The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-09
Brutal and Reckless Act on
North Main Street
THE PERPETRATORS IN COURT
Israel Lacaillade Fined for lntoxicatiou
and Kenneth Lawson Sent to County
Jail for Assault on Tony Parriita,
Who Is Now in Hospital.

Tony Parrifta, a young man employed
as fagman on the North Main street
paving job, was run over by team
from Graniteville yesterday afternoon
while trying to stop the driver from
urging his horse over part Of the
pavement which had not been thrown
open to traffic. Persons who witnessed
the affair thought that the young man
had sustained fatal injuries and car
ried him TO a nearby lawn. Drs. NJ. D.
Chandler and j. w Stewart were called
and after examination decided to take
him 10 the City hospital. Badgers
ambulance was summoned.
At the hospital it was found that
young Parrifita had suffered severe
bruises about the hands and upper lip
and a slight conclusion of the brain.
No bones were broken, although the
wheels Of the wagon passed directly over
the mans body Parriita will be con-
fined to his bed for few days.
When the tiagman saw q team oc-
cupied by two men and woman ap-
preaching, he ran out and shouted for
them to halt. Bystanders identified the.
occupants az Mr. and Mrs. Israel La
eaillade and Kenneth Lawson, the lat
ter better known as Happy" LacaiI-
lade is said to have ordered Lawson,
who was handling the reins. to drive
along. Lawson responded by whipping
the horse.
AT this turn, young Parrifita grasped
TIE harness by the bride and was
SWING from his feet when the horse
highspirited steed, suddenly lifted his
head. The next instant Parrifta was
under the horses feet and the wheels
of the wagon passed over his chest
George Mackay was near the scene at
the time and stopped the progress Of
the three. Superintendent OF Streets
jesse G. DeBrune took charge of the
two male members Of the party allow
ing Mrs. Lacaillade to alight from the
wagon. Laeaillade and Lawson were
taken to the police station and locked
up. Lawson claimed that ii was at the
instigation of his companion that he dis
obeyed the tlagman's signal.
Mrs Laeaillade states that she left
Graniteville in pursuit of her husband,
whom she knew to be in the company
Of Lawson on the way to Barre Some
where in North Barre. she found Lacail-
lade and had persuaded him to return
home with her when the accident oe-
CURED. She had already enlisted the
aid of the police in locating the man.
The victim of the accident, Parrifta, is
twenty years old and lives in the Miles
block.
The Aftermath in Court.
In city court this morning, Lacaillade
was arraigned on the charge of intoxi
cation, TO which he pleaded guilty and
paid fine with costs amounting TO
Sl0.94. Lawson, who was driving the
team. was arraigned on a more serious
charge, that of breach of the peace for
an alleged assault on the fagman, Par
rifta Judge Scott asked Lawson if he
had anything to say about the case
and the boy replied that he had no
intention of running over anyone, and
would not if it had not been that the
horse was very nervous animal and
plunged when the fagman caught it
by the head
Lawson said he tried to hold up the
horse but was unable to do so. He
said that the horse was owned at Suit
or's stable on the hill and when he drove
down through the city he saw the flag
man and went around by Summer street.
When he came back he saw young
boy in the street with flag and he
was going to hold up the horse, but he
said Laeaillade told him to go ahead
that it was only kid trying to jolly
him. Judge Scott said that as Lawson
was driving the team and his compan-
ion was intoxicated he should not have
taken his advice. The Judge then SEN
fenced him to serve not less than S5
days nor more than three months in the
county jail at Montpelier.