Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-20
M'LE0D HELD
Witnesses of F. N. Frost's Dsith en
 Stand To-Day.

Hugh Mcleod the, chauffeur who killed Frederick M. Frost near the trolley station on East Main street. last Saturday morning was held for the superior court to-day on a charge of manslaughter. Medical Ex- aminer Crane stated that Frost's head was crushed into a dozen pieces. He could not understand how 1t was crushed so unless 1t was knocked against something or the car ran over the man. While there were no bones broken the mans whole body was mass of bruises When ho saw the body the head was lying in pool of blood. Mrs Frost. wife of the victim was taken from the room with her friends while pr Crane was on the stand. She was quite effected. Dr Crane spoke to the chauffeur about the speed he was driving at and the man said 1t was about 10 or IS miles an hour. The doctor observed the car and saw that it was all right except that the head- light was bent and the brackets that held it were loose.
 Mrs Frost's story was that she and her husband alighted from the left hand side of the trolley car. Her husband was ahead of her and just as they alighted they saw the auto- mobile coming down upon them at a tremendous speed. Mir Frost told her to look out and then he pushed her and she stepped aside and the machine grazed her right ankle. When she looked around she saw the mangled body of her husband lying on the ground. She heard no signal from the machine and had no warn ing of its speedy approach. It was upon them almost the moment they saw it.
 Miss Fannie Porter who lives on the corner of Southmayd road and East Main street stated that she was standing at her window and had clear view of the highway. She saw the trolley car approach and then the automobile whizzed by.
  going, only that 1t was like flash. She saw Mrs Frost run from ip front of the automobile and then she saw her put up her hands and heard her scream.
 Attorney Carmody, counsel for A. M. Young, who fears a civil suit for damages, tried to get Miss Porter to say that the trolley car and the automobile were going at about the same rate of speed. The trolley car it was stated. was going at about the rate of four miles an hour, but Miss Porter would make no such admis- sion. The whole transaction oc- cured in moment and the automo- bile was going very fast she said.
 Miss Jennie Warren was waiting at the trolley station for a car and saw the accident. She said the automobile whizzed by and that 1t went quite distance after 1t had struck Frost. She heard no signal from 1t of its approach. neither. Mrs w. H. Hoffman told similar story and Robert F.. Platt saw the machine pass over Frost's body and the chauf. feur seemed to be trying to stop 1t.
 Superintendent of Police c. M.u Beach said he had talk with Me- Leod while he was locked up and the man told him he was going about eighteen miles an hour. He was pos- itive of this. because the object of the talk was to ascertain at what speed the car was going.
 Charles M. Thompson stated he has been chauffeur for four years and knows something about automobiles. He knew McLeod's machine. It is a Packard. of twenty-four horse power and weighs $500 ponds. Such ma- chine going at eighteen miles an hour can easily be stopped in four feet. Eighteen miles an hour is not fast for the average automobile. he said. In some places the ordinance speed is ten miles an hour and that is simply crawling. Tn fact, Thomp- son said. 1t Is not easy to get ma- chine that will go as slow as ten miles an hour.
 There was no defense. nor was any intended. The matter will be fought out in the superior court, to which Mcleod was remanded under bail of $5.000.
 Ball was furnished by John IT. Goss. but so far as the land records show. Mir Goss Is not property own- CT. and, therefore, could not furnish . bail. The automobile is owned by A. NJ. Young. whose daughter is Mir Goss's wife.