This Day in History: 1915-07-25
Seventeen boys from the Polish settlement of Mahwah were summoned before Justice Rodgers and charged with cruelty to birds. A series of arrests were made by County Game Warden Small and Assistant Warden Chet Billings, assisted by Constables Trueman and George Rodgers. The boys were charged with stealing birds from their nests, suspending them from trees with strings and throwing stones at them. Five of the boys were fined $5.00 each, Mike Kudrich, 10, John Secora, 9, John Mihok, 8, Joseph Pabonsik, 10, and Andrew August, 8. The other twelve were discharged. (Bristow)