The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16

call down the motorman for running
 him down. The motorman accused Peabody of backing into the trolley car. and Peabody had nothing fur
 ther to say. I regarded it as if Pea
 body realized he himself was as much
 to blame as the motorman and didn't
 want to argue the question further. It
 was then that Miss Forster asked Peabody what they had better do about Mrs Saunders and Thompson, and he said they had better get away.
 T didn't stay to see Peabody strip the automobile markers off the wreck. I came along on the trolley car with the injured people. Where the others
 went I dn't know for the time.''
 Asked if he was still willing to tes-
 tify. Mr. McGahay said he would be
 glad to do so, for he believed the
 investigation the authorities have
 thus far made is one sided.
 McGahay doesn't attempt to ex-
 onerate the motor1nan. But he does maintain that the student should
 shoulder at least a part of the re-
 sponsibility.
 It became known today that even
 before Peabody had been locked up
 at ;ce headquarters here legal aid
 had been summoned for him. Attor- ney F. B. Fallon held conference with Peabody, and forthwith commun-
 icated with the young mans father. a
 
 operator of Chicago, set detectives to
 work on the gathering of evidence.
 When questioned about the evidence he had secured today Attorney Fallon said he was not at liberty to divuige
 any information he had obtained.
 holding it as confidential and a pro-
 fessional secret. He and Attorney
 Sanford Stoddard have looked out
 for the interests of Peabody since the
 tragedy.
 But it was learned that this evil
 dence. gathered in the interests of Peabody, was much more exhaustive than that secured by Coroner Wilson through his inquest.
 Another important feature in con- nection with the handling of the troll ley car came out today when it was learned that the conductor and mo- torman. following the mishap had an altercation over the responsibility. It is reported that following the nishap the conductor, who was thrown against the seats by the sudd enness of the stopping of the car. rushed to the front of the car and began up- 5raidiug the motornan.
 The conversation is reported to have
 occurred as follows:
 | ''It was all your fault You were running like hell.
 We'll the motorman is said to have responded, "I could have stop ped if there was any sand on the car The wheels slipped" Motornran Peterson said he had re- versed power, and the wheels run- ming in the opposition direction. spun and the car slipped along until it hit | the machine
 | Attorney William E. Greenbaum, of the law firm of Giddings. Hughes &; Greenbaum, retained by the Trolley mems union in behalf of the prisoner. secured hearine in chamber late yesterday before Judee Lucien F. Bur ! pee of the Criminal Superior Court | on his motion that the trolleyman pri- soner's bail be reduced.
 Peterson was held in bail of $3.000 for trial in the February term of the Superior court Having neither law 1 yer nor bondsp,an he went to jail to wait for trial. But the trolleymen ] took up his case and secured coun- sel.
 Attorney Greenbaum represented the nrisoner. States Attorney Stiles Ind son the State in the hearing yester- dav. The States Attorney had no objection to a lessening of the bail. Judge Ru~pee reduced it to $1 800. At torney Greenhaum said this afternoon he expected that Peterson would he | free by night. Peterson has relatives with property whom he expects to come to his aid. If they fail. the l trolleymen will take other steps to secure h's release.