Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-18
25oh ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
of the
Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 9th
PLAINTIFFS TESTIMONY
COMPLETED ON THURSDAY.
Defendants Called in the Suit of Pc
trone VS.. S. and }. Gresson Before
Superior Court.

At the opening of the civil superior
court in this city Thursday morning
Isabel Petrone resumed her testimony
in her suit against s. and ]. Gregson
for $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceived in their laundry.
Her cross examination occupied
some time. after which John Gregson
was called to identify a picture of
the mangle, which he did.
Drs. Lester E. Walker and Rush w.
Kimball were called and testified to
treating the girl and described the
treatment given and the injuries which
were received.
Mrs. Petrone, mother Of the girl,
testified that her maiden name was
Bancroft and that her daughter was
born in New York city. She said the
girl took the place, although she OBJ
jected to it when she learned of the
fact. She told of the time the girl
was in the hospital and the treatment
she had. Now she is as helpless as a
small child, being unable to feed her.
self or dress herself
Miss Mary j. Slattery, who is now
employed in the quilt min in Mont
vile, testified that she worked in the
laundry when the girl was hurt, and
she had run mangle. She heard the
girl cry and others ran to her The
girls hands were in the machine, and
she with others held the girl and
bathed her head, while the men pried
the rollers apart, after which the girl
went to the hospital. The girl, she
said. was ironing shirts at the man
gle and she said it was possible to get
ones hands under the guard.
Florence E. Bushnell, a nurse, who
cared for the girl, described the in
turies ard tls treatment.
M. A. Barber, an expert mechanic,
O.I6 @f he 4.
and said he had made them II the
guard is more than hale an inch above
the board a Lerson's hands could go
under it. he ssid This completed the
testimony :tr The plaintiff.
For the defense John Gregson was
first called auc told Of the Petrone girl
being hired. She was to assist on the
mangie and Go other work. He ex-
planned wha. work he was doing and
what his brother was doing when the
girl was hurt She was a smart girl,
he said, and the mangle, he explained,
was standard machine. He did not
ask about her age, but told her she
would get $3.50 y eek. He stated that
he had been in the business twenty
seven year.. While he was at work
he claimed "Eas he every now and then
glanced in asr direction to see that she
was getting along all right. He said
that her haLds were not drawn into
the machine by a piece of work. as
there was no work between. the rolls
when her binds were removed He
hurried TO heI as soon as the accident
happened and took the machine apart
She then welt to the office and later
TO the hospital. He said he had had
the machine fourteen years and that
1t was like ali other mangles Of that
make he ever saw. She had nothing to
do with adjusting the macnIne.
Squire Grsgson followed him on the
stand and CT rroborated his testimony.
He said he went to the machine after
she had been taken to the Office and
did not see any work thereon. The
guard, he explained, was to keep a
persons hands from the rolls. He
showed how fast the upper roll was
revolving. Alter the accident he said
he found the guard was bent some
what. He did not see the accident
when it happened, but hurried there
directly after. He was under cross ex-
animation when court adjourned until
this morning at 10 o'clock. and the Jury
was excused until next Tuesday.