Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
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 of the acctdent. ho said that it was it was about 12 feet from a depression in the highway.
 Pictures as Exhibits. Harry J. Cotter of this city, the sec- ond witness called, testified that the the place where the accident happened and ga wtlle wrecked automobile. Later in the forenoon he returned to the place and took six pictures of the au- tomobile. Lawyer Kelley showed him three photographs of the wrecked car and MT. Cotter identified them as some that he had taken and developed. He testified that he took them simply be- cause he was interested in photography and not at the request of anyone con- nected with the prosecution of the case. The pictures were made court exhibits. MT. Cotter testified that the automobile was badly wrecked.
 Motorman Testifies.
 Paul Marcaurele, motorman on the trolley car which collided with the jit- ney automobile, testified that he was proceeding about IS miles an hour when the affair happened. When he first saw the jitney it was on the right side of the road and he paid no par ticular attention to it until it swerved to the left and went on the trolley tracks. Then he Immediately put on his emergency brakes and threw the trolley into the reverse. Then the crash came. He did not know what part of the automobile collided with the trolley. Seeing that there was a man in tho automobile who was hurt, he went to a telephone and called up St. JosepE's hospital The trolley that he was running was due at the city at 4.12 and the collision happened at either 4.06 or 4.07. On cross examination, Marcaurelle testified that before the collision took place he nodded his head to one of the passengers in the jitney, but did not recognize him. Later he learned that it was John Wood of South Coventry. Wood had waved at him.
 Conductors Testimony.
 Fred Little, conductor of the trolley, testified that in his opinion the trolley was running about 10 miles an hour. When the crash came the trolley was nearly at a stop. When he looked at his watch after the accident it was 4.07. Lillie said that he was on the rear platform when the crash happen ed. Just before the collision he saw the automobile on the tarck and braced himself for what he knew would be a collision.
 Coventry Passenger Questioned.
 John Wood of Coventry, a passenger on the jitney, testified that he was riding on the front seat with Skyler. The jitney was going at a moderate speed and on the right side of the road. The left wheels of the jitney were on the track nearest to the right side of the road and when about 10 CT 12 feet from the trolley car Skyler yanked the steering wheel, heading the car to the right, but the automobile did not respond very much. Skyler used con- siderable force in yanIling the wheel After the accident he went to the rail- road station and took a train home He was not injured any and sat in front of Rockwell, who was badly hurt and who afterwards died.
 Norwich Man on the Stand.
 Johr O'Connell, formerly of Holyoke, Mass, now of Norwich, another pas senger in the jitney at the time of the side of the rear seat. Skyler was not going fast. All of a sudden, while he was looking at some apple blossoms on the side of the road he heard a shout, then a crash, and found himself thrown out of the car. He picked up his grip and hurried to the depot, making the trip with another passen- ger in Q grocery wagon. He saw that Rockwell was hurt but did not look at him. On cross examination he testi- fed that the automobile left Railroad street at 10 minutes to |. That was 21 minutes before the Hartford express was due to leave this city. Skyler at no time, even when the accident hap pened was driving fast.
 Jitney Passengers Testify.
 Albert Phelps, a traveling salesman, who resides at New Britain, and who was a passenger in the jitney, testified that the jitney was not going over 15 or 20 miles an hour when the affair happened.
 Israel Goldstein, a dry goods peddler residing in Hartford, was another pas sengeT in the jitney who testified. He