Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-19

auto with the Hall wagon. He stopped his car immediately.
 Coroner Hrowr told of taking notes accident ruptured Hall but he had been ruptured years ago and it had : George F. Nolan and James F. Kel- ley, passengers on the trolley car. tes- titled as to what they saw of the acct dent.
 About 2:45 Coroner Brown was re- called and he read his notes as to the accident when the hearing was held.
 Defendant Tells His Story.
 When the defense opened. MT. Weimer was called to the stand as the first witness. He lost one leg several years ago but is able to walk with his wooden leg. He explained how his car was specially fitted to accommo- date him and told of his experience in running 1t. On the day of the ac- cident he said he was taking load of passengers to the fair grounds and was running In the car track. He turned out to pass a vehice ahead of him, and then got back on the track but trolley car was approaching from the opposite direction and he turned out again to the right about 15 feet before the place where Halls express wagon was drawn up by the gutter and Hall was unloading a big water bottle from it.
 The witness said he cleared the trolley by foot and was running at from to 5 miles an hour as he ap- proached Hall He put on the brakes and shut off the power but the auto hit Hall and crushed him up against the tailboard of the wagon. Weinner and one of his passengers named Monahan got out and picked Hall up State Attorney Hull gave the witness rigid cross examination as to his ff.v, rf or.fe ak fra0 nf the accident, the speed at which he was running, questioning him sharply on the point of whether he was not speeding up his jitney at the time in order to get past the Hall express be- fore the trolley car from the opposite direction reached, the wagon. Andrew F. Monahan of New Lon-
 don, conductor on the New Haver road, who was one of the passengers in the Weiner jitney. testified thai there was much traffic by autos and
 horse drawn vehicles on West Mair street the day of the accident. Jus before the accident happened there ! was a covered vehicle ahead of the 1 Wefmer auto, for which MT. Weimel
 turned out After turning out tht
 witness for the first time saw ths 1 trolley ahead at a distance of abou | 150 feet The trolley was going a
 about 14 to 1S miles per hour. Tn, 1 witness said he shouted to MT. Hal ! and MT. Weimer blew the auto horn l The witness was in the seat next t, MT. Weimer and he judged that tn, Weimer auto was going about mile i an hour when he turned out just be i fore hitting MT. Hall. The auto hal practically come to a stop when MT i Hall was hit by it. Other passenger
 in the Weiner jitney, the witness said
 were a MT. Shea, a Mir. O'DonneII Mrs. Monahan and a man whom tn,
 witness did not know.
 1 Court adjourned for the day at thi point.
 w. H. Buckley Put to Plea. 1 When court opened in the morning State Attorney Hull informed tn
 court that he had prepared new in l formation against William H. Buckle, 1 of Baltic on a manslaughter charge il
 causing the death of Charles J. Nc
 Kay, an insurance agent of this city on June End through an automobii accident. The new information mad tthe charges of negligence and wan tenness more explicit.
 MT. Buckley was put to plea an
 pleaded not guilty.