The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-04
Woman Breaks Into Hysterical Weep ing As She Realizes She Is Free --= Man Baited Her Into De-
 mand For Money
She Must Undergo Operation For In- jury Sustained In Automobile
 Accident

testify seems to be the crux Of thi- case The accused and the complain ing witness were on extremely friend 1y relations and were apparently upon good terms after the accident in quas- tion.
 The accused called frequently at the place of business of the complainfng witness and both were. interested and deeply concerned over the testimony previously adduced before the coroner considerable time going over the tran script of the evidence then in the pos session of the complaining Wdtness- : It appears that whatever suggestion of possible financial gain in the ma tIIre of damages to be recovered from the railroad company or from any ether source, came from the complain ing witness and created in the mind of the accused the possibility Of o5- tadning some money rom some such source, as a result of the notorietys inconvcnience and claimed inJur4es che had sustained, this of counse based o1l the testimony she might give at auo- sequent heardng either Of a civil or oe a criminal nature
 do not find that the accused did at any time ma1tctousIy or Otherwigs threaten to accuse or did accuse tho complaining witness of any crime or that che at any time naftCioltglT threatened an injury to the personal property of the compladning witueass and further I find from the evidence stated tcshh con1plafning Wituees lies sIse world tell the trrzt1 about the ae- cident the next time She tsStifed st1cil a cornmenda1bIe recital on her part the complaining witness but cannot find that such a result could be con sidered under this section as a. rnaltc- iousIy t4lreatened< injury to his repu- tation, annoying perhaps to hir1, Dut not such an injury as is contemplated in this section,
 am forced to find from the evf- dence these facts: First, the com plaining witness succeeded fin having the accused tell a story before the cor oner that exactly suited his version oR the accident in which they both par ticipated.
 Second, the suggestion of taking care of the accused (financially) i'm re- turn for. her loyalty to his 1nterestG, came from the complaining Vatuesa and mot from the accused and any sserrlblance of ezztortion came into Che case after the complaining Eituess had attempted to dictate to the ac- cused her future action concerning har testimony "Just stick to what ten you,'' was his in5urctiOn, and el1s ac- cused, instead of nnalltciOusky threat eriinsy the complaining Wftneas rather
  ton which would be most adva1- tagous to him
 She was badted as 1t were in this process of coercion and though perhzsps the badt proved to be more attractive to the accused than the complaiuins witness anticipated her demands can not under the circunnstances of tni8 particular case, be used by tl1lS court to react in his favor.
 However reprehensfbIe was the ac- tfon of this young woman in falselv testifytng Cas she states9 before the coroner at the inquest in order t1 shield the complaining witness. it il becomes him to try to force the ac- cused to remain eteadfast to a story which she claims is false and 1a-iling in this, to strive to dascredft her by a prosecution for an alleged crime which he invited, suggested and planned for the purpose of d1screditinE the ac- clIsed.
 I am forced by the evidence pre- sented to find that sufficient probable cause does not exist which to base a charge of b1acknnail, as alleged, and therefore discharge the accused.
 OsNLEAFA, Judge.