The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-14
ONE NAN KILLED.
THREE INJURED
Well-KnOWn Business Man
of Springfield Faces a
Manslaughter Charge
RACICOT DIED WHILE
ON WAY TO HOSPITAL
Had Been Sent to the Scene of a Double
Wreck to Make Repairs When He
was Run Over by Third Car Driven at
High Rate of Speed

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. l5-An au-
tomoblle accident in which one man was
Killed and were slightly hurt. occurred
early yesterday morning in front of Haz-
ard Hall Tavern in Enfield, Conn, and as
result OF the investigation by the Thomp-
sonvllle police it was stated there last
evening that warrant had been issued for
the arrest of Wood Williams of u Avon
Place, Springfield, for mansaughter. In
vestlgatlOn by the police here showed that
Mr. Williams had been arrested July IS
and hned $50 in the police court for viola
ton OF the automobile law.
The name of the man killed was Hercule
Racicot, Westfeld, Mass
The names of the injured William
Gam, RoXbury, cash across left side of the
nose cash across upper left eyelid and
around under eye requiring six stitches.
Leo Leene, Bellows Falls, Vt. slight
cash on the forehead, probable internal
injuries and two broken ribs.
benjamin Morrell, Chicago, cash across
one eyehd requiring two stitches.
Three care are now at the scene of the
accident, two in the road and one in the
ditch TO the left. Two are Massachusetts
machines. They are one bearing the regis
tration plate 6O4lS, reported by the police
to be owned by James X. Kneeland, a let
ter carrier living at SO Sergeant street
Springfield, Mass. Another with the reg
lstratlon plate 9l0S0 containing under the
seat an operators license made out to
Wood Williams of $40 Bridge street.
Springfield, Mass, the third with the
Connecticut registration plate 332D and
containing an operators license made out
to Rosary Pieciolo of ) East street. Hart
ford
The first accident happened shortly be-
tore midnight when the Kneeland car. be-
ing driven towards Springfield. sideswiped
the Connecticut machine containing Pts
clolos license. Both OF these cars were
slightly damaged. but the occupants were
unlnjured. The left front wheel ON each
ear was crushed Fog is blamed for the
sdeswiping. So far as can be learned
therc-were two men and two women in
the Springfield car and four men in the
Connecticut machine. Both were five-pas.
senger automobiles
Occupants of the kneeland ear tele-
| phoned to the Blue Ribbon garage in
Vine street, Springfield, for machine to
come down and make repairs Racieot
who was visiting, and Samuel Stahl, not
a regular employe of the garage, yolun
| tecred to go. As the regular men had a
busy holiday the volunteers were allowed
to take truck for the purpose of towing
in the damaged machine.
While Racicot and Stahl were on the
scene attempting to make repairs they
saw a third automobile coming speedily
towards them. Because of the danger in
the road with two cars stalled Racico,
volunteered to go forward and slow down
the approaching machine He carried a
pocket fiashlight
so far as can be learned Racicot was
discovered too late by the driver of tho
car containing Wood Williams's license
Racicot was knocked down and run over
Then the car swerved to the left. went
between two telephone poles seven feet
apart and dropped into ditch. The
| three occupants, whose names are given in