Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-29
ELEVEN PAID FINES
Automobile Drivers in Court for
Violating Statutes
DR.. Lynch Acquitted by Jury on Charge
of Not Blowing Horn-State's Attorney
Moved by Numerous Complaints.

Moved by Numerous Complaints.
As a result of States Attorney Frank
e. BARRIERS effort to enforce the state
law, which was mentioned in
The Phoenix Friday in a short account
of the arrest of several ~l-kno cit
liens that forenoon, 10 arrests were made
Friday and all appeared in the NUM-
cipal court before hight. Eleven plead
ed guilty and were fined S. and costs
by Judge William r.. Daley, amounting
in each Instance to $11.26 except in the
case of a Bellows Falls man, whose fine
and costs were $12.32. The two others,
DR.. A. |. Miller and DR.. Il. r.. Lynch,
pleaded not guilty and their cases were
continued to Monday. On that day DR..
Lynch was tried by jury and acquitted.
The case against DR.. Miller was held
open for further investigation. A war
rant was issued Friday against Wells
Miller, charging him with reckless driv-
ing, but it has not been served.
Numerous complaints and reports of
accidents had come to Mr.. Barber, and
in order to make owners and drivers of
machines realize that such wholesale
violations of the law as had been OBJ
served by all who chose to see them
would not longer be tolerated Mr.. Bar
Der summoned three officers, Cnief-oI-
Police George c. Wilson, Deputy Sher-
if c. T.. Mann of this town and Deputy
Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman of Guilford,
and directed them to patrol the streets
and report all violations observed by
them, whether by overspeeding or in
other ways. They watched the streets
at various times from Monday night to
Thursday night and reported the details
in II instances which they considered as
violations of the law.
The names of the II persons reported
to Mr.. Barber and the alleged offenses
were as follows: Arthur d. Wyatt, not
sounding horn at corners; Charles y.
Smith, carrying only one light; Arthur
Il. Clapp, running under a garage num-
Der; II. A.. Jefts, no number on front;
Jacob Estey, jr, running after dark
without lights; Il. C. Crosby, not sound
ing horn at corners; DIR. f. II. Lynch,
not sounding horn at corners; Arthur
Wilson, driver for l.. e. Holden, not
sounding horn at corners; DR.. Henry
Tucker, not sounding horn at corners;
John b. Manley, running without num-
Der either front or rear; DIR. Harry p.
Greene, no number on front. A warrant
against DR.. Miller was issued on ac-
count of an accident several days earlier
and was served that day and DIR. w. f..
Haselton of Bellows Falls was seen on
the street that forenoon with no number
on the front of his car. A warrant was
served on him., making Is arrests in all.
After paying their ines some of the
owners and drivers acted like petulant
children and adopted the not altogether
commendable plan of blowing their whis-
ties and footing their horns in a way
that was very disagreeable to most peo-
pie. Mr.. Barber promptly notified some
of them that if they could not be rea-
sonable he would cause their arrests for
making a nuisance, and things began to
quiet down.
On Monday a jury was drawn in the
case against DR.. Lynch, who was
charged with not sounding his horn at
the junction of Main and Flat streets
Tuesday night. Six jurymen were sum-
moned, but by agreement one was eX-
cused and the case was tried before a
jury of five, consisting of j. E. Mellen,
H. S: Goodenough. Horace c. French,
j. Edwin Hall and James A. Hoadley.
DR.. Lynch's counsel was R. C. Bacon,
M. p. Davis and H. E. Whitney. Only
two witnesses were examined, Chief-of-
Police Wilson for the state and DIR
Lynch for himself. Mr.. Wilson testified
that he was watching DR.. Lynch, as he
did others, to see if he complied with the
law. He said DR.. Lynch drove his cal
down the Main street hill at an exces.
sive rate and that he passed the junction
of Fla street without giving any kim
of a signal. DR.. Lynch denied that hi!
speed on that occasion was excessive anC
said that his horn was out of repair, bu
that he undertook to signal with it ant
it made a response, although not as lou,
as a perfect working horn would hav,
made. The jury agreed in a few min
utes on a verdict of not guilty.
Since the warrant against DR.. Mile
was issued Mr.. Barber has been told tina
the person injured by DR.. Miller's car as
sumes some of the responsibility, and n
is holding the case open for investiga
ton.