The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-13

nesses of the accident be located and
subpoenaed.
Mr.. Crittenden still holds to his first
statement, that Mr. Shearer did all in
his power to avoid the accident. He
says he was standing In front OF Beck
with's drug store when he noticed three
automobiles raving up Elm street from
Kimberly avenue, all travelling at a
speed somewhere In the neighborhood
of forty-f1ve miles an hour One auto
was on the right Of the car tracks,
while the other two were on the left
OF them. At Second avenue a city,
bound car stopped to let passenger
alight, and the car on the right side of
| the street slowed up somewhat while
| the other two autos tore along without
lessening their speed. But before any
Of the automobiles had quite reached
the trolley car lady stepped from the
electric, directly in the path of the rae
| ing motor car, and did not realize her
| position until It was too late to get out
Of the way In the meantime the driv-
ei. of the on-coming car threw on the
| emergency brake, but the momentum
lor the auto was too great, and the
brakes were not able to check it. Mr.
Crittenden said that when the brakes
were applied the car leaped into the
air. He did not know that the young
LADY was his sister until several min.
utes afterward.
Mr.. Uhl, Miss Crittenden's brother
in-law, said that the members of the
family realizing how broken up Shearer
was over the death Of Miss Crlttenden
did not feel SO harshly as they might
otherwise have done, but knowing o.
so many deaths due to reckless speed
ing they hoped that something woult
be done about the present case, tc
make automobilists more careful. The
family feels that Mr. Shearer did all
in his power to prevent the accident
and that had the car been under con.
troll the tragedy would not have hap.
pened.
The funeral will be held from the
home of Mr.. Uhl on First avenue, Mon
day afternoon and will be private.
The story of Miss Crittenden and hel
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parents are dead. When Miss Critten.
den was a child Of 2 or years old
Leander Jeff for New Zealand and wal
gone for twenty-one years, He re.
turned and staid here for a short tim,
then went back just two months agC
he returned to remain In America fol
good. Only a few days ago he ant
his sister decided to go west onto (
farm, where she was to keep house fo
him. Practically everything had beer
decided upon.
Mr.. Shearer is we'll known In this city
having been employed by w. B. Frost
the New Haven manager Of the Whit
steamer company. Mr.. Frost says tina
he is one Of the most careful drivers
he ever had in his employ.
Other witnesses to the tragedy sa,
that none Of the autos slackened Ii
speed while passing the standing troll
ley, and all agree that the rate tnel
miles an hour.
! One witness said that the girl wa
thrown diagonally across from on
street corner to the other,
, The West Haven. POLICE were unabl
to locate a lady who saw the acciden
, up to late hour last evening, ant
from the story she told Druggist Beck
with, she saw the accident perhaps bet
$ ter than any one else. She told hin
, that the motor car did not slow up a
, all when nearing the second avenu
corner. Mr.. Beckwith does not know
the ladys name, but he describes he
| las q good looking woman of about 4
| Years old, medium height, and darl
, brown hair.
Her testimony would be an importan
factor in the coroner's inquest thi
} morning.