The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-12
LEBEAU INQUEST.
Six Witnesses Were Examined
at RivsrpOint Yesterday.

Six witnesses were examined at the In
quest on the death OF Charles Lebeau,
held at Riverpoint yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Frank X. Beaulieu testiehd that
while driving TO the Clyde car barn from
Phenix on Memorial day he met mes
senger who informed him that a boy was
lying in semi-conscious state on Mr.
Duny's steps Dr. Beaulieu took the
young man I'm his carriage and carried
him TO place in Jericho where II was
said that he lived After putting the boy
in bed Or. Changon was called in TO
consult with DR. Beauliew. IL was found
that the boy had fractured skull.
DIR. Changon, of Arctic, testified that
he had been called Ina by Dr. Beaulieu, as
previously related, TO attend the boy
named Charles LeDeau. Then he visited
him in all 5 times before ms death and
also assisted the medical examiner in his
autopsy.
DIR. Darby then testified as follows: 81
received a telephone message about a
quarter of u, noon. on Memorial day TO
go TO the car barn at Clyde TO take care
OF some people that had been hurt. 1
went Immediately and found a bicycle
rider by the name of Macarthur.
1 found him In the car shed, near a
| sink, wfpfng me blood from his face and
made hasty examination i found that
| his nose was broken and that he was suf-
| fering with bruises and cuts. As the car
barn was no place, TO care for him took
| him TO my office TO care for him properly.
II asked him how he got hurt and he
/ said he was coming down the hill and
| going very rapidly. and the first he
knew he heard some one shouting 10 look
| ont. He raised his head and saw a team
| I'm his way and also boy. He tried TO
| get out OF the way of both, but he was
| going so fast and the team and boy were
| so near that he didn't have time to stetS
| out of the way. He said that he struck
| the boy and after that remembered moth
ing t:ll some wqman gave him glass OF
| whiskey."
The bicycle rider attended TO by Dr.
Darby refused to give the physician any
| thing but his surname, Macarthur, be-
| cause he did not wish his full name "a
get into the papers. fearing II IL did
TO frighten his mother.
The official starter OF the bicycle road
race at Jericho on Memorial day, Arthur
| Utterly OF Crompton, said that young
| man named Daniel Macarthur. giving his
! residence as Providence, was one OF those
| who entered the race.
Mr. Utterly, who also distributed the
| numbers. said that Macarthur was a.
It having been pinned upon the lstter's
| back by Utterly himself. The racers
started from Jericho about IL a. m. and
| when they returned some % minutes la
ter Macarthur was not with them.
Philip Duffy who keeps a restaurant
directly opposite the Clyde car barn. tes
tilted that he saw part OF the accident
His attention was called TO IL because
the bicycle rider who ran down the bo,
also ran into him after the accident. III
saws that the boy lay upon the groun'
behind a carriage with bicycle upoi
him about two feet from the sidewalk
IL. .s..I 4. rtaV
| the lawn in front of his house. and late
put upon the steps OF his store, fron
| which place DIR Beaulieu removed him
Horace NJ Dawley a machinist. VIII
testified that he lived at Jericho was I'll
last witness Mr.. Dawley was the oc
| cupant Of the carriage against which tn
| boy named Lebeau and the cyclist Nc
| Arthur were thrown after the collision
In testifying. Mr.. Dawley said that hi
| wagon top was tipped back. and. in con
| sequence OF this. he had full viey
| of the road from Duffy's restaurant 4
front OF which he had driven just pre-
| vious to the accident After the racer
came under Lippitt bridge the boy ra
| from the crowd. got behind my wagor
| and went into the middle OF the street.
said Mr.. Dawley at the inquest yesterday
Some hollered for him TO get out O
the way whereupon he turned and wen
| up the street not less than 20 feet. TIL
two head racers passed the boy all right
but when 10 or a dozen came on togethe
the boy seemed to get excited and al
not try TO evade them. One of the racer
knocked the hoy about 20 feet against m
wagon. the bicycle falling upon him. Th
| rider OF the wheel fell fiat upon the pave
| ment."
The inquest was then adjourned
will probably be continued again on neS
Thursday when IL is hoped that all III
testimony can be heard.