Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-26
THE M'LEOD JURY
Additional Men Drawn For Trial of \. N. Yopna's Chauffeur.


 The additional Jury drawn for the rial of the chauffeur Hugh Mcleod, vhich began to-day, consists of the ollowing: Waterbury, William A. Purdy. Christian J. Pfuderer; Vol ptt: Homer l.. Atkins; Woodbridge: uathan P. Peck; New Haven: Henry !. Peck, James N. States and Albert }. Smith; Wallingford: George A, Dickerman and Wilbur A. Simpson; ieymour: Albert Bronson.
 Mcleod is charged with man laughter. One day last fall while Irving his machine past the premises fl tho Mattatuck Manufacturing com- 2 Slany along the Cheshire trolley ex- ension. he ran into and killed on the bot Frederick B. Frost. At the ex- animation in the city court 1t was testified that the car Mcleod was Irving could be stopped within its { 'wn length. The case will be very Interesting. A peculiar feature about he additional Jury panel is that 1t Includes men living in Waterbury The reason of this is obvious; to give Mcleod fair show against the talk ln-for-granted-prejudice that exists lmong the farmers. Local men. however, have always been ruled on 'riminal cases of local import, and wen local jurors on local civil mat nrs never fail to be an occasion for lurprise.
 The jury selected consists of Fred ]. Baker, Cheshire; Robert H. Grif- fen, Ansonia; G. F. Abbott, Middle bury: B. c. Hall. Naugatuck; Albert w. Foot, North Branford; Byron L.. Morse. Prospect; Andrew E. Wheeler md Robert Healey, ST. Seymour; George E. Dickerman and Wilbur A. Simpson. Wallingford; Homer l.. At kins. Wolcott; Albert D. Smith, New Haven.
 Mcleod was defended by Burpee and Carmody.
 The jurors from Waterbury were excused by agreement of counsel, and almost on the stroke of 2 the trial began. The first witness was Coroner Eli Mix of New Haven. A copy of the evidence given before the coroner was then admitted In order to expedite matters, after which Ar : thur ]. Patton, a surveyor, was sworn, and he was questioned re- garding the width of the highway where Mir Frost was killed, the length of tho straight view westward from where it occurred and the width of the road from the trolley tracks. The pertinency of this testimony will be shown later by other witnesses.
 Mrs Lucy 4. Frost, widow of the man who was killed was the next witness, After the usual prelimina- ries, such as stating that she was married twenty-six years and that her husband was sixty last April. She testified that she and cher husband had been living the pnsf three years on farm on the Southlngton road. but last April they came to town and lived in the house on the corner of Union and Cole street. which has been bought for St Mary's hospital.
 On October 13. about 9 o'clock they started for the farm on trolley car. Mir Frost meeting witness at Mill street. from which point they walked to Dublin street and there they board- ed car and proceeded on their way. The car stopped nenr the waiting room on the SouthingtOn road. Mrs Frost alighted first, she was about tho middle of the other track when her husband put his hand on her shoulder and called her attention to an approaching automobile. When shc saw her husband again he was stretched on the ground and she said the moment she saw him she kfiew he was dead. The automobile just grazed her right ankle and it passed along the left side of the trolley car.
 Her husband was knocked about fifteen feet beyond where she stood and the automobile was standing be- yond the body. Mrs Frost was un- dor cross examination af uIcss ho,ir