The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-10

HOW BODY
Witnesses for State Heard
in the Rabidou Man
slaughter Case
BROKEN BOTTLES
FOUND ON BODY
After Carl N. French Had
Been Struck by the
Automobile

! The state put on Gilbert Knapp, a
street car employe, Chief Of Police +. J.
Connolly Of Montpelier and Mrs. Nina
Coppins, resident near the carbarn be-
tween Barre and Montpelier, this morn
ing in Washington county court in the
trial of j. p Rabidou of Northfeld, who
lis charged with manslaughter in connec-
tion with the death OF Carl n. French on
!. April "a, last. French was hit by an
automobile late in the evening.
/ Knapp Told Of Locations.
Il Gilbert Knapp, employed as nightman
in the carbarn of the traction company
last spring, at the time of the accident,
occupied the stand considerable part of
the morning, being the second witness
called by the state.
/ The witness was the first man to reach
the scene Of the accident after it hap
pened almost directly in front of the car
barns and his testimony is expected to
have an important bearing on the case.
He told of hearing slight crash late in
the evening few minutes after the main
| line cars had met at the switch and he
ran out to find an automobile stopped
at one end Of the barn nearest to Dewey
park He described in detail what fol-
lowed including the notifying OF police
and Others and said that he asked the
driver of the car his name and was told
| it was Rabidou.
He told of making measurements the
next morning with the aid Of light and
of placing bolts in the ground to mark
where certain objects laid. The witness
described the curve just below the car
barn on the Montpelier side and the con
ditinn OF the road.
The automobile, said the witness, was
jammed to some extent. the radiator be-
ing showed back into the frame of the
machine, the hood was jammed, as was
the mudguard and light on the left side.
He told OF finding a satchel in front of |
the French house or of seeing il on the
ground. ft contained a bag OF sugar or
salt. A bottle of Graves alcohol, with
seal unbroken, was found nearby.
Chief Connolly.
Chief Connolly told OF being called TO
the scene Of the death shortly after 10
p. M, going by automobile with Alder
man r. II. Standish, who was acting
mayor. DIR. Grimes and Officer Sloan
also went to the place. Witness saw the
body of a man on the right side OF the
road; DIR. Grimes examined the body and
pronounced the man to be dead. X
Chief Connolly said he had converse
tion with Rabidou and the latter said he !
was driving the automobile but was not
to blame and had called up the states I
attorney about the matter. The witness
told also OF finding a satchel. A satchel I
was exhibited ia court and the witness !
Identified IL as the one he found II PAGES \
from the body. Witness also testified he d
'aw Harry Parks of Montpelier in the
He Connolly was present 10
when the body was removed 10 Nolholm's n
rooms in Montpelier and be {
Ilso attended a conference az the states n
attorneys Office, where the states at p
orney. RAbidou, O-licer Sloan. Or. Harri e
nan and himself were present. Testified
hat Rabidou asked the physician 10 ad. 4
minister a stimulant 10 him. which was p
lone. ~
The witness said the automobile was b
eft on Elm street. around the corner q
rom the police station. and he saw Har. IL
IA O'Brien,' an employe Of the Capital q
arage remove a soft hat and a cap from Il
ctween the mudguard and the hood of A
he car. hat aud cap were exhibited Il
\ court. and the witness testified that ;,
0 the best OF his belief they were the NJ
ame articles taken from the machine. lpi
Broken Bottles In Freneh's Clothing : :
On the cross examination Chief Con. II
olly testified that he sent 70 the un-
ertaker's. where the clothing was r.. Al
loved from the body and that In an in- \,
de pocket of the coat q broken bottle -
az found with Label conveying the in. ~
that Il had contained whiskey. N
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