Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-23

SCTdlC1cO, In0 SIQe or neT head was crushed. Death resulted from several fractures of the skull and hemorrhage of the brain. There were no other marks or bruises. When ques- toned by Attorney West for defendant Dr. Scanlon said he did not know the exact height of the girl. but would say perhaps three feet and was of normal size. for child of her age. There were no marks or bruises on the body. He could not tell how the fractures were inflicted, whether by one blow or several blows.
 Henry w. Tibbits of Norwich testi- fled that on the morning ot Sunday August Is, 1915, he left Westerly for Watch Hill by trolley car. He and others got off at the switch and were waiting for the. car that followed to proceed to Watch Hill. After while big auto bus came from the direc- tfon of Watch Hill and stopped on the opposite side of the road to take on passengers for. Watch Hill. The bus was diagonally across the street from the trolley station and we'll out of the travelled road. Up to that time he had not noticed Mrs. Vaslet and her children. All who were in wait ing went across the street to get into the bus. Witness got in seat back to the driver and was looking in the direction of Watch Hill, the bus be- ing headed towards Westerly. His at- tention was attracted by the loud screams of a woman at the rear of the bus. He had not noticed any au- tomobile passing. Two men were holding woman who seemed hyster- ical. He saw the body of the child well across the road, diagonally from the bus and in the direction of Watch Hill and about 40 or 50 feet from the bus. He then went down to where the child was lying on the ground. He then saw the automobile for the first time. It was at a standstill in the middle Of the road down near the entrance to the Dock place. While in the bus he heard no automobile signal horn and paid no attention to any automobile By MT. West-Mr. Tibbits said he could not give the dimensions of the auto bus but said it was perhaps about 1o feet in length and seven feet wide It was good-sized vehicle. The seats ran croSsWise and would accommodate about 20 passengers. He thought the auto bus was about to start when he heard the screams The automobile that is said to have struck the girl, came back to the scene soon after the accident. The body was perhaps 40 feet from the bus and four feet from the trolley track. His attention was distracted at the time and he did not hear any horn sounded.
 Mrs. Martha Kinney, of Norwich, NsIiO was dInO09 LUG passengers al Ine Pleasant View switch waiting for a car to Watch Hill on the morning the Vaslet girl was killed. testified in re- gard to the arrival of the auto bus and the rush to get aboard and be- lieved she was the last to get a seat in the bus. There was no room for Mrs. Vaslet and her children and wit ness told her to go around on the other side of the car and that she might be able to get on. Almost inn medfately thereafter an automobile came by and was going quite fast.
 Witness heard no warning signal and did not know an automobile was com- ing until she heard scream and saw the little girl on the ground about 50 feet from the bus and quite near the trolley track. 1t made her very nerv- ous, the witness said, when the auto mobile went right along without stop ping. The driver of the autobus held up his hand and signalled the driver of the automobile that hit the child to come back, and he did.
 By MT. West-Mrs. Kinney testified that she got into the bus from the gutter side of the road, and when she got aboard Mrs. Vaslet and her chil- dren were standing there. They went
 to the rear of the bus and then into the street She did not see any auto mobile before the accident occurred. Charles H. Main of Stonington testi- i fled that he was in his automobile, ahead of the Crosby machine, on the | morning of the accident. He heard the scream of a woman and turned and went back to where the child lay, and | later took Mrs. VasIet and two chil- dren to Westerly. The dead child be- | ing taken by the Crosby automobile. The body of the child was about 40
 feet from the big autobus. When he passed the autobus he did not see Mrs Vas1et and her children. When wit ness stopped his car Crosby was about
 20 feet behind him and was turning to
 go back to the scene of the accident.
 Redmond p. Connolly, owner and | driver of the automobile bus that fia- | ures in this case, testified at consider able length as to the location of his car. and the subsequent part he took | with officers in marking the locality | so as to show the place where the child was struck, the distance she wal
 carried and the distance travelled by the automobile before coming to a stop | He told of the three passengers in the automobile returning to the scene oi
 the accident, and of the chauffeur re- turning when told to be the witness He said he saw Mrs vaslet and hel Echildreu at the rear of the bus ana that he was on the drivers seat. Ht saw the Crosby machine when it came in view and he was waiting for it tc pass before turning his bus in the direction of Watch Hill- Crosby wal going at not less than 25 and perhap. 30 miles an hour and he did not slow down perceptibly as he passed thu | bus. Witness said he turned and saw