The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-03
MOB CHAUFFEUR WHO PROTESTED
 DEED OF MERCY
Jitney Driver Balks on Use of Car to Take Dying Man
 to Hospital.
WORKMAN SUCCUMBS
 TO ELECTRIC SHOCK
Fatally Hurt Working in Rear of Former Univer-
 sity of Corsets.

A driver of jitney bus was severe borers at the former Birdsey Somers factory on Barnum avenue this morn- Ing when he attempted to prevent the
 use of his machine as an emergency vehicle to carry one of the workmen
 Wno had been shocked by electricity, to the Bridgeport hospital. The la borer, John Linderoth, died three min utes later after being taken to the in- stltution. Though battered, the jitney driver made no complaint of his treat ment to the police
 Linderoth, of whom little is known, mas been working for the Samuel Aus tn & Son Building Co. only since last Saturday. The Austin company is en- gagged in the work of tearing down lne old power house at the plant and remodeling the factory building for the American Graphophone Co.,, which recently purchased it. There are sev- eraI excavations at the grounds that are nlled with water and Linderoth was winding steel wire about a water hume to securely attach it to a pump used in draining the water from the depressions.
 The power in the motor pump en- zine was on at the time Linderoth was engaged in winding the wire, about nve' feet away. In some unaceount- able manner, the wires struck the mo- tor, causing short circuit and Iin- deroth, with shriek, fell backwards. Another laborer who was working in the excavation, hurried up to him and called the foreman. As Linderoth was unconscious and evidently in a serious condition, a call was sent in for the ambulance and a nurse was also summoned from the Bridgeport hospital, a, short distance away
 The nurse said that Linderoth should be taken immediately to the hospital and as the ambulance had not arrived, jitney. bus that was standing in front of the plant on Bar mum avenue was communicated. As the driver was not around. one of the Austin employees took the wheel and was about to start when George Tsa- prones of 601 Main street, the driver, rushed to the bus which bore jitney license, No. 131. He endeavored to prevent the use of the machine and would not listen to the nurse and men who said that it was a case of life or death. When he continued to re- main obstinate, he was unceremoni- ously elected from the machine and it was driven away. Linderoth was taken to the hospital, but had been there only a few minutes when he died.
 On the way to the hospital, the jitney bus passed the ambulance and the passengers signalled that vehicle that it was not needed. Dr. Canavan in charge and Driver Aubrey Burlf- son continued to the factory to get the particulars and arrived in time to see Tsaprones running from the rear of the factory pursued by about 50 angry workmen. One of them caught up to him and felled him. He was beaten unmercifully berore he finally escaped up the street with the laborers still in pursuit.
 It developed, that not being con- tent with being thrown from the ma. chine he went around the factory and began expostulating, whereupon the laborers incensed at his actions, wrecked vengeance upon him.
 Medical Examiner s. M. Garlick 1n- vestigated the fatality and found that who is a carpenter had been engaged to run the motor and was attaching his current wires after the pumping platform. when he was subject to the shock. Lin- deroth for three or four years had lived with a family named Forshneur at 329 Connecticut avenue bu. about three months ago went to PenDsylva- mia and returned only last week. He leaves a mother and father, both iv-