The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10
AUTOIST RISKS LIFE TO PREVENT
 KILLING THREE
We'll Nigh Fatal Accident At Roundhouse Switc h Rouses Citizens to De-
 mand Sidewalk

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 Lowell M Clacus Of sasco Hill road risked death in order to save the lives of three men who stepped before his car while he was driving along the road, 200 feet east Of the roundhouse switch, late last night A companion, whose name could, not be ascertained, received a badly bruised arm. and suffered a. general shock The ma chine was damaged beyond repair.
 C1acus, who owns high powered car, was returning from Norwalk at a high rate of speed. He had passed the roundhodse switch, when three men stepped directly in front Of his machine He could not stop, so he turned the machine deliherately into the. fence that lines the road. The top rail passed over the radiator. ripped the back seat from the ma chine. The automobile was so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired.
 Sherin Eawood, who was summoned to the accident, stated that the occu- pants of the car had the narrowest escape from death he had ever seen. iTt is time.,' said the sheriff. chat some precautions be taken for the safety of motorists as we'll as pedes-s trians on this stretch. Because of the straighta.way, speeding is the usual thing, but to some extent the
  the cause of speeding.
 tAs there is no sidewalk at this point, there is no place for pedes- trian to walk except upon the War renite or upon the adjoining street car tracks. Now that the fence has been erected along the road, pedestrian walking upon the road stands every chance of being killed upon meeting two cars going in opposite .directions. Before, a pedestrian could jump into the ditch but, with the fence, he must take his chances. The state owns plenty of ground at this point to pro vide sidewalks The citizens of the town should appeal to the state Charles Ellis. the half-witted IS year old boy who confessed to attempting to wreck passenger trains while pass ing through Fairfield with the inten- tion of securing vaIuabIes from the dead and dying. will be arraagned be fore Judge Bacon Wakeman in Fair field town court this afternoon. A thorough examination of his mental condition is to be made.
 Fairfield authorities are convinced that the lad was but the tool of a gang of train Wreckers operating in this section Sherim Eawood stated this morning that the crude wooden l switch placed upon the track, which l later resulted in the boys apprehen- sion was the work Of a skilled work ! wood resulted in the failure. An eff fort will be made to get from the boy | the names Of those with whom the au- thorities believe he was in league. | Decision was reserved in the peti- Istion of Mrs Annie Banks for the guardianship of fourteen year old 1 Grace Daley by Judge Bacon Wake man in probate court Saturday. The l application was contested by the pa rents. Mrs. Banks has provided for nearly eight years for the child. In 1906. the Daley family removed to New Jersey, where they now reside. The girl was left in the care of an l aunt Miss EoCuIlen, operator in I the Star Shirt Co. Seeing that Mrs Banks displayed great interest in the child's welfare, Miss McCullen asked her to care for the girl, and that she would give all she could for the l child's support.
 | During her eight years with Mrs. Banks, the child has become greatly l attached to her, and when asked by the fudge with whom she would rath- l CT live, she unhesitatingly pointed to l her aunt.
 Tonight will be the last night of the
 Firemen's annual fair being held on
 Marine avenue near the temporary school house The fair was continued
 until today so that a sum sufficient to l purchase the new hook and ladder ] truck could be secured An extenSiv @ program has been arranged and it
 promises to be gala. night of the car | niva1.
 Emil Al1erd of Southport has been l appointed special constable by Select
 man H. R.. Elwood toaguard the new
 ly completed playgrounds- Reports
 have been received of suspicious char
 acters lettering in the nelghborhood.
 MT. and Mrs. Nauropot of Lynne are guests of Dr. and Mrs. Graves at their home on Mill E1ill avenue
 Miss Mabel Groveson of Pine Creek
 avenue is spending her vacation at | Dobbs Ferry.