New Britain herald., 1915-10-14

When he reached the bridge the street
 was contested, so he turned to the side
 of the road and stopped his machine.
 He was about to start again when an automobile came from behind a group of wagons which were coming from the direction of the fair grounds, and struck him. The machine stopped about ten feet farther on and Hersche alighted and examined the front of the car to see if it was damaged. The witness asked Hersche if he would settle but received no reply. Under questioning of Attorney Kenna, the witness said Hersche was not going faster than ten miles an hour. A discussion as to the width of the road then followed and the lawyer laid great stress on the density of traffic on that day. The witness said Hersche must have known there was rot room enough to pass. MT Gibney objected when MT. Kenna asked
 Forest if he thought Hersche was dumb man, when he failed to receive a reply.
 Raymond Thompson of New Brit
 ain said he was waiting for a car to the Hardware city when he saw For
 est stop near the side of the road.
 There was a string of vehicles coming along, when an automobile left the
 line and turned to the left, striking
 Forest. He recognized Hersch as the
 driver. The remainder of his testi-
 mony corroborated that of Forest.
 Hersche took the stand and, in re-
 sponse to Prosecutor Gibney's ques-
 tions, said he has owned an automO- bile since April. On the morning in
 question he was returning from Fort
 Trumbull beach. The traffic was
 very dense on the road. As he was coming at rate of approxi imately ten miles per hour, he saw two car | riages in his path, and in order to avoid hitting them he swerved to the left and struck Forest. He was un- l able to see the latter on account of /; so many teams being in front of l him. He thought he had hit the rear of the young mans machine and l asked him what business he had in l the middle of the road. He did not 1 think he had hurt the machine or it's l driver. After ascertaining that his own machine was not damaged he | continued on his journey. Prosecutor l Gibney thought the accused was 1 guilty of reckless driving and thought 1 he should be fined. Attorney Kenna | pleaded for his client, saying he felt | the affair was just an accident, un- avoidable because of the dense traf- ! fife and asked for a discharge. Judge | Griswold found the accused guilty of 1 reckless driving and assessed a fine 1 of $1O and costs, amounting to $25. Improvement Society to Meet. The East Berlin Improvement as-
 sociation will hold a meeting in the near future to consider whether it i shall renew the lease of it's building 1 to the East Berlin Athletic associa- l tion for another year. When the for | mer association was formed it was l thought the place would prove a prof | itable investment. The up- | keep of the building has cost more l than was at first supposed and con-
 sequently there has been no dividends. 1 Some of the members feel the build ] ing ought to be made over into a ten
 ement house so they may get some of 1 their money back, while others wish
 to sell it if a fair price can be pro-
 cured. The whole matter will be | threshed out at the meeting
 1 Desire Timetable Change.
 Many people who arrive here on the | train due at 7:50 D. m. are contein- l plating signing a petition asking the l trolley company to make rule, hold
 ing the trolleys, which leaves the switch at the same time. The passen-
 gers reach the switch every night just in time to see the trolleys start and
 they feel the company should have