The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-09
HAWES NOT CRIMHNALLY
 NEGLIGENT
Coroner Wilson Makes Finding Relative to the Killing of Mrs. Mary Louise Douglas.

Coroner Wilson today exonerated Isaac w. S. Hawes the young auto mobilist whose machine fatally in jured Mrs. Mary Louise Douglas at Fairfield and Sherwood avenues, yes- terday forenoon. In his finding, de- livered to the prosecuting authorities today, he declares that Hawes was driving with due care, was not crim- inally negligent, and that the death of Mrs. Douglas was an accident
 Howes was arraigned before Judge Foster in the city court this forenoon on the charge of manslaughter. At torney John P. Gray was his coun- sel. Prosecutor William A. Redden asked Judge Foster to continue the case for one week pending the out come of the coroner's inquest. It was not expected, in city court, that the coroner's inquest would terminate so quickly.
 Attorney Gray had no objection to the continuance. Hawes suffers no hardship from the continuance, for he is at liberty in bail of $5.O00 fur nished by his sister.
 Although the prosecuting authori- ties are not bound by law to lay their course upon the finding of the coron- CT, 1t is customary for them to do so, and it is likely that when Hawes' case comes up in the city court next Tues day-that being the day to which Judge Foster ordered it continued Prosecutor Redden will nolle the charge.
 Mrs. Douglas died of internal in juries. The inquest of Coroner Will son disclosed the fact that the front wheel of the automobile passed over her body, and that internal hemorr- haze ensued. The coroner's report in part is as follows:
 "The said deceased left her house at No. 119 Sherwood avenue. Bridge port, about nine o'clock in the morn ing of said day, and walked southerly on the east side of said avenue to Fairfield avenue.
 'sWhen she reached Fairfield ave- nue. she stepped from the curb on the north side of said avenue and started across the street. As she did so, Isaac Hawes, also of said Bridge port who was driving his automobile at not more than ten or eleven miles an hour easterly on said Fairfield avenue, proceeding on the south or eastbound tracks, which was also his right hand side of the roadway. blew his horn, and slackened the speed of his car He was passing a. team travelling in the same direction but between him and the south side of said street.
 ssWhen the said Hawes blew his nOrn. In0 u6CGdS0u SIOppcO dAu lOOh step backward. and Hawes, think ing she intended to wait until he passed, proceeded on his way. She suddenly darted forward, however, and ran directly in front of the auto mobile.
 "Hawes applied his brakes immed- lately, but the car had momentum sufficient to strike the deceased and the radiator hit her in the chest and abdomen knocking her down and she fell between the front wheels. The road which is paved with wood blocks had been freshly sprinkled with wa ter, and the rear of the car skidded to the left when the brakes were set The front right hand wheel passed over her abdomen, causing the in- juries from which she died. The de- ceased was between the right front and rear wheels when the car was finally stopped.
 ''Hawes put her into his car and hastened her to the emergency. The ambulance then took her to St. Vim cents Hospital, upon advice of Dr. Krause after examining her and not ing her condition. She died very shortly after arriving at said hospital.
 "I find that Mary Louise Douglas died from a hemorrhage of the abdo- men, caused by being struck and run over by an automobile driven by Isaac Hawes.
 That the said Isaac Hawes was using due care, and was not crimin- ally negligent in causing said death.
 That said death was accidental"