Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-22
GODDARD MAY DIE
Team Ran Away When Struck
by Automobile
William Fleming Has Broken Ribs and
Is Otherwise Injured.

William Fleming Has Broken Ribs and
Is Otherwise Injured.
While driving a wagon loaded with
canned corn from the Snowflake canning
factory on Vernon street to the freight
yard about IL O'Clock Wednesday night
Henry w. Goddard, As, was thrown sud-
denly to the ground when an automobile
came up from behind and struck the wa
gon, and received injuries that may
prove ia tai. Harold Shaffner, 10, is un-
der $3.50 bail, pending his appearance In
the municipal court tomorrow morning
William S. Fleming is in his home on
Oak street with two broken ribs, brok-
en- nose and badly injured eye. Mr..
Goddard is in the Memorial hospital and
his condition today is as comfortable as
could be expected.
MIR: Goddard, who lives on Elliot street,
is employed by the Crystal Springs Ice
company and because OF the rush at the
canning factory was working Wednesday
night with his two-horse wagon. The
automobile, owned by Fleming, was
driven by young Shaffner. Mr.. Goddard
was thrown to the ground, directly be-
hind the horses. They were frightened
by the crash and bolted. The heavy
wagon passed over the PROSTATE man at
the hips and he lost consciousness. The
accident happened just north Of the
house of A. G. Allen. The automobile
was going at a fast rate, it is alleged,
and the sudden contact with the wagon
crushed the forward part of the car like
carbroad and the machine stopped.
Shaffner and Fleming were thrown vio-
lently forward out of the car upon the
ground. Fleming sustained a fracture of
one rib, his nose was broken and the
flesh about one eye was torn. People
living near heard the crash, went to the
assistance of the men and Howa rd Mer-
ril of Manleys garage was called to take
them to their homes. DIR. Fremont Ham,
ilton attended Mr.. Goddard whose con-
| diton was such that he was sent to the
hospital yesterday morning DR.. e. r.
Lynch attended Fleming. Yesterday
morning DR.. Hamilton and DIR. c.. R.
Anderson performed an operation upon
Mr.. Goddard and it was found that his
| spleen had been broken open and that he
had received other severe internal injur
| les
States Attorney Frank f. Barber had
Mr.. Goddards statement of the accident
taken in the hospital to be used in court
and issued a warrant for the arrest of
! Shaffner. Deputy Sheriff II. +. Harris
! arrested him about o'clock yesterday
| afternoon. He was given opportunity to
consult with Attorney a. F. Schwenk
| and then appeared before Judge William
! r. Daley in the municipal court. He
pleaded not guilty to the charges of
| reckless driving and assault and At
| torney Schwenk asked that the case be
| continued to tomorrow morning. State s
Attorney Barber asked that bail be fixed
at large sum. Judge Daley fixed bail
on the reckless driving charge at $50 and
| on the assault charge at $500. While
Shaffner was waiting for his friends to
| come to his assistance he spent a few
\ hours in charge of Deputy Sheriff Har-
! ris and appeared before Judge Daley
again at o'clock, when C. o. Bobbins
and Walter NJ. Robbins became surety
for his appearance tomorrow, and he
was released.
Mr.. Goddard is married and has a
wife and five children, three girls and
two boys. He is As years lod and for 10
| years has lived in this town. He has
been employed nine years by the Crys-
| tai Springs company and its predeces-
sors Shaffner is employed as chauffeur
by C. o. Robbins and is well known. Nc
detailed account of what happened pre-
vious to the accident has been made
public. Both vehicles were going north
when the accident happened. Where the
young men had been in the automobile
has not been announced