vavid 1 ison *tain1 of of-ficer t he iJohn Brombach and a double bar- Jrr-Jrlt;i lt;hot gun, both loaded to th*muzzle. Bromba* h with distilled splr- • its and the gun with powder and shot, J t a used a commotion on Peek's road j last evening in the vi laity of Brom-jbach's home. 1Brombach is a bad man when loaded and takes great delight In terror-)Izing the neighborhood He spent!s- o n i e t im e during the af t e r n o o n i n !giving wild west ex hi hi tons up and I down Peck’s road with a horse and buggv and tiring of this he went to j the house and just to show his supe- ; rkrit\ over his wife and k hildren 1drove them from the house into a lot j nearby and then shouldering the gun [he #et out further to terrorize them.A complaint was sent to the poke* I station by Edward A. Berry and soon iB r omba eh was 1 orked u pHe waa arraigned in the distrivt I court this morning and pleaded guilty! i t the charge of drunkenness, The j case was continued a month to gee j how well Brombach can keep a prom-!to behave himrelf. He s so paid the amount*4 ♦toospeaking of the case beforenotSH 1to priori-led. ;had *her25froThe•tin-M r.notnotHe* i i diff-cedvimtlv£$2.70. in- . _ - , — . _ the courtthis morning Chief White said Brom bach was a dangerous man whendrinking and ho felt something shoutd be done that would act as a furtherrestraint. Brombach was recentlyplaced on probation ir the superior court. jSpeaking of the case today Edward A. Berry, a local insurance agent, who made the complaint, said:— jT acted in the interests of the pub* 1lie. Brombach was acting in such a!way that J thought he ought to be i restrained. It was just 5 50 when he 1 drove his family, at the muzzle of agun. to the east lot of his 3g ncr^farm. It was 6.15 when he was a ken inti custody. !I w.is lt;r-ina: ali-n? thpta 1?k1 *aw ^mbrh in a thrr-at^ninsr art fudo H- and another man. both drunk had b^n driving up and down th* road HthaBrom ba chse thn during the afternoon.from drinkHisntlvWlwifewnotfault, at all for the trouble, Sh * is »g^cd woman, and makes the best of r%verv bad predicament.The father finally went intohouse and fell acleep ou the fiolt;his boy crept in softlv and awav from him.gunboth barrels, and all ready to shothnT t wa strigger wastheandok theloadedTha* murder wasnot done is a wonder. Officers Pahe^ and HHidner made the arrest AgainIdaja-innvI f=ay, I acted to protect the pub!! to relieve the fsmiTv the**and ifear.*’i wfuflDfDATiniUO Dcnrnruirnint n rr
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The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Sep 11, 1907
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