The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-21
FATALITY AT FAIRFIELD;
 CORONER HEARS WITNESSES

Fairfield. April A Y sterday. Corr
 oner John T Fhelan held an inGuest Into the death Of Adass Pauline Baaazs.
 who was run into by the automob1Ie of Fred Larson. proprietor Of gar
 age in Bridgeport. late Saturday night
 and who died at the Bridgeport hos
 pitaI Sunday morning From the wit
 nesses who were examined, 1t appears
 that the girl was thrown about thirty
 or forty feet after being hit The first
 witnesses testifed differently as to the speed of the car. some saying A
 was going 50 miles am hour, others be-
 tween thirty and forty miles an hour
 The first witnesses called were Sam
 ueI Glover and Allan Johnson, both of whom are familiar with auto
 mobiles and their 1anlp1lation MT.
 Johnson testified that he thoslght the car was traHeling in the neighbor- hood of 50 miles an hour Fred Mills Was the next witness called He tes- ti1ed that he thought Larson was trayeling at the rate of 35 miles an hour, and that he thought this speed was due to anxiety of Larson to pass him Mr Mills said that he passed the corner all right and he had not gone more than 40 or 50 yards when he heard a crash and turning around saw LaWson's car hit the fence and
 pass right through 1t into the yard of
 
 wards Dr. DonaIdzon's house where he picked up the doctor and took him back to the scene of the accident When Dr DonaIdson arrived he found Miss BaIazs so badly injured that he had the girl taken to the Bridgeport hospital He testihed that ne 1ouno her suffering from a fracture at the
 base Of the skull, which was the cause of her death, lacerated wound on forehead, icon tusion on left side of head, bleeding from the nose and ears and a bad fracture Of the thigh Other witnesses who testified were the mo- torznan and conductor of the trolley car from which Miss Balazs alighted when she was struck, John Sweiger, John KenziIxa. Peter w Peterson,
 Harry Carroll and Sheriff Fl. R. FL wood. who caused the arrest of Lar son,
 Larson ig held under $s, 800 bail to Eappear before County Coroner J ohm J Phelan at his office In Bridgeport lsthis aftarnoon, as the hearing of yes Iterday was continued till that time AYeaterday afternoon Sheriff Elwood placed an alta chment upon Larsols automobile which is in Browns gar- age, for damages done to Mrs Gio- ver,s property, to the extent of $10o- 1 The case will be tried before Justice Beach.
 Town Clerk Joseph T. Flint is once l again about his duties at the town l hail dTe has fully recovered from the l effects Of his auto accident of week ago Saturday night.
 More applicants for the position of 1 superint endent of schools of Fairfield are heard from every day. The l latest are Miss Minnie Walsh and I Richard Ireland of New York city.
 The school board will vote. on these I names at the next meeting. Miss
 Hall. a teacher in the Staples High l school. is favored by some of the 1 members of the board but the re- naining members are in favor of a l man.
 1 Real estate deals yesterday Ste I phen Ffglar to I1asslo Cogi, property I on Holland Heights and on Castle
 Park; Charles Willis to John M. I Jacl1man, his property in Fairfield in I exchange for that of MT. Iackman's