Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-09
BOY KILLED BY AUTO.
Hector Monseon of ST. Hyacinthe
Visitor to Celebration, Struck
on College Street.

VISITOR TO CeIebr7tiou, Struck
on College Street.
Hector Mongeon, young man of St.
Hyacinthe, Que, who came to Burlington
to attend the Champlain tercentenary
celebration, was struck by an automo-
bile at the corner of South Champain
and College streets at about 9:15 o'clock
last evening and received internal iniu-
ries from which he died next morning at
one o'clock at the Mary Fletcher hospi
tall
The automobile, whose owner is I'M
known, was going at terrific speed, when
Mongeon was riding bicycle down Col
lege street. There was a crash and Mon
geon wos thrown to one side, landing
with a thud beside the curbing. The au-
tomobilist did not wait to ascertain who
the victim was, but continued on down
the hill at the same fast rate of speed.
When picked up from the road Mon
geon was conscious but could talk only
with extreme difficulty. He was imme-
diately taken to the Mary Fletcher hos
pital, when DR.. S. E. Maynard stated
that the victim was suffering from seri-
Gus internal injuries and that it was
doubtful if he would recover.
The automobile was coming I'd Col
lege street probably from the railroad
station or the Lake Champlain Yacht
Club house. Although the street was
brilliantly lighted with the decorative
lights, making it almost light as day,
no one of the crowd who witnessed the
accident seemed able to tell the license
number attached to the car. Neither
were any able to state as to what size or
class the car belonged.
Mongeon is the first automobile vic
tim to be run down on the streets in Bur.
llngton.
1t was ascertained Wednesday that
the automobile which struck Hector
Mongeon Tuesday, inficting injuries
from which the young man died at
O'Clock Wednesday morning, was Gov.
George H. Prouty's. The Governor was
not in the city at the time of the acct
dent as he had been attending the ter
centenary celebration at Ticonderoga,
N. Y. The car was in charge of Gov.
Proutys chauffeur, William H. Ben
ware of Westfield. He was accom-.
panied by Luther Richardson of this
city.
Benware was arrested Wednesday
at the Van Ness house. He was
detained throughout the day at the po-
lice Office and in the evening was lodged |
in Jail, a complaint against him having
been filed by States Attorney II. b. |
Shaw, alleging manslaughter.
The car was No. 1909 and by the num-
Der the identity of the driver was estab-
lished
Benware stated that he was COM
ing up Champlain street at about 10 |
miles an hour and at the corner of Col |
lege street he saw the bicycle coasting
down College street He said he slow |
ed down and sounded the horn, but he
could not avoid a collision. Benware
said he reported the accident to Gov. |
Prouty before the latter's departure for |
Pittsburgh Wednesday morning. Ben.
ware said he stopped his machine after
the accident and went back to render assis. |
lance to Mongeon. His story as to speed I
differs with that of bystanders, who de-
clared that he was going fast.
The preliminary hearing in the case of |
Benware. charged with granddaughter in |
brought by States Attorney
Shaw, has been postponed until Sat
urday at o'clock in the morning.
z. NJ. Mansur of Newport brought a
message to the prosecution asking for
the postponement of the hearing, this
being desired by Governor Prouty, who
owns the machine. Governor Prouty is |
very busy just at this, time on account
of the tercentenary celebration and de-
sires to make some personal investiga-
ton of the matter. Benware had been
employed by Governor Prouty but a few
days.
An inquest held under states attorney
Shaw's supervision showed that one of
the deceased lungs was broken in which
cause his death.