Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31
COY. PROUYY A WITNESS
Testified That He Regarded w
H. Beware AS Efficient.
Yesterday In County Court Was De.
voted Principally 10 Witnesses for
the state In the MRnsInugh-
ter Case.

the exception Of Gov. c. II. Prouty and
A. II. Grout, secretary for Governo
Prouty. who were heard out OF turn al,
OF the testimony was from State wit.
nesses.
Inc respondent. while chauffeur for
HoVernor Prouty. Is charged with driv-
ins MS automobile in n careless and neg
hgent manner on the night OF July 4. 1909.
ana running Into and causing the death
OF Hector Monseon Of st. Hyacinthe,
que. who was a visitor in the city.
FOR the state John Stewart, superin-
tendent OF the estate OF Henry Holt.
proved to be an important witness He te.-
tihed TO driving his team down College
street on the night OF the accident while
Mr.. MonSeon rode his bicycle beside HIM
He testified mat the right mud guard OF
the machine struck the bicycle first and
that the forward right wheel Of the car
ran over the body Of Mongeon
In the morning Or. c. Il. Dalton was
the first witness. His testimony as to
the condition of the body after death was
oorroborative Of that of Or. 3. II. Stone
given the previous day.
A. G. Bradley OF Lewiston. Me, a ter
centenary visitor. testified that he was
standing at the corner OF College and
Champlain streets on the night OF the
accident He saw tho automobile and
almost at the same instant heard a
crash. he thought that the car was 60
Ing miles an hour. Or cross-examina-
ton he said that the car stopped on
Champaign street about Is feet from the
scene OF the accident. He followed the
car and took the number and the follow
ing morning reported 1t to the police Of
fee. He heard no signal from the ma
chine
, j. =. Tracy OF Lewiston, Me, a wire
artist, told about the same story as Mr.
! bradley. He saw an automobile and
heard crash and saw young man be-
, ing picked up from the street. He ran
after the car and got the number, 1879
, He said that the machine was travelins
at high rate of speed The following
, day he visited Champlain street near
where the machine stopped and found a
, rut in the road, four or five inches deep
IL feet long ard six inches wide. He tes-
, titled that the machine stopped about Sc
. feet north OF College street. He did no,
hear the automobile signals nor did he
notice many conveyances passing up and
down College street. on cross-eXamina-
ton he testified that he did not see the
automobile going UP Champlain street
but saw only the lights. He did not pay
much attention to the lights till he heard
the crash.
Mrs Carrie Brothers testified that or
the night of July she was sitting on the
veranda of her home situated on Cham
plain street about 200 yards south OF
College street. when she saw an auto
e mobile go by very. very fast. She Their
saw big crowd OF people at the corner
of College street and heard somebody
yell. On cross-examination she testified
that she saw two men in the front seal
OF the car but that she could not tel
, whether or not there was a top on the
|, machine as it was going too fast
Albert Williams OF 10 Greene street
, stated that on the night OF the accident ht
, was sitting on the lawn in front of tbs
t residence of r r. Hopkins He saw &
man on bicycle going down College
street and an automobile coming W
r Champlain street. The two vehicles came
, together at the crossing of the nortt
; sidewalk Of College street or about
I two feet north OF the sidewalk
crossing. He helped to pick ur
r the bicycle rider and went back after
mobile was going between 10 and Is mile:
: an hour and that the boy on the bicycle
Z was going at pretty good speed, HI
saw but few people on the sidewalks pre-
vious to the accident The automobile
was further away when he first noticed
| II than was the bicycle.
Gov G.. H. Prouty. owner of the auto
: mobile driven by the respondent, was tn
|
Mr.. Grout, who followed were witnesse
u for the defense and testified out of turn
= Governor Prouty testified that he pur
. chased the automobile in 1903 and tina
II was a four cylinder machine. with
. seating capacity OF Ave people. 1t wa
u about 80 horse power, and weighed abou
1900 pounds. It had two brakes on tn
4 rear wheels one Of them being an interna
4 expa nsion brake which was very effective
v He employed the respondent as chaufeu
e about the nrst Of July, 1893. on the tr
O from Newport to this city the clutch o.
4 tho machine developed little trouble
Il there was a pounding noise in either IN
O clutch or engine They reached Burling
r ton on Sunday. when the witness toll
e Benware that he would probably wish /
il use the machine on Monday and that o
e haired. The witness was In Tconderog
= on Tuesday and next saw the responder
d on Wednesday morning He cav the ca
e on Thursday. At that time the car ha
a been repaired. On the following Monda
he asked Mayor Burke IL he could brea
the speed limit on ChaInpain street, ex
planning that he wished to make spec
test Of the car. Permission was giver
The witness stated that he thought
could drive the car as fast as anybody
There was no pedometer on the car an
10 E. p Woodbury. drove another car wit
- a pedometer, alongside the car of the wit
10 ness to ascertain the speed. He did nc
D. know how fast he drove the car excep
- what Mr.. Woodbury. told him. For thi
reason Governor Prouty was not Above
. to testify as to the exact speed but thi
e fact will be brought out. no doubl whe
II Mr.. Woodbury. testihes. later on
Tho witness was then asked il hi
- machine, II stopped suddenly. could max
:, rut In a macadam road four inche
:" deep. u feet long and six inches wide. TIL
- witness answered In the negative. addin
that II would wear out the wheel II
" testified that Benware was a very erficier
H. chauffeur.
IS The testimony OF A. II. Grout wa
70 wholly corroborative OF that Of Governo
in Prouty.
I'd John Stewart was the next witness O
y. the night OF July 6 lie was driving dow
Of college street and on his right he notice
IN young man riding bicycle Arrvin
OF at where the east tagging Of Champlai
cd ',1i