The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-10
FORSTER GIRL SUFFERS FROM
 REGISTRATION School Girl of III Fated Au. tomobile Party Under
 Doctors Care In
 Milford EICH FATHER HASTENS
 TO AID OF PEABODY Accident Resulted from In ability of Student, Whose Ears Were Muffled, to Hear Approach of Car, As He Backed His Automo- bile in Trolley Tracks.

Miss Lillian Forster, the school girl daughter of Mrs. Jessie H. Forster, proprie tress of the Milford Inn. is suf- fering from nervous breakdown as the result of the tragic auto smash in which she figured in Stratford after midnight yesterday when her compan- lon. Mrs. Jessica Saunders. of Mystic, was fatally hurt and the automobile in which they and two Yale students were riding. was demolished. Miss Forster will be unable to testify at the inquest Monday: She is under a doc tor care. and bedridden.
 That the accident resulted from the inability. of the students to hear the trolley car approaching them from the rear, as they backed the car to cross street past which they had sped in the darkness. was disclosed today with the summoning of witnesses for the in- quest scheduled to be held Monday. Peabody had shot past Beardsley street. near the Pilgrim church. Strat- ford avenue. and backing his car to make the turn. he did not realize the trolley car was near until the crash came. The car was running at a high rate of speed. Peabody's ears were untitled on account of the cold.
 Stuyvesant Peabody and Benjamin Caspar Thompson, the Yale Seniors who figured in the automobile ride that ended with the auto-trolley crash at Stratford at midnight. and the ar- rest yesterday, few hours later, of fy to the events that led up to the fatality, at the inquest that Coroner Wilson will hold on Monday.
 Returning to Bridgeport after two days absence, Coroner Wilson receiv- ed report from Acting Coroner H c. Stevenson of the mishap and the report of Medical Examiner Downs, showing that the woman had met her death from internal injuries. Coroner Wilson reached his office at poon. and at once, began preparations for the inquest, with the summoning of witnesses.
 Peabody's father, one of the veal t1niest coal operators of the middle west, is expected to be in New Ha- ven by Monday, in response to his sons call for funds to help him ou- of his difficulty. Young Peabody's $ dispatch asking for $5,000, sent from police headquarters early yesterday. would come here in person.
 Peabody is we'll known in Bridge port society He is one of the lead CTS of Yale college athletics. a ham, mer thrower of championship quali- fications. tall and 1.-the. At numer- ous local society events he has been one of the central figures. Many anxiety for the outcome of the in- quest for they are anxious to see Peabody cleared of any stigma at taching to the adventurous ride that terminated so tragically.
 The funeral of Mrs. Jessica Saun- ders, the victim, will be held on Monday The remains, shipped from Bridgeport yesterday to Mystic, were taken in charge by an undertaken of that town who is an uncle of the dead woman. Services will be held at the home of a brother, three brothers surviving the victim, ali iiv- ing in her native town.
 Officials of Yale University have already begun an investigation into the part that the two students play ed. Statements have been secured from the local police as to the condi- ton of Peabody when arrested Sergeant Suckley's report to Supt. Birmingham. given to the lnvestiga- tors of the University, wes to the ef- feet that Peabody showed no signs of being intoxicated when he reached police headquarters in custody of the policemen who intercepted him as he was about to leave the Blue Ribbon garage.
 Inquiry has also been made at the for the benefit of the faculty, as to the condition of Thompson. Mrs. essie H. Forster, proprietress of the Milford Inn, is anxious to have ths whole truth made known. My daughter will make a complete state- ment of the events of the night if it is necessary" said Mrs. Forster. Cor oner Wilson expects to summon Miss Forster, the fourth occupant of the as well as the crew of ths trolley car and other witnesses who may be found to testify both as to the circumstances of the accident and the condition of the man who was running the automobile.