Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-25

how the big bag was attached to the poles by guy ropes, and how other sets of ropes, around the big envelope, were attached to it by snaps and allowed to trail and for the purpose of hanging on to it while it was being filled. MT BosworJh said he saw no barriers erected for the purpose of keeping the crowds back from the balloon. around which many crowded. Two men were in charge of the preparations for the ascension, he said. The balloon. he stated, was being held down by boys holding to the ropes hitched to the bis bag by snaps. The loose ends of these lines lay in coils on the ground. One of the balloon men asked for persons in the crowd to give a hand in holding down the big bag, witness said. He said he did not see any men respond to this request, only boys, ages vary ing from 10 years upwards.
 As the warning cry Look out!" was given, BosWOrth said he saw several ends of rope on the ground, the other ends attached to the balloon. He saw young Bernier carried up into the air as the balloon swept away on its course with one of the ropes twisted around his left leg. BosWoTIh said he was not more than 10 feet away from the boy when young Bernier was swept off his feet and carried aI6ft. When he first noted the boy in the air George was struggling to get a hold of rope with
 
 one of the balloon men command those who were holding on t6 the balloon not to wrap the ropes around their hands, this just before the balloon went up.
 Boy's Mother Testifies.
 Mrs. Joseph G. Bernier, mother of the boy that was killed, testified that George was 12 years and 9 months Of age when he was killed. She gave his weight as between 70 and 80 pounds, said he was an average boy and
 bright Attorney Searls asked only few questions of Mrs. Bernier on cross examination.
 Frank Bernfer. a cousin of the victim of the accident, testified that he went to the fair from Mechanicsville witE George He was not with him when the accident occurred, but saw the body a few minutes afterwards and again when it was stripped at under taking rooms in this city, the next appeared and told of rope marks diagonally around the left leg and be- low the knee and in the palms or the hands. There were no such marks on the wrists, he said. The marks had i something the appearance of burns. After Berniers testimony had been taken. Judge Shumway declared re- cess until 1.30.
 Snapshot of Balloon as Evidence Olin c. Fuller. Putnam, an amateuf photogra pher, was the first witness to testify after the recess. He told Of getting a snapshot Of the balloon as it swept northward and upward with young Bernier entangled in the ropes. A copy of the picture was lald in as an exhibit. It shows the boy caught by the leg and, apparently, trying to grasp a rope with his hands, Fuller said that he thought the balloon was about 300 feet in the air when he got the picture. He was not subjected to cross examination,
 Was With Eernier Soy.
 John Jandreau, Oxford, Mass, stated that he was with young Bernier, and supposed to bs in charge of him, when the accident occurred. The boys
 mother was not at the fair, He said that one of the balloon men had eall= ed Come. boys. hold the reBes.P Also that he said Don't wind the ropes around your hands, Jandreau said
 that he would swear that George let go 1 of the ropes and stepped back when l the signal to de s9 was given. He said ] George was caught by the left leg by
 one of the writhiHg ropes on the