Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
WILL IMANTIC

SsAA0. ttt1 L3IN saw ttt4r one at walnut
street and that the accident occurred
right in front of a. A. Trudeau's store
The woman was coming north from
the south side Ox the street. She step
ped back toward the south side. stop
ped an fnssfant or two, and then walk
ed r1g1< IN front of the machine. The
man on the motorcycle was thrown
on and the motorcycle lay on its side
Frederick Il. Riley Testifes.
Frederick H. Riley of SIS Main street
said that he was a paper hanger, and
that he was 40 years old, or would be
in August He said that he saw
Hughes going by his home on the mo-
torcycle and then a youngster got out
of its way just before the machlne
reached Giracca's store He saw a
woman coming from the south side of
the street and the motorcycle lodging
ar. und and the woman likewise. He
saiG he left the window at the time
and went down to the street lie said
that The accident in his judgment oc-
Cured less than 800 feet above Walnut
street in front of Mr.. Trudeaus store.
lie said that the woman started back
and then she stepped forward again.
He said that the motorcycle was go
ing at fast clip. as fast as he ever
saw one go through Main street.
What Arthur o. Washburn Saw.
Arthur d. Washburn, aged 4s, a
wine clerk in Young's hotel, testified
that he first saw the motorcycle as he
was passing G. lunch cart near Walnut
street He did not know fellow on
motorcycle. Did not hear any signal,
but. one might have been given. as he
Was quite distance away. Was walk
ing along leisurely just in front of
Mullen & st. Onge's market when he
heard somebody say, Il guess he mas
killed somebody
Witness did not see woman before
the accident. but saw her afterwards.
helping to pick her up and to carry
her to the grass plot beside the road,
rendering what assistance he could.
fne woman was five or six feet from
curbstone toward north side of street.
Two men had her partly raised and
were holding her by the hands. Ee
said that he talked with Hughes who
said thai he blew his horn. Witness
identified Hughes a. the man who rode
the motorcycle. Witness fixed the time
of the accident at $50, as he had left
Young's hotel at 6.45 and walked up
to the vicinity of where the accident
occurred. Witness said that num-
Der of children were in the street, and
that he did not hear the rider blow
his horn when he approached them,
one of whom just got out of the way
of the machine.
Mrs. Eliza DIN on the Stand.
MIS-. EllZc OllH. Z. OIL SoU Mdln
street, was next sworn. She said that
she lived directly opposite Trudeau's
store upstairs. and that she only knew
the woman by sight. She knew Hughes
as he worked in the Maverick laun-
dry, where she herself was employed
The first thing l heard was a scream,
the woman had just fallen as / came
out of Trudeaus store. She was di-
rectly in front. near curling, lying
lengtfwise alongside Of the motorcy-
Gle. She told of conversation with
Hughes, who said when he saw her
he put on the brakes and tried t.
avoid her. She said that John Tracy,
Rufus A Hughes and Arthur D. Wash.
burn picked up the woman. The
shrek / heard was the most terrible
/ had ever heard. The woman was
about four feet from the curbing.
Saw Driver Assisting Woman.
John p. Egan, aged 80. of as Oak
street, employed as meat cutter for
A. A. Trudeau, testified that he did
not know either the Babcalk woman or'
Hughes. He saw the woman after the
motorcycle had struck her. Saw her
on the ground first, directly in front
of the market door. She was nearer
the curb than the trolley track. lying
lengthwise with her head toward Wal
TO eight feet from the woman on the
curbstone and the driver was assist
ing the woman Egan had come out
of the store when someone told of the
accident, and then went right back to
wait upon customer.
Joseph l.. Chapman. 81, d resident of
the Great Eastern. a fifteen tenement
house in the Stone row. was then
sworn. He said he worked for George
s. Elliott. driving team. Said that
he did not see either the woman or
the motorcycle rider before the acct
-
When he arrived the woman was
or feet from the curbing in front of
Mr.. Trudeau's store. Said that he
did not know even who woman was
until several hours afterwards. Philip
Adams, aged II. was the next witness.
b. J. Thompson. 20. of. 5s1 Pleasant
street a painter, was the next wit
ness. He testified that he did not
know the woman. but said that he had
known Hughes for two years or SO.
He was in front of Sam Adams mar
ket at the time, which was about 6.45
o'clock He saw the motorcycle in
front of Mullen & St Onge's market.
He saw no one whatever in the street
before the woman was hit. Accord
ing to his best judgment, he said the
machine might have been going at the
rate of IL or Is miles an hour. He
said that Hughes blew his horn when
he was 30 or 40 feet away from the
woman.
Horn Was Blown.
Harold w. Titcomb. 16. who works
in the spool shop and lives at 933 Main
street, first saw motorcycle as he
crossed the street near McQuillan's
saloon after the machine had passed
Walnut street. He said that Hughes
blew his horn as woman was crossing
street opposite Trudeaus and McQuil-
lan's Said that she stopped between
the ear tracks and hesitated as he