The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-20

l @nat9 sienon and Pratt were in the. same line of business.'s
 e. After you saw that letter what did you say?''
 A. q think it Is all blIff.''
 e. How did Siennon come to make. this affidavit ?''
 a A. 'ssiennon wanted the matter clear; ed up from the first
 Wanted to Clear Things Up. \ Q. Why did You all sign this',-s {referring to the confession,
 A. sBecause we all got together and decided the best thing to do was to | tell our story The confession was mon, and ThraH came back later. " The witness did not remember that I anything was ever said about placing the matter before the criminal authori- 1 ties.
 Sienon. oueried x on the subject of bfackmailing letters. stated that other l1etters had been received by him In IdtrectIy through Smith, to whom they were sent He then related his ex- perience in attempting to get a. tool maker from Trenton who was per sonal friend of his, who was secured by Pratt after promising to work for Semen. They found he vas not sat- isfied In Springfield and the man could ibe. brought here for a price. Smith was sent to get him from Pratt.
 Directly afterwards Pratt came to Smith and told; him that, in view Of lthie matter, he had made up his mind he was going to show siemon up That threat was received during the latter part of March and Smith was told not to pay any attention to if, that the natder had been settled.
 Siennon explained the word settled, by stating that 1t had reference with the settlement with the family and that the matter was also settled with the authorities through Shannon. The coroner: And you actually did think so.,'
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 Eyeyvitness Testdfes-
 Reginald B. veness, residing at s9s I Benham avenue and employed az an aHgner at the works of the Remihg- ton Yost Typ ewriter. company. the l only apparent eyewitness to the acn l tlIal fatality, took the stand at late hour today. and, although not closely questioned as to his remembrance of the persons occupying the car or it's general contour as compared with the Sdemon car startled the tired attend ants at the afternoon session of the hearing as he distinctly annoipced with sIightly English accent. q saw ! it happen
 T was not right on the spot; said | Veness sbut I Was within 10 yards of Fairfield avenue coming through
 
 said, was about 40 wards distant, when I was attracted by a. car com ing up Fairfield avenue going west. The speed attracted my attention and l to the best Of my knowIedge the oc- cupants wore no hats and their hair was flying. Before saw the car saw a man wl1o had a. valfse. could see him through space just before I could see the Burroughs property.
 Just as I got in view, I saw this
 
 was going and the hair Of the occu- pants flying back pinned me to the spot Immediately oppsosite Grove street, it sswe erved to the right. All [ could see was the car The nan prob l ably stepped off the curb. cannot l tell that he did, but he must have been brushed up. The car just before had been running in the middle of the road, but for some unseen reason it swerved to the right. It swept mp the \ s25 yards distant. When I looked at him he was at the tree on the east side. The car did not seem to lift.
 A lady came Sup afterwards and 1 then two men and finally a. crowd sgathered. sent to the housesto tele- phone.
 Speed 25 Miles An Hour.
 ..sThesca was going at a speed much faster 15 miles per hour, at least s25 miles, and as the man weighed sabout 200 pounds, those in the car must have known that they struck him, especially as there was 3. light Tower. the street. q couIdesee the man from where stood at quite a distance from the spot. He stood next to the lpole, but could not tell the color of 1.-the car,
 Pressed for further detail as to what attracted him, Veness stated that his l attention was specially rdveted to the lear by the speed and the fact that I they had no hats on even when as far away as Yale street. The car did not Iastops and he -id not see the car back away as had been testified to by three Iof the occupants of the Sfemon car Neither did the car first turn to the left as had been stated by those with Siemon. It swerved directly towards the right. No other car was in sight at the time
 The witness was particularly sure that the backing of the car could not have been accomplished in the space of time required for him to travel the intervening distance to the spot where 1 the accident occurred The occupauts l of the car were all men, Thrau, who was seated amongst the l;spectators, was asked what he had to ssay about the testimony given by the E eye witness and refused to change Fstuck to- his own statement that no Ebacking ofa car from a. curb could be accomplished in the time necessary for him to reach the spot and that the car had not stopped
 ThraH also adznitted that the party pretty well unstrunss at the moment and did not catch the exact l time. I Chiefs Testimony l Superintendent Birningflam ar- srived early at the session to which he was summoned. Throughout the ex 9amfnation he conducted himself as one t who had little to do but conduct his office from police standpoint and discuss only what came within his l province.