The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-20
Mario Ear : sustained a
Fract' y Zip Beneath
Atomobile
COLLISION OCCURRED !
ON STREET CAR TRACK
Fred Cheney, Driver of
Auto, Was Travelling Slow
ly, Witnesses Agree

Mario Ianleoni, the l7-year-old son Of
Sharles Zanleoni of "A Granite street,
was run over by Buick auto truck
While riding his bicycle on North Main
street this morning at 0 O'Clock. The
| iad sustained fracture of the right
thigh possible fracture OF the right
ankle bone and painful bruises. Dr. j.
w stewart was called Immediately
after the accident and the boy was re-
moved to bis home in Badger & Cos am.
bHlahee. Fred Cheney, a chauffeur liv-
lhg 1T 36l North Main street. was driv-
| lhg tie car, which is owned by Miss Alice
y Beckiey dealer in paints. oils and
I Narnishes at 10 North Main street.
Ihe collision occurred at a moment
when many people happened to be going
o. ronlng along North Main street. Con-
seqnently there were plenty OF eye wit,
nesses and a considerable crowd gath
cred Immediately after the accident.
According to the best informed wit
nesses young Zanleoni was riding nortt
on his bicycle. He had been working on
the annex to his fathers block and had
been dispatched on an errand Cheney
turned his truck ont OF Brook street and
was proceeding rather slowly southward
on the left side OF the street. as he ad-
mltted to an officer who investigated the
cause OF the collision. At point ex-
actly opposite Durkee place and the Cot
tage street intersection. the auto truck
started to swerve as if to cross the
street. The bicyclist was coasting along
the ear track and when the ear began to
turn, the rider apparently became con-
used. Az any rate. the auto struck
him when he was on the car track and
threw him 10 the ground One OF the first
wheels passed over the right thigh and
over part OF the trunk
Cheney appears TO have been bewil-
Tered by the collision for he did not
)ring his car TO a dead halt until he had
cached a point some p yards farther.
long the street The wrecked bicycle
emained on the fender when Cheney
lighted 70 90 TO the boys assistance.
homas Des lardins, who conducts
"a rber shop in the G. Tomasi building.
nd BARRIERS from the John Rosso shop
{ 355 North Main street were the first
0 reach the lad as he lay in the road.
hey carried him into Mr.. Rosso's shop
nd laid him on a pool table while some
ne summoned physician DR.. J. ".
tcwart could make but a superficial eN-
there aud ordered the lad
iken to his home \ badly damaged
cycle which the BARRIERS picked out of
ie street Was taken into the shop
hle the physician was examining him.
1ung Ianleoni exhibited 4 good deal Of
'urage and insisted that ~ had not
'cn seriously hurt
One OF the FIRST men on the scene was
hcer John :. Murley. ho was going
'rthward on his beat az the moment
the collision. He talked with Cheney
II obtained from him statement that
was driving on the wrong side Of the
al. although. as he said. be- tried 10
ich the other side when he saw the
cli-t approaching Cheney has been
lploycd A. chauffeur bv Miss Beck.
Tor some time and has borne repu-
tian for being a careful driver. Eve
inc.-es q The affair generally agrees
ID he uas running SLOWLY
According 10 Cheney himself De had
loaded paint supplies on Brook street
Z was returning 70 the paint store
ne IN the auto. There are indica
M that young Zanlcom expecting 10
II no vehicles on the right side 81 thst
80 uaf yet IN the car track natural.
beauc confused when D. saw tbr
rk rut arros- his path People who
no o. tfe srrne OF the accident after.
ri were able 90 locate the exact spot
collision hY means II blue paint on
paving which had been scfaped from
hirrclf frame after contact with tba
9 fender
ftrr TIE accident Cheney went -
cmpIover and told her 81 the circum-
lees of The affair IIe was mulh
= BE- the unfortunate oeeuranre aad
"a e. y relieved from duft far the