The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-14

others were Peabody. my conductor and myself. What Moon and Mrs Wright testified to, I don't know, for at time. But if he wanted infor- nation as to the condition of Peabody he might have called any of the nine or ten passengers on the car. T have been told that Dr. De eRuy- ter Rowland, one of he first outsiders Thompson and Peabody were drunk l don't know from the doctor himself whether he has made such statement But l may have to call on him to tes- tify.
 1T know that Thompson, the other student. was not called as witness. '' The Farmer asked Dr. Rowland to- day whether he had seen the studen S at the time of the mishap. The doc tor said that he was on the scene with Dr. Lewis about as soon as any aside from those in the car. He said Peabody had told him he was not in Jured, and paid little attention to him. But he found Thompson unconscious.
 Asked as to whether the students were drunk. Dr. Howland said: T can not say as to Peabody. for I paid llt- ele attention to him. He said he Thompson. found Thompson uncon- scious. When he came to, he was pretty groggy. and he said he was asleep when the trolley car hit the ma chine. Of course. such an accident would, have tendency to sober one land.
 Ambulance Driver Burlison who took Thompson and the dying woman to the hospital. said that Thompson was so drunk that he couldn't talk intelligent ly
 r. bo,,roo 1-rn,rr +oao- +h,4 ,r;-r Lillian Forsters the fourth occupant of the automobile, is severely injured. She suffered a spinal injury which with the attendant shock has made her unable to leave her home. She is un- der the care of a physician and is not allowed to receive any visitors.
 Acting under the order of Justice David l.. Rhoades who was given the decision of the coroner yesterday, Po- liceman Wheeler summoned as wit nessas for tho hearing before Judge Peck this afternoon, Mrs. Wright and
 1oon. who testified before the coroner. Apparently the Stratford prosecutor takes it for granted that Peterson. the prisoner. will enter no defence in the lower court. expecting to go to trial in the Superior court for manslaughter. Peterson is in a uuandary. for with out friends and wi hout definite in- formation that the company will either stand by him or withdraw from his support. he doesn't know what to do.
 Peterson has not worked for the trolley company since the accident.
 T was not suspended" said he. T was booked for the run I regularly had. But the day after the acci- dent, I spent most of the morning before the claims department. and didn't care to make the run. I have far as I know. I simply didn't re- port for duty because I felt pretty we'll broken up over what had hap pened."
 The, automobile markers which Peabody stripped from his machine are still at police headquarters. Pea body has not entered a claim for them. They were found in his pos- session when the police. after a search, located him and Miss Forster at the Blue Ribbon garage preparing to quit the city in a Limousine car Miss Forster was already in the car, and Peabody with the markers in his possession was ready to step in when the police took him into custody.
 Peabody's friends contend that he snatched the markers from the ma chine because he didn't want to have his identity become known, not from fear of being held criminally respcn- sible, but because he didn't want yt known that he was in the auto mix up. It HdS diWdyS Deen the custom of the authorities to deal severely with people in auto accidents who at tempt to conceal the markers on their machine.
 Judge Peck ordered Peterson, held for trial, in the Superior court in bail of s3,00O, when the accused motorman was arraigned before him in the Stratford town court this afternoon.
 Peterson entered formal demur- Ter. He had no lawyer, but availed himself of the suggestion that this would be means of bringing the case to the court of final Jurisdiction before the charge was tried out on it's merits.
 At press hour he was still in the custody of State Policeman Wheeler in Stratford, waiting for some word from the Connecticut Co.'s legal de- partment in New Haven. If no bail Is furnished Peterson will be commit ted to the county jail before night.