Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-10
Automobile Case q on" ~ -
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on the little seat on the other sid,
Of the car she did not see the accl
dent but heard the crash as the Sis
lly car went into the river. She die
not stop then, but stopped belOv
where the accident occurred, but di
not go back. She testified she knew
the SilSby car was in the river witt
the boys in it.
Philip X. Beck was the next wit
ness. He testified that when the ac
cident happened he had been il
school, hui that now he was workin:
in the tool room at the scale fac
tory where he earned S12 weel,
plus the bonus. He testified tha'
they left Fairbanks village in tho
Silsby car at fair rate OF speed
late in the afternoon but that Clay
ton Silsby slowed down when he ap
preached the curve. He said the Hey.
wood car did not blow its horn a:
it approached nor did it slow down
He said the Silsby car went to the
right as far as it could and ther
landed in Sleeper's river. He said he
was attended during his injury by
DR.. Allen, also Drs. Cramton, Fitch
and Aldrich.
Young Beck was on the witres:
stand for several hours. He told o
the automobile ride he took with two
other boys and of the accident. Al
the request of Attorney Graves he
took off his coat and rolled up hi
sleeve to show the extent OF the in.
jury to his left arm.
The arm above the elbow wa.
torn away to the bone. Beck show.
ed the jury that he was unable tt
control the fingers OF the left hant
! owing TO the loss; of muscles. While
he is able to raise his arm to hi
shoulder his fingers hang helpless.
He testified that his family hat'
paid out $3.50 in doctors bills ii ICE
/ the accident.
Photographs of the scene of the
occident taken last fall were intro,
duccd in evidence. For over ar
hour Beck was under cross-examina.
tion OF General Sargent as to differ
ent locations as shown in the pilot
graphs relative to the accident. Feel
{ said he was Is years old at the tim.
Of the accident and the two boy.
with him, one of whom was driving
the car were about the same age.
He said he found no fault as to the
way the car was being driven before
! the accident.
/ Miss Clark, who lives in Coryville.
/ testified as TO the speed of the Pack.
ard car and said her sister remarked
at the time of the accident, otis a
wonder that something didn't happeH
to the boys before they were going
so rapidly"
Mrs. Nellie Clark, also of the same
family, testified that the Packard car
was going very, very fast. On cross
examination she said Mrs. Heywoo'
had visited her house the day after
the accident and asked her to be
ready to testify to this fact if the
case ever came up for trial.
Mrs. Haywood was called to the
stand and she said she was sure her
car was not going over 90 miles an
hour as that was the rate it was al
ways driven when her father and
mother were in the car. She said the
speed of the Packard car was 40
miles an hour and she thought at the
time there might be an accident to
the boys, but did not think there
would be any accident to. her own
car.
Downer H. Newell of Carlisle, Pa,
brother of Mrs. Haywood who was
in the car when the accident happen
! ed, said he estimated the speed of the
Packard car at from 40 to as miles
an hour. He said he was not surpris-
cd when he heard of the accident be-
cause the Silsby car was going so
fast. Asked why he did not go back
when his sister told him the car and
the boys were in the river he SAID
81 don't know"
The witnesses that followed testi-
fed as to the speed of the .Silsby car.
Mrs. Davis, who was in the team,
said when the boys passed her they
were going so fast they could not
turn back into the road. Miss Grace
Rouse said she saw the 'Silsby car
as it sped past the scale office just
before the accident and it was going
at 40 miles an hour then.
William Virtue the chauffeur of
the Haywood car was on the stand
quite awhile. He said he saw the
Packard car comm gat a great rate
OF speed. After the accident he stop
ped his car, looked back, saw the
Packard car coming at a great rate
went on to St. Johnsbury. He said
the Packard car was going at 40
miles an hour and the Haywood car
was going from Is to 10 miles al
hour. He said he looked back b.
cause he knew they could not make
the turn. He testified that aftee ne
reached St. Johnsbury he went. back
to the scene OF the accident in an
other car. 81. ,..-. d..
In the automobile case in Caledo-
MIA County court the attorneys for
! the plaintiff finished with, their wit
nesses late Thursday afternoon, but
not before Lawyer Searles had CIV
en- Mrs. Haywood severe cross-ex-
animation as to why she did not stop
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