The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27

fzed today in the alleged attempted Matchmaking of John L. SoTners, 1O11. Stratford avenhe. by Mrs. Mary Con- derre of SAB State street, a steno- a member of the memorable autouno
 bile party several weeks ago when Mrs. Helen M. E( Watson Judd met her death in a collision near New Haven Mrs. Couderre was arr eated at her work by petective Sergeant Peter H. Hall of police headQuarters upon a warrant drawn by Prosecuting Attor- locked mp at police Headquarters and bonds fixed at $2. GOO waliEh, at late hour lad not been furfished.
 R lIz1rg the seafousness Of her pFedIeaIne n f, she sorlsented to be i1- tegvaewea by a Fannner representative. hat she is being rnisaudged and hf1at the public should know the tr1Ith- She admitted that stie had not secured counsel Tn 6hia interview she gives, Miaat she says is the true story of the whole affair." including the accident, differing from her testimony befera Coroner 7rli Mix.
 sS Two main points broa1g7, # sout ssn her story are Che aasga testi- EmOny~ y~before Coroner Mix was warped
 with the intention of shielding Somers and based largely upon his sugges~ lions as well as refutsRB her previous testinaony tp zhe ffHct that ttae auto
 mobile was stat VI iisn struck by the trolley car On the other hand she says that her fAce was mot cover
 ed by her muir ait the tirse Of inc ae- -cident and that Sonexs. driving on the left side Of the road asan the auto
 mobile directly in front Of the car at
 an angie She consz dexa tlaast no one
 but Son1sr was responsible for the accident and death Of ETs. Judd and
 
 known. there would be no opportunity Of securing damages from the trolley Eyzss f1ad harselK made the aec1sAon ttlf1sk resiElbad sn her meeting aeatH
 shortly afterwards. says Mrs. Eolld derT'e in what she says is the true account of the events of the fatal ride. She
 xpfains that the: triIs was made to
 New Haven at such a. high rate of speed in places that she was greatly frightened, and bE1at this fear was heightened shortly before midnight when the party prepared to leave the Hof f-brau in New Haven and she ob- served Sorners behavior. Tearing to return by automobile, she says. she naade the proposition to Mrs Judd that they return by the midnight train, But Mrs Judd objected, saving that the auto1nobAe trip would be more en1oya5Fe z and tn at Somers
 Mould feel betteIs q ter sssetting out in
 to the open. esssz
 After leaving New Haven, she says,
 and shortly before reaching the scene Of the accfdent S0mers was operating | the1 car aBr1 ff1e :fe1E side of the road. running At d moderate speed and tried to cut across he tracks at an angle.
 Even then she says. she noted the dangerous nHarreSsz of the trolley car l b1ts5 resulting events occurred too rapidly for hersto protest.
 She insists tfaa9 there were only the Three pefsons SoIners, Mrs Judd and herself in the automobile at any time lsAt various times it has been runered
 that there was 3. man included in the
 Irn oae name has mol been men tfoned
 In response to questioning, she said that the testimony given before Cor oner Mix was originated when she re- turned to Bridgeport by train the fol- lowing morning with Somers Also that at the first hearing. she sat out side the door of the coroner,s private office, and, through an open transom, heard all Of the coroner's questions and Somers replies. Her testimony, she now says, was given so as to com pare with that. also that it was for the sole purpose of shielding somers and with no idea of financial reward. Money was first mentioned, she all leges, by Somers, not for the falsify- ing of evidence but in order that dam ages might be secured from the trolley company. She says that he told her that a damage suit would result in Mrs. Judas mother securing several thousands of dollars, that he would receive money for the repairing of the automobile and she would be entitled to a snug sum.
 But. according to her statement, she thought it only reasonable that she should be compensated for the notoriety brought upon her by the the likelihood that heavy damages would be received. She admits that she had no idea of the seriousness of such action and considered that it would be entirely proper. The matter of receiving $2,50O she
 says, was first mentioned by her to
 Sonere last Thursday night in the CODY of the coroners hearing testi-
 nony given to her in the morning. She admits that. shortly after the
 hearing, she began to sabe conscience stricken and to consider giving, what
 she says, is the true version and re-
 futing her previous evidence This, she claims. had been opposed by Somers told her that, if she
 that Mir. Somers told her that if she
 changed her testimony at the next hearing, the other side would try ana
 make out that she was intoxicated the night in question and, as a result,
 unable to know what really did hap pen.
 She said that, following the acci- dent, MT. Somers had kept telling her
 that he swc~ld see that che got some
 money when the case was over. This
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