The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-24
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 Main street, where they reported to Policeman Niquist. According to their story Nyquist refused to take down any information but told Wiener to drive about his business.
 Before this, Russell, who had come along just as the occurrence took place, demanded that Wiener accom- pany him to a telephone to call the ambulance. Hall was injured at Stratford avenue and Hough avenue. Wiener drove Russell to a candy store near East Main street where Russell te1ephoned to the emergency hospital for the ambulance. They then went back to the scene of the occurrence to find that Wiener's brother had sent the unfortunate man to the emergen- cy hospital. Russell had taken Vie ner's name and his address. He then told Wiener that he must accompany him and make report to a policeman
 They found Nyquist about to ring up , a box at East Main street and Strat- ford avenue. Russell was much sur prised when Nyquist made no effort to get Wiener'S name and address or to write down any information concern ing the happening. When Nyquist curt1y told Wiener that he might drive on, Russell testified to the coroner that he asked the policeman if he would call the emergency hospital and ask that the ambulance be not | sent as the man was on his way there in an automobile.
 Call up and tell them yourself D ] he alleges was the gruff reply of Ny Quist.
 The policeman's story as told to the coroner is that the men reported the accident as of no consequence and | therefore he did not think it necessary to write down any information regard | ing it. Wiener's story and that of I Russell, however, agree as to their | conversation with the policeman. 1 Gideon Koh1er of Soundview avenue, 1 Stratford and Charles Lynch9 of 25 Third street, this city, are the men l who took Hall to the emergency hos | pital. They reported that the man had been run down by an automo- bile numbered 30,219 and that the
 man driving it had driven off without | stopping. It appears they came on the scene as Wiener and Russell were driving to the candy store to telephone for the ambulance.
 | On their report A. J. Costello of Rockville, whose automobile carries
 that Connecticut license number. was
 brought before the coroner. Costello was living in Derby at the time and his | ear was in a. garage there on that eve | ming. He was able to prove an altb! | and also that he did not drive his cal l on that evening, but the authOr1t1es 1 working on the theory that someone might have taken the car without his
 permission kept up the investigation | at the expense of the county. It did not develop until Wiener himself made
 known the fact that his car bore the
 same number on the Massachusetts
 registry as Costello's does on the Con- | necticut registry
 Wiener claims that he stopped his car within three feet after Hall had fallen against it. Russell and other witnesses said he drove about two car lengths or 20 feet. Wiener learned Hast week that Hall had died and he had a friend named Charles Baskin
 write to State Highway Commissioner Williams of Massachusetts reporting what had happened. The commis- sioner in turn wrote Coroner Phe1an. 1 In the meantime Russell had told the | coroner his story.
 | Wiener when located in Springfield and told he was wanted here immedi- ately surrendered to the police. He was brought here by Detective James Bray last night. His friends and his Iattorney, James Rice, came here to- day. After the testimony the coroner released him on his own recogn1zance
 Halls relatives have severely cen
 sured the police for their failure tc act in finding the man accused of run