New Britain herald., 1917-03-27
SPEEDING AUTO KILLS MAN
 AND DASHES ON ITS WAY
Body of Unlnown, Terribly
 Crushed, Found on Beech Swamp Road, Berlin, Near New Britain Line.

With skull crushed In like shat
 tered egg shell and face battered into an unrecognizable pulp both eyes gouged out and practically every bone above the shoulders fractured. the
 body of m unidentified man, believed
 to be the victim of speeding autoists,
 was discovered early this morning on
 the Beach Swamp road in. Berlin,
 about 100 feet north of the cross road
 leading to the yards of the Donnelly
 Brick company. Death, according to
 surgeons, was Instantaneous and, ac-
 cording to conditions Round at the
 scene, the body was thrown high in
 the air, landed with tremendous force
 on head and shoulders, being dragged
 from 100 to 150 feeet after 1t fell to
 the ground. Authorities are search
 ing for the automobile reported to
 have been seen travelling about 50 to
 60 miles an hour down South Main
 street towards Berlin between 10 and
 10:3O o'clock last night. It passed
 policemen, teams and trolley cars at
 such high speed that little idea couuld
 be gleaned as to the type of car.
 license markers or occupants. Au-
 thorities in Meriden. New Haven and
 other southern cities and towns are
 searching for an automobile bearing
 traces of the tragedy.
 Discovery of the body was made
 by Attorney Heenry .Nowicki of this by Attorney Henry Nowicki of Hart
 ford, authists, about o'clock this
 morning. Word was telephoned to
 Sergeant William c. Hart at police headquarters and, despite the fact
 that the scene Is outside the jlirisdfc- I, ton of the local authoritie4 Police man Herbert c. Lyon was sent to the scene to guard tho body until the ar. ] rival of First Seiectnan willard | Alling and Dr. R. M. Grisw0ld, medi ! cal examiner, of Berlin. They gay, permission for removAl o4 4the bod, l to the morsue of B. c. Porter 6ons 1T this city.
 1 The victim is believed to be o1 English descent although nothing wal found on the body to indicate identify He was q man of powerful build and of such q type as would attract atten' ton. Standing over six feet and two inches, his body was unusually vel developed and tips the sca1es at more than 200 pounds. His clothing tndi. cates that he was a wanderer or farm hand although his hands are no, calloused as If he had done manua labor.
 His clothing consisted of under. clothing of excellent texture, khaki trousers over trousers of ordinary ma. terial. undercoat and overcoat. Tan and well-worn shoes of army pattern cheap sox and . soiled shirt com. prised the rest of his outfit. Tobacco corn-cob pipe, one dollar bill twenty-five cents in change, door check to a Hartford theater and box of snuff were found in the pockets o1 the coat. There was peculiar odor about the body and~an empty bottle supposed to have contained liquor was found near the scene of the tragedy. The victim had coarse black hair. the face was recently sf1aven and of full type. Apparently the victim was aged about forty years. It is believed that he had seen service in the army at some time. A blue handkerchief was wound around his neck.
 State police aid will be sought in tracing the automobile that is believed to have caused death. From the con- dition of the body, 1t Is believed death preceded discovery by two or fl1roa hours