The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-18

 the man struck. He ayers the chs was RED. My car is GREEN swerved my car away from someone crossing the street and ran my head light into a pole, avoiding him. believed then that we passed that man without hitting him. for we should have known it, 1t seems to me. Some one of us would have seen # and told the others We may have grazed him and stunned him, but I am not even convinced of that. I believe that car following us must have struck ed with automobiles at e tsme. we put our car back Tn rny gar age and later when the possfbiftF arese that my car trigll have struck him, we examined every part of it. back, front and everywh ere. Not one yond the glass part, which broke in contact with the pole, as was certi- fled to by the police at the time, there was no dent ar mark which would show that the car had struck a hu- man body with such force as to rem der such fearful Injuries.
 1 1T once drove over a dog To one who has had such an experience the rise of a car over. living flesh will be a sensation that cannot be mis- taken. If we had run over De Mar tino 1t seems to me some one of ua -N--c fact later. even though we did not see 1t at the time.
 There was an electric light on the icorner and when the affair was wit messed it could be plainly seen that the car was either red or green
 T have been subjected to the most bounding persecution by man whom l I do not care to mention by name and who is not now in this city While I am not cepvt Beea that e- was so Ill at the time that I feared i to let her know the uncertainty which Iconfounded me. Later I decided to let the authorities 1Snows how I stood l in the matter and consulted by attor- neys Wilder & Shannon. MT shan non took the matter in charge and told me that there was not one bit of evidence upon which I could be held for the killing I was surprised that I was not arraigned at the time. | but presume that it was for the best. I decided that as long as was matter public, and I felt that In the event my car had been the one which caused DeMartino either at that time. 1 or later to lose his life, I should do what could for the widow. J paid l $1 900 upon the advice of my attorneya and there is no doubt in my mind that
 Mrs. DeMartino received every cent of the money. Tn fact have docu- ments in her own handwriting to prove that she did.' (Here Siemon referred Ito his safe and took out g. letter from Mrs DeMartinos copy Of which has been published, and letters from her attorneys relating to the disposition of the amount)
 l q have never been arrested upon any charge. was not brought at any time to police headquarters, but about l a year ago visited my friend, George Hill, and asked him what I should | do. He said:
 1 TSiemon, if you are guilty, you will have to face the music, or words to i that effect. 1I believe that he asked for such evidence as the police had and found all indications pointed as they must now. to other and unknown par ties.
 while am sorry that did not come forward before and thus avoid so much notoriety, I do not see how can be held for something of which am morally certain am guiltless. and am sorry to see so much adverse publicity given to those officially con nected with the case
 President George Hill, of the police board, when seen in his office today, denied that he had ever done any 1 thing, either officially or in a private capacity to swerve or interfere with i full Justice being done in the matter. 1 He denied fIatly rumors that his in- fluence had been used to stop investi- l gation into the case, either before or after it had become known privately that Siemon might have been the re- sponsible party to the death While i corversing with a reporter for The Farmer he was subpoenaed to appear before Coroner Phelan today.
 Others who were served with sinai- lar notices were: pr. E. C. Krause formerly emergency surgeon Aubrey BurIison, driver of the amhuIancet Capt. George Arnold. Detective Ed~
 ward Cronan. John Alberahlni. 5a ar. tcontinued on Page 2)