The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-19

E marines were the first station
 
 did not ask him to keep the matter quiet, but had told him to tell the police. ThraI1 and others were at the factory that day. They came to see Siemon. The car was temporarily morning to visit his wife, who was at kthe Bridgeport hospital.
 The witness was visib1y nervous l while upon the witness stand.
 Killings Common in 1910. John Yirgasg 137 Gold street. assist ant foreman at the Siemon factory was a very hay witness. recalling only | that he stood at Fairfield avenue and State street on the evening in ques- tion when the party passed by On their way to put the car up. He did not remember whether they had hats 1 on or not. He did not speak to them. He saw Siemon the following Monday. Witness was at the factory on Sunday but in another department from that in which the automobile was stand l in. An employe, sTesiny, had called attention to the account of the kill ing of DeMartino in morning paper, remarking at the time that these killings are getting to be common thing Tesiny told him the Siemon car was Sn1aSf1e0.
 John AFberjhfne, 6 g Ash street, for merly watchman in the factory, did not remember the entrance of the par ty on the night of October 29- It was a common occurrence for the car to be returned at night, and for that epurpose a door was left unlockeds The place where the car was stored was tivity, and he seldom saw the owner put it away.
 Siemon Impressive Witness Carl F. Siemon was a most exem- plary witness, remembering details in the most minute way and testifying in a Straightforward manner s1e stated that he lived at 905 Clinton avenue, which bore his name and that on. October 29, 1910, he was at his fac tory during the morning. Tn, the after noon he used his car to go to the Jen nings' farm at Southport, returned to the office and then went to the Bridgeport hospital to visit his wife. He met his friends ThralI, Neillson l and Bates at Donovan S, where they often bowled. Siemon does not bowl, but occasionally watched them.
 It was about T o'clock in the even ing and he went outside to light the 1 oil lamps-sfde and tail. He was in Donovan's about 15 minutes, but did tnot touch a drop of liquor. He had not been in a. saloon or touched a drop of liquor that day-in fact he did not 1 do so while his wife was in the hos pital. Thrall wanted the boys to go out to his house and have a Dutch 1 lunch with their wives who had also been invited. Siemon accepted the in vitation.
 In the car ThralI sat in the front. seat beside Siemon, who drove Sie- mon went down to Meigs corner and turned the car around There were many cars in the road. They went out Fairfield avenue at about 15 miles an hour. At Grove street 1t was unusual ly dark. A man suddenly stepped off the curb. Sienon swerved the car to the left to avoid him.
 .sThe front,'' said Siemon, sI am sure never touched him" There was no jolt as would be the case if a car struck or rolled over a body The car lskidded, as it was again lighted, to the right side of the street, and the front right mudguard ran into a telegraph or other post bending it. shivering the glass in the front light and stopping the car though it did not stall the en- zine. The hat of Siemon was jared off but he thought that it had fallen in the back of the car where his friends sat and he paid no more at tention to it. He backed the car from the curb and proceeded straight out Fairfield avenue. Many other cars
 
 They put the car up in the garage and examined the mud-guard and side light. He then looked for his hat, but it was gone as were also those of the others in the car. They walked back towards I1enox avenue, where Thrau lived. NeilIson was sent to get the hats Neillson returned to say that he could find no hats and stated posi- lively that there had been no accident that he could learn of. All stayed at ThralIs house, where they enjoyed music and. dancing until II o'clock.
 There was ring at the doorbell and Edwards and Whiting were ad- mitted They had the hats. That was the first that Sienon learned of a man being injured. They did not know at that time that he had been killed.
 Cross examined by Coroner PheIan upon his direct statement Siemon stated at Grove street the car was running with the left hand wheel in the center of the right hand car tracks going west He saw man step off@the curb. Could not remember whether he sounded his horn. He swung the car suddenly to the left and then to the right again. The pave ment was somewhat slippery and the car skidded. He could not define whether the back or front or whole of the car slzidded but they struck the post when the lamp was broken and the guard bent.
 Siemon believed that it was bent