Mayor’s Promise to Revamp Finances Foiled by Heckler in Falcon Hall

On a chilly March evening in 1930, Donald I. Bartlett, a Republican candidate for mayor in New Britain, Connecticut, was interrupted by a heckler at a rally in the 5th Ward’s Falcon Hall. The packed audience of approximately 300 people was eager to hear Bartlett’s plan for the city’s financial future. However, the candidate’s promise of a comprehensive review of the city’s financial needs was met with a burst of dissent.