The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-09
LITTLE WESTPORF LAD
 RUN DOWN AND KILLED
 BY N '. AUTOMOBlLISTS
What win Westport Do For Street - Playing Children? Are Play
 grounds Necessary?
CBy Our Special correspondent.)

(By Our Special Correspondent.)
 Westport. Aug. s-Hanging unto
 the rear of Edward Nash's ice wagon
 until the vehicle reached the intersec-
 Non Of Cross and State streets, little
 six year old John Carusonio, who lives with his parents in Cross street, jump
 ed from the rear step which Is used
 by the ice-men and attempting to run
 across the street, stepped in front of
 G. heavy automobile driven by J. E.
 Birdseye of New York. The driver
 tmmediateiy applied his brakes, but
 without avail for the little fellow was
 knocked down by the radiator and ithe car passing over his fraAl body. Ills head was crushed, 1t being ap- parent that life had been wiped out. 'Dr. Frank H. McLaary was called and with all haste removed the little fei-
 low to the Norwalk hospital There an effort was made to sustain life by
 attempting a trepanning of the skuIl. The operation was performed but without success as the little lad pass ed away a few hours after-ward-
 Fred and Frank Bennett, twin brothers residing in Weston and well known in Westport each have a con Eeyance to carry themselves about in. Frank is partial to a horse, while Fred prefers the more modern con veyances the automobile. As yet the V latter has not fully mastered the in tricate gears. speeds and drives of his new car. Thursday Frank driving his horse and Fred his car met upon the highway. In some way the car and horse came together, with dire results a broken leg. following which he was shot by his owner. Now some one says the poor horse was more skinned against than shining.
 Becanse of the numerous narrow escapes of little children playing in the streets of the toWns to say nothing of some of the accidents that have occurred. culrninating with the death of the Carusoni boy on Thursday af- ternoon. will it become necessary for the town to provide a suitable place in which children can play and which will keep them off the streets? Isl yvestport large enough, and do street accidents of playing children occur | often enough to warrant the townj maintaining public play grounds? This Is a question which the large cities of the country will have always to deal with. that of keeping the cfliI- | .dren on the streets and gathering | them in a common playground under superviEfon- Will Westport soon have to follow suit2
 Something has got to be done for |
  It is nothing short of miraculous that | there are not more accidents or deaths recorded. zs the boys and girls do not seem to heed the speeding autos, the troI1eYs or the frisky horses. Those who have cause to use the streets have wondered long that there are not more accidents of the nature of the mishap Thursday. The boys, and even the girls, catch a ~hookie'' get ting off without looking to the left. orl right and often directly in the path of some other vehicle as the unfortu- P nate Carusoni boy did It's a question that not only the parents of the chill dren have to heed. but one which the town authorities will soon have to deal with even to imposing a penalty for playing in the streets.
 M T. Morrissey and Vincent Will Hams are a committee which has charge of the dance and dinner of the vaz1ous societies of the Church of the Assumption which, will be held at Roton Point on August 15.
 Services at the Holy Trinity Epis-l copal church will be discontinued fprt the month of September so as no. to hold up the extensive repairs which are soon to be started- The plan of repairs call for a re1ecorating, re- painting and also the installation of a steam heating apparatus
 The Vzegtp7-t team will havs as their opponents at the ball groundsI tomorrow. the fast, moving Oakland r.ub 7f Bridgeport
 Mrs Walter Price has as her guests, MT. and Mrs. G. w Coleman of New F ork-
 Miss Henrietta Peace of Hudson. N. r.. is the guest of her sister, Mrs. d- C. Vincent
 Relatives in East Hartford are en- Eertaining John Cassidy of this place.
 r. Miss Marguerite Galley of Norwaik are visiting with George Fairchild in avenue
 Stanley FsairchiId of New York city s visiting with his parents for a few weeks in the Farms district