The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-24
TRAIN HITS CAR Fatal Collision at the SheI- ton Avenue and Starr
 Street Grade
 Crossing. ONE SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES Frederick Behler Pinned Be- meath Partly Wrecked
 Car.
EXPIRES AT THE HOSPITAL
Motorman Murphy Arrested and Held in $2, 900 Bonds
 After Inquiry.

A trolley car on the Shelton avenue line was struck by the regular North ampton division passenger train which arrives in this city at 75O o'clock at the Shelton avenue and Starr street crossing last evening and Frederick Behler, bystander was caught under the trolley car receiving injuries from which he died later at the New Ha- ven hospital.
 The collision occurred about TAO o'clock The train left Shelbpurne Falls on time and proceeded at regular speed to this city.
 The car was coming toward the city from the Shelton avenue terminal and had only four persons on board. Two were women and two men. Had the car been crowded it is believed that the accident would have been much more serious. One of the women who re- fused absolutely to give her name was taken to the home of family named St. Clair on Starr street where her in- juries were dressed and she Immedla- tely left for her home in Fair Haven. She claimed to have lost her pocket oook and a watch in the collision. These were found later by Detectives Ward and Dorman who were working on the case.
 One of the men on the car was col- bred man named Johnson, who is por- ter to Charles s. Mellen, president of the Consolidated railroad. He was not Injured Neither was man wffo was standing on the rear platform and who disappeared after the collision. The name of the second woman pas senger could not be learned. She was not injured and left for her home.
 The news of the collision spread rapidly and by the time that the po- lice authorities arrived at the scene the crowd was so large that it was hard work getting around. At first it was not known that Behler had been struck and it was some time before he was pulled out. Dr. P. R. Stetson of Shell ton avenue who hastened to the scene as soon as the news or 1t reached him helped to get Behler from beneath the car and after dressing his wounds as sisted by Dr. Young, as well as pos sible, sent him to the New Haven hos- pital,
 Behler was very large in size and abdomen, bruise on the left side and leg, and serious internal injuries. His parents were with him at the hospital and Dr. Fasser, the hospital surgeon, attended him constantly and did all that medical science could but death came at 10 o'clock.
 Behler was very large In sixe and this doubtless made his injuries the more serious. He was only fifteen years of age and weighed over 200 pounds. He was employed as a gro- cery clerk at the store of w. E. Wa terbury at 774 State street. He was the son of MT. and Mrs. Henry Beh- Ter of 240 Shelton avenue.
 The locomotive of the train did not strike the car with very great forca. 1t Is said by railroad men, but the car was lifted from the track and carried a distance of eighteen feet, turning in such way as to bury Behler beneath 1t. The engine of the train had to be moved forward before the reseuing par ty found Behler beneath the trolley car. His mother. who was at the scene, fa!nted when he was lifted out. The windows of the car on the side nearer the train were all broken, but those on the other side of the car remained in tact. The axles of the car were sprung. It was placed on the track again by a wrecker and brought to the car barns on Grand avenue at an early hour this morning.
 Coroner Mix began an investigation into the cause of the wreck last night. Jchn J. Murphy, of PAS washington avenue motorman of the ill-fated car was closeted with the coroner for a long time and at the conclusion he was ordered held under $2,OOO bonds, pend- ing a further investigation.
 William B. Conlon of 620 Congress avenue. the conductor, was also sub 1ected to an examination, but he was not held.
 After the investigation Coroner Mix said that he would continue his exam ination of witnesses of the collision at his office on Church street. at o'clock