The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-20

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 e How do liiilllk you got clear
 A. know we did not hit him with the front Of the cara IEsdid not feel that we strtlclz him with the rear of the car.
 The attention of the witness was called to the fact that, from the evil dence already introduced, the body of the man must have been lying direct witness was asked if it could be pos sfble that none of the company in the car saw him.
 The witness replied: 1T am speak ing for myself know that the front of the car did not strike him. 7
 o. Ibid it not occur to you to glance around ?''
 A T did glance around. did not see him. He could have stepped back into the shadow of the trees and I could not have seen him. 7
 Some discussion followed as to the nature of the spot where the man was found and the witness believed that it would have been very easy for a man standing where he is believed to have been to have stepped out of range of vision in the darkness. The witness then testified similarly to tho others with reference to taking the car to the garage and looking it over
 
 Neillsons going back was because they thought they might have grazed the man in passing He confirmed the 3statements of the other members Of the party that Neillson reported none had been injured
 Shocked by Fatality.
 When Whiting and Edwards came to give the hats and tell the news, the witness said that the Information took him by surprise and made him feel very badly Tt was dn> the ma sture of a shock, for we thought we had missed the man. It occurred to Jne that possibly it was our machine. Tn talking with the others. we all thought we turned quickly enough to avoid him.,
 Asked if he still believed the car did not kill DeR1artino, the. witness said he was sure. did not see it and did not feel anything that re- semb1ed a. jar the car would have got if we did.''
 tThe witness did not hear the scream the others had testified they heard at the time Of the accident His testI- mony was concluded by a few fur ther repetitions that he did not feel satisfied that the car either killed or did not kill the victim and of later talks with Sienaon and the others.
 Prosecuting Attorney Alexander De- sLaney stated that the first time the
 
 matter had come to his attention was a. week ago last Friday The only time that the matter had come either directly or indirectly to his attention was shortly after the affair when the. detective department kept him fully informed as to progress. It was the impression at that time that it was done by a. car returning from the ball game.
 TWO YEARS OR so LATER, the witness believed, Detective Cronan had told him that TT WAS TMPOS- sIBIE TO AsCEETAIN WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR THAT NIGHT and that. so far as the DE- .TECTIvE DEPARTMENT WAS CONCERNED, THE INVESTTGA- sFIoN WAS FINISHED. He knew nothing about the police or detective bureau.
 .sThe superintendent spoke to me last week and told me he had some afffdavits in the safe and I believe he told me THE AFF-IDAVITS WE'RE PLACED IN TF5H0 SAFE UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM CONMIS- SIONER HILL He safd he never read them. The superintendent with in the first year had told me at vari- ous times of the work being done and T know at that time there Were no