The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-21
MADE TO FOLLOW
BIC AUTO TRUCK
DIR. HI. p. Greene and Others
Wrathy Over Unusual
Experience
SAY DRIVER REFUSED
TO LET THEM PASS
John Manning, Employed by Bay State
Trucking Co. Of Springfield, Kept in
Lookup Over Night Released on
Bail Today

DR.. Harry P Greene and D. E. Me-
Elhinny were about as angry as last
evening as it is possible for two men
TO be, as both were in a hurry to
keep engagements and were obliged to
drive behind al automobile truck from
a little north of Bernardston to
Brattleboro because the driver of the
truck refused to let them pass, so they
assert.
DR.. Greene drove Mr.. McElhinny' IS
automobile to Greenfield, Mass, to
meet Mrs. McElhinny and their
daughter at the railroad station there
and bring them to Brattleboro by au-
tomobile.
They had reached point about a
mile north of Bernardston when they
overlook large automobile truck. DR..
Greene sounded the horn for the right
to pass and the driver of the truck
lpaid no attention. Later when the
/ physician attempted to get past. the
| driver, those in the touring ear claim,
deliberately turned his truck to the
left and cut off the touring car.
The result was that the party, which
| had made arrangements to be in Brat
tleboro at ESQ clock, did not reac,
here until about S clock, being
I. .obliged to follow the slow NOV
ing truck until on Canal street near
Clark avenue, where, by turning into
the ditch, they managed to pass.
Complaint was made to Police Chief
George Wilson and he arrested the
driver of the truck, John Manning,
who is in the employ of the Bay State
Trucking Co. of Springfield, Mass.
Manning said that he was on his way
to Wilmington to get load of ferns.
He was accompanied by Cornelius Ly-
ions. He had only one small kerosene
light on the front of his truck and a
tail light. He claimed that the lights
had "gone back on him. They had
''gone back so far they were not
there.
Manning was locked up and this
morning appeared in the municipal
court before Special Justice E. ]
Waterman. He pleaded not guilty tc
two charges, through Charles S. Chase
} of Chase & Chase, who had been re
tanned as counsel by the Bay State
Trucking Co.
He was charged with operating al
automobile with only one headlight
contrary to automobile laws, and Will
obstructing free passage of a highway
On the first charge bail was fixed a
SIS and on the second at $25 and Man
ming and Lyons were permitted to de
part, Mr.. Chase becoming surety fo
Manning. No date has been set fo
the hearing.
The charge of obstructing a high
way was brought by State s Attorne,
1 10. B. Hughes under act 141 of the law
: of 1910, which, i'll part, is as follows
GA person driving or riding hors
t or other draft animal or operating a
!, automobile or motor vehicle, shall o
$ overtaking a horse, draft animal or We
I, hicle. when it is safe and practicabl
e to do SO, pass on the left side thereof
] and the person riding or driving
n horse or draft animal or operating a
n automobile or motor vehicle overtake
h by person riding or driving a hors
s or draft animal or operating an auto
c mobile or motor vehicle SHALL whe
it is safe and practicable to do 81
turn to the right so as allow free IA
( sage to the left.
2, The state claims that Manning M
4, only failed to do this but repeated
r prevented the touring car from pas
ing him, by steering to the left.
Manning had no lights the occupant
of the other machine surmised that l
was keeping the car behind him
v benefit by its lights.