The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-11
MONTPELIER
Fitzgerald Child Struck by Automobile,
but Not Badly Hurt.

The l0-year. old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Fitzgerald was injured by being
hit by an automobile on River street
about 8 o'clock last evening. 1t appears
that children had been riding on the
team driven by Burt Smith. It was a
high box lumber wagon. The driver of
the team had made the children get off.
This occurred just as Edward w. Dillon,
who was meeting the team, was passing
it, with the result that the Fitzgerald
child stepped in front of the automobile.
Mr. Dillon stopped his car enough so
| that the child had time to get halfway
by the car. She was thrown on the
the bumper and then dropped to the
ground, the middle of the car passing
over her. She was taken to DR.. C. Il.
| Chambers house, where her wounds were
dressed. These consisted of bad cut
on one forearm and many minor bruises.
Mr.. Dillon reported the accident this
morning.
| Miss Ruth Harrington is taking a two
weeks vacation from her duties as nurse
at Heaton hospital.
The funeral of Mrs Caroline Robinson
will take place at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning from her late home on Winter
street. The body will be taken to Calais
| for burial during the same afternoon.
Mrs. Robinson died about ii o'clock on
Tuesday forenoon at the home Of Mrs.
Harry Hawkins, her daughter, after a
days illness She suffered shock while
eating breakfast Monda~ morning and did
not regain consciousness. She was rs
years of age and lived many years in
| Calais.
Gov. P. w. Clement has appointed as
justice of peace, in place of Henry Con-
| lin of Colchester, Fl. Il. Wolcott of that
town. The appointment Of successor
to ID. L. O'Sullivan will be made in few
days.
John Miller Of Burlington Is visiting
in the city. He is employed by the A. E.
Richardson company.
Charles Beeman, who was formerly a
union school superintendent in Bristol,
has cabled DIR. NJ. B. Hillegas that he
will return home Immediately, which is
taken to mean that Y M. c. A. work in
France is on the wsne.
Prof. Z. NJ. Lehuerts Of Columbia uni
versity, accompanying one of his classes,
is touring Vermont in connection with
their study They stopped at the Pa
valion and on Tuesday Dr. NJ. B. lille
gas took them to the quarries in Barre
Town. In the party were Misses Cora
Martin, Miss Brooks, Mrs. Moseman,
Miss L. NJ. Long, Misses Carson, Lang
DIX, Davidson, Settle, Ancamp and Eula
Miller
Mrs. Cameron DePedro of Lake Placid,
N. Y, was detained in Montpelier Tues
day afternoon by Officer H. c. lawson
upon complaint received from New
York state, in which it was alleged that
Mrs. 'DePedro had taken mortgaged
automobile out Of the state of New
York The car was placed in a garage
and Mrs DePedro's party stopped at
the Pavilion until those in New York
interested in the matter arrived here to-
day to straighten out affairs.
G. b. Carpenter, bank commissioner, IS
in Cleveland o., attending the annual
session of the state bank commissioners.
J. G. Brown returned this morning
from attending the insurance commits
sioners meeting in New York City.
A meeting of those interested in the
American Legion occurred in the arm6ry
last evening and it was arranged that
another meeting be held next Tuesday
evening, to which persons who have re-
turned from the army or navy service
will be invited to attend At that time
the petition for membership will be
signed and an effort made to organize
local post.