Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-13

cHduIeur Stateu tnlS morning that nc
 is accustomed to travel at a high rate
 of speed at all times. He has a
 powerful machine and he fairly
 makes her fly over the ground de.
 clared the local chauffeur.
 Mcleod was on the way to Bran. ford when Frost was killed. He came to this city from Branford this morn-
 ing and was making the run back.
 About an hour after the accident
 Medical Examiner Crane. Superinten.
 dent of Police Beach. Mcleod and
 Mr Goss held consultation in the
 chiefs office, but stated that there
 was nothing new for publication.
 Mir and Mrs Frost, who recently
 sold their property on- Union square
 to the Immaculate Conception parish
 which will use 1t for hospital, were
 undoubtedly on their way to the farm
 which they have on what Is best
 known as the old Frost road. It was
 the intention of the couple to move there in short time and were in all probability going there this morning Mir Frost who was slxty-two years of age, which will be surprise to those who knew him, as he was wonder fully preserved, having just come h. to good sum of money. was deter mined to enjoy life. Only yesterday he told his wife that they had work ed hard enough for many years, and for the remainder of their lives they would take things easy.
 The news of the accident. the first serious one to occur in Waterbury since the advent of the automobile spread rapidly. and people began to wonder how the accident happened, having in mind the layout of the road. How fast the machine was running is question. Mcleod him self admits that he was going about eighteen miles an hour, the limit Is twenty, but, 1t seems strange that he could not bring his car to n halt If he was not travelling faster than that True the car which is Packard. about forty horse power and weighs about 4,0W pounds, with n Semili- n covering for the top, Is no easy thing to stop quickly. but then Mcleod has the reputation of being quick man at the wheel and If he were tending to business he would be going trifie slow considering the cir The machine carried the number c 315 and 27529 x. r..
 A few years ago when the city was laying out East Main street 1t was decided to abandon the old highway and strike into the Porter property just east of the carriage factory and make straight roadway clear out fo the bridge that spans the river One of the reasons assigned for this was to avoid danger to life and limb when the trolley cars should be operating put that way. The street was laid out 10 a width of sixty feet and after that had been accomplished every body thought that automobiles. trol- lev cars, bicycles. carriages. teams If every description and pedestrians would have elbow room and that any hing like collision would be out of | he question.
 Mrs Frost is badly affected by the | lccident and it Is feared she may not ecoyer from the shock. She is al- most distracted because of the death IT HtT HusDdnu, anu at hSA asosesS e.A" Ifternoon, she was brought In from he country about 12 clock. she was till raving. She cannot tell how the ccident happened other than her husband hustled her out of the way nd when she looked around she saw i'm on the ground. Mrs Frost was lso hit by the machine. but the in- ury is not at all serious. She was truck in the leg.
 The persons who saw the accident laim that Mcleod footed his horn everal times before lie ran down the ouple.
 In the second examination of the cad man several injuries were found n the body.
 As soon as A. NJ. Young heard of he affair he started for Waterbury, rriying here shortly before 3 o'clock his afternoon. Mir Young stopped the office of the New England En- ineering Co on West Main street, here he met the chauffeur and had
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