Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-15

the death of the late Fred NJ. Frost of Union street, who was killed on the Cheshire road Saturday morning by an automobile, belonging to A. M.
 Young, driven by Hugh Mcleod, MT
 Young's chauffeur. who was return
 ing from Waterbury to Pine Orchard.
 The hearing was held at the head
 quarters of the detective bureau, and
 attracted big crowd, although, the
 number of witnesses was small. The
 session was private The coronor
 Wlth his accustomed courtesy to the
 press, told the reporters that he would
 give them call and tell them all
 there was to be given out as soon as
 he was ready. The witnesses includ-
 ed Hugh Mcleod, the chauffeur; Rob-
 ert F. Platt, principal of the briggs
 school, and wife; Miss Eunice Crane.
 daughter of Dr Crane; Mrs William
 II. Hoffman, and q few others. Her
 bert ;. kling, brother of Mrs Frost,
 was present to represent his sister,
 who was not in condition 10 attend,
 but after short talk with Coronor
 Mix 1t was decided to hold another
 hearing Wednesday, when 1t is under
 stood Mrs Frost will be able to tell
 what she knows about the case.
 Before the coronor arrived some of
 the witnesses and others chatted free
 ly on the matter and judging by what
 they said it was one of these unfor-
 tunate cases that could have been
 avoided by ordinary caution on the part of the chauffeur, who must have
 been quite close to the trolley car
 when it stopped opposite the waiting station. Mir Platt thinks the auto
 was rolling along on the ear tracks says that after it hit Mir Frost, it went something like forty feet before the chauffeur. could bring it to q stand still. He was sitting near the rear of the car and didn't see the automobile until it struck Mir Frost, who with his wife had just alighted at the right side of the car and passed over to the other side, where the mixup hap pened. Mir Frost pushed his wife out of the way and Mir Platt thinks that the man himself could have got to a place of safety, if he only had agility to spring like wild cat The proper place for the auto to have passed the trolley car was on the right side, but Mir Frost was killed on the left side. The question of speed was talked of, this Is something which will have to be passed upon with more than oriin- ary consideration. The last legsla- ture raised the limit from fifteen miles an hour to twenty miles on country or town roads. but as the act of consolidation obliterated the boundary lines that existed between city and the town and extended the lines of the city to the extreme limits of Waterbury, it seems that there are no town lines here and if this he so q man travelling faster than twelve miles an hour leaves himself liable.
 After hearing lasting about two hours and half, Coroner Mix at 1 30 | this afternoon announced that Hugh l who was driving A. NJ. | Young's machine which killed Fred | erick NJ. Frost, should be held crim- inally responsible for Frost's death. was ordered to appear in the city court on Saturday morning.
 The gist of the coroner's finding is as follows: That Frederick N. Frost { left the center on car No 106 at 9:30 I 1n Saturday morning. The car stopped at the waiting station near the Mattatuck factory and Mir Frost, by his life. alighted. Frost then attempted to cross the north track and while he was so ioing Hugh Mcleod came along in a large auto car No C SIS. on his way io Pine Orchard. The machine struck Frost, rolled him over and passed lver his body. killing him almost in- stantly. From the testimony the cor ,ner found Mcleod was driving al- most directly behind the car. that he automobile was travelling more han fifteen miles an hour, and that st the time of the accident the chauf- eur was not using due caution. The accident happened within the limits if the city of Waterbury. in which welve miles is the maximum rate of ipeed.
 find that Mir Mcleod made itatement to Superintendent Bearh fl the police department that he was 'unning his machine about eighteen niles an hour. Moreover. | learned hat he was travelling very rapidly yhiie on his way to this city in the 
 sIIe left Pine Orchard at 7:s0 and Irrived in this city at s.se. distance f thirty-five miles, Counting stops md slow ups. the coroner came to the onelusion that Mcleod must have on the average of twenty niles an hour fl.
 After weighing the testimony III md that Mcleod vss running his car { rate of speed which was a rnen-I ee tn the passengers and without ue caution to safety of pedestrians. nd hv % doing committed d rrsrs- nal and ealioss act. therefore | rud iuxh Mcleod crfufnziIy responsible . Dr the death of Frederick ~. Frp~<
 Mcleod walked into the rofire 'sfioa after the inquest pffh a book [ worTy on his face. He eonfrpafet urerirfendent Be1eh ard waited to ear the nexA The szperintendsnt