Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29
BROTHER MAY DIE
Two Victims Found in Roadway
~ Feet Apart-James E.
French Seriously Injured
Rabidou Arrested on Charge
of Manslaughter.

Montpelier. April 25.-Carl Ned
| French of Stowe was struck and in
stantly killed by an automobile owned
and driven by ]. r. Rabidou of North
! field last night on the road to Barre,
and his brother. James e. French, with
whom he was walking, is at Heaton
hospital with a broken leg and a badly
cut and bruised head, and internal in
juries are feared. Rabdou was placed
under arrest after a short investigation
by states Attorney Fred f. Gleason on
charge of manslaughter. Bail was
fixed at $4,000, which was furnished at
two o'clock this morning by DR.. w. B.
Mayo and Charles A. Plumley of North
field. A searching investigation is be-
ing conducted by the States attorney.
The accident which resulted in the
death of one man and possible fatal
| injuries to another, occurred shortly
after ten o'clock in front of the car
barns of the Barre & Montpelier Trac-
ton company, two miles from this city,
and almost directly in front of the
house of James French. where the two
brothers were going after walking from
Montpelier
DEAD MAN HURLED "a FEET
They were on the left side of the road
according to the injured man, who ex-
planned that they had turned out for
a team and the automobile, u powerful
Oldsmohile, was also going on the left
hand. the wrong side, proceeding
toward Barre. Mr.. Rabidou last night
told the authorities that he had just
turned out for team on the curve,
presumably the same one the men
turned aside for. and he did not see
the two pedestrians until directly upon
| them. They did not state the rate of
speed the car was travelling, but as
the dead man was thrown or dragged
81 feet and the two victims were
| found ~ feet apart in the roadway, it
is assumed that the machine was COW
ering the ground at a rapid rate.
There were no witnesses of the accident
other than a second occupant of the
automobile, Harry Park of this city. A
hearing in the case will be held in
city court next Saturday morning.
NEAR DESTINATION WHEN KILLED
| c. n. French was employed UP to the
time Of his death as motorman on the
Mount Mansfield Electric railroad, oper-
ating between Waterbury and stowe and
! had arrived in Montpelier early in the
evening to spend the weekend with his
brother, They missed the ten O'Clock car
| out of Montpelier and decided to walk
the two miles. Within few yards of
their destination, one was hurled to
death and the other may die as lock-
jaw is feared by physicians. The survivor
is employed by the Tenney company.
Gilbert Knapp employed at the car
barn. heard the crash and rushed out into
He RahHnn
machine stopped and asked him what the
trouble was Together they located ire
two men and carried the injured man
to his home The body of the other man
was left in the road until Health Officer
Lindsay arrived. Or. Grimes Chief of
Police Connolly and Alderman Standsh
We're the first on the scene from this city
RABIDOU UNNERVED BY ACCIDENT
Mr.. Rabdou, who is connected with
the Lumber company of the same name
at Mortified, seemed badly broken up
by the catastrophe, and had to be attend
ed by a physician. He has, however, a
reputation as fast driver and figured
in an accident last summer when he ran
into a carriage near the "Three-mile'
bridge. smashing 1t up badly and did not
even stop to see if anyone was injured.
He was caught and arrested in Water
bury and paid damages.
The automobile suffered considerably
from the collision. the lamp and mud
guard on the right side OF the car being
completely demolished and the radiator
and engine were driven back into the
body of the car about two inches on
one side
An inquest was held this afternoon in
the Volholm undertaking rooms, where
Mr.. French was taken last night. several
physicians, including Health Officer Lind
present. The examination lasted over
two hours.
TOMORROW DEAD MANS BIRTH
DAY.
| Carl Ned French was born in Water
bury, April 27, 1859, and for IL years he
drove a freight team from Waterbury to
Stowe until the construction of the cleo
trio railroad Since its construction he
had been motorman for 16 years. He was
married to Rose Gregg of Stowe who
died l6 years ago. He leaves. besides
his brother. two children, Norman of this
city, a conductor for the Barre & Mont
pelier Traction company. and daughter.
Natalie, OF Stowe. The body will be taken
to Stowe Tuesday for funeral services at
the Methodist Church and burial in the
village cemetery.