The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-24
WITNESSES TELL OF
LAVELLE ACCIDENT
Damage Suit on Trial In County Court
at Newfane-Several Divorces
Granted Yesterday.

: Up to noon today nine witnesses had
been examined in the suit for damages
brought by Edward j Lavelle, admins
traitor of the estate of Peter B. Lavelle,
against the Boston & Maine and Central
Vermont railroads, and Samuel Ashby,
agent for the roads, was on the witness
stand when The Reformer went to press
this afternoon The plaintiffs have sew
eral more witnesses to be examined before
the defense takes up its side of the case.
James L. Helyar, surveyor, showed
plans and conditions in the railroad yard.
where the accident, which resulted in
the death of Mr.. Lavelle, happened. He
was followed by Charles Goodell now an
employe of the Central Vermont Railway
company, who was present at the time of
the accident and was the first man to go
to his rescue Mr.. Goodell was employed
at that time by d. Brosnahan
Henry f. Whitney, jr., of the Crystal
Springs Ice company, testified as to the
use of the public delivery track, where
Mr. Lavellc was lying under a car when
the switch train came up and moved the
cars on the public track, notice of warn
ing was given to all persons by someone
going ahead and giving verbal notice and
giving everybody around the cars an op,
portunity TO get out of the way
Testimony given by Whitney was borne
out by William Mellen, drayman for the
Estey Organ company and by Joe Rem
fret an employe of the railroad company.
Lawrence Cushmans testimony was III
regard to the use of the track. He said
he saw Robinson come out where he was
and give the signal to the moving train
TO go on, and to back against the car un
der which Lavelle was working.
Ernest Whitney, teamster drawing
coal for F. Barrows & Co., said warning,
and signals were always given when car.
were to be moved, and his testimony wa
| corroborated by Alonzo Braekett, an en-
ployee of f. Barrows & Co, who is il
the yard constantly every day.
| DR. G.. r. Anderson testified as to th
injuries, stating that Mr. Lavelle died o
! shock as result of injuries inflicted. A
! the time Of the accident the car ran owe
| Mr. Layelle, cutting off his left hand be
tween the elbow and wrist ioint and eav
ing it inside the track, while Mr. Lavell
rolled out
Yesterday afternoon number of di
vorce petitions were granted. amon
them the following: Matte p. Este
of Brattleboro from j. G. Estey for in
tolcrable severity. with alimony as pc
stipulation; Bessie l.. May of Green
field from Walter II. MAY of Whining
ton for intolerable severity. custody Q
child deereed to petitionee; Georgian
l.. Rose of Brattleboro from Frank v
Rose of Brattleboro for desertion. Gu.
tody of children decreed to petitioner
Eva j. Creran of Halifax from jaime
j. Creran of that town for refusal I
support; Samuel f. Boyd from Emma
Boyd for wilful desertion; Eliza p. X
kol for refusal to support, custody
( children decreed to petitioner; Nab
LaPlant from Henry LaPlant for il
tolerable severity; June Nash Prou,
from Everett d. Prouty for wilful
sertion, the petitioner to resume h
maiden name; Fred G. Howard fro
Eta Fl. Howard for wilful desertio
e Louise H. Perry from Clinton E. Per
for statutory offense; Tekla Wo,
! from Fred W. Wood for intolerab
severity, the petitioner to resume h
: maiden name.