Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-23
SURE They HEARD HORN BLOWN
Several Witnesses Testify So for Defendant in Automobile
Damage Suit-Claim That Mrs. Paulsen Dodged Back
in Front of Albert G. Greene's Machine-Cng Front
Before She Went Between the Wheels.

question and Judge Greene sustained
the objection.
Mrs. Augustua D. Greene of Preston,
who was riding in the Greene car, tes-
stop but was moving some as it came
to the crosswalk. She said she saw
Mrs. Paulsen and Miss Paulsen and
the daughter stepped back but Mrs.
Paulsen went ahead and had cleared
the car when the daughter screamed
and Mrs. Paulsen stepped back in front
of the car. facing it and taking hold
of the front of the car before she was
struck.
While Mr.. Greene was talking Mrs.
Paulsen home after the accident, the
witness rode in the back seat with
Mrs. Paulsen and Mrs. PauLsen show
ed her injured arm and said her
daughters scream had scared her be-
cause she thought her daughter was
being killed.
On cross examination, Mrs. Greene
said another automobile passed them
and went across the crosswalk before
the Greene machine and there was an
other automobile that went west. The
Greene automobile was going very
slowly as it came to the crosswalk,
but went a little faster.
Policeman Frank S. Henderson, on
| the Norwich police force from 20 to
% years, was on Thames square at the
time of the accident, and saw Mrs
L dulS0H S1IClLS III d CHAIR dlICE Tie
accident. The policeman took the
| name and license number of the auto
mobile cwner and saw Mr.. Greene take
| Mrs. Paulsen into the auto to take her
| home. The witness saw a mark or
| bruise of about the size Of a five cent
piece on Mrs. Paulsen's arm. There
was also a little blood from an injury
on Mrs. Paulsen's head.
| Miss Gertrude Greene of Preston,
who is supervisor in the telephone Of
fee at Springfield, and was in Mr..
| Greene's automobile on the way to the
| Central Vermont depot, was the fol-
lowing witness. She had been home
! to attend a wedding and was going
back to Springfield. She testified
| that Mr.. Greene blew the auto horn
| twice before the accident Miss Greene,
who is the daughter of Mrs. Augusta
| D. Greene, gave testimony along the
same line which Mrs. Greene had CIV
| en- as to the way Mrs. Paulsen step
| ped in front of the car and was hit.
| This witness was sitting on the right
| side of the car in front.
| On cross examination Miss Greene
said Mrs Paulsen took a diagonal di-
| rection when she stepped back in front
of the machine and that Mrs. Paulsen
| took hold Of the car and tried to push
it back The machine put on some
| speed to go over the sidewalk. When
| Mrs. Paulsen was picked up she was
in the street between the two cross
| walks at this point.
Charles S. Rogers, who has a re-
pair shop on West Main street about
opposite Falls avenue, was looking out
of his saop window, said he heard the
automobile horn blown twice. He
described how he saw Mrs. PaulseT
and Miss Paulsen with the automobile
approa ching and to what each woman
did.
DR.. G. c Gildersleeve, who made al
examination of Mrs. Paulsen on Wed
nesday, in the presence of Drs. Don
ohue and Cassidy. said her condition
shows she is suffering from nervous
shock, but with the exception of {
slight diseased condition of the audi
tory canal, her condition seems nor
NAL He did not consider her necl
was deformed, and the finger tina
Mrs Paulson complained of wa
an ordinary ring-around. Mrs. Paul
sen is suffering from neurasthenia t
some extent.
On cross examination the docto
said that a nervous shock such a
. come" from an automobile accident il
one of the recognized causes Of neu
rasthenia. Headaches such as Mrs
Paulsen had described might be symp
toms of the effect of the accident an
) it would be hard to say how long i
t would take to effect cure in a cas-
: OF Eeurasthenia.
, Court adjourned at 5 o'clock. TIL
, trial will be resumed on Tuesday.