New Britain herald., 1920-06-05
RECKLESS N DRIVERS
 PAY FINES OF $25
Hartford Autoist Figured in Col
 ision Tuesday Evening


 Neurath of Wallace street, was in- jured and his car. light raceabout, was badly da ma ged, Percival S. Clark and James ]. Killian of Hartford were arraigned his morning before Judge John Fl. kirkham on a reckless driv- ing charge. Fines of $25 and costs were imposed upon each and bonds fixed at $10o in case of-an appeal. Lawyer P. F. McDonough defended the accused and the states case was presented by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods.
 Struck at 1belle's Corner.
 Ncurath. on the witness stand, told the court of. driving his machine which is a stripped Ford car from Hartford. He is employed as an auto mobile repairman, in which business he has had about seven years ex- perience, he said. According to his story. he left Temple street, Hartford about 6:SO. He expIaine dthe cause ner, where the accident happened about 6:30 He explained the cansa of his delay was a broken bearin1 which he was afraid of losing. Th car was skir ping cylinder, sAi told the court, and for those reasou he drove slowly.
 Knocked Unconscious.
 When he neared the scene Of t accident two cars came into sig The car driven by Killian was T advance of the other. Clark's car, said, made an effort to pass out tKif lian's Packard touring car and ih' s1 doing crashed into the Ford. mock ing Ncurath up dirt baIak and ca ua ing much damage to the vehiclo.@ Th h& driver was knocked unconscious, hA told the court. G Testimony Corrobornted. ' Corroborative testimony was ofEeren by Mrs. Burton Gillette, Burton Git ette, Jr., and Miss Artlie Gillette neither of whom had witnessed the accident but were on the scene short ly aftcrward. Mrs. Gilette's attention, had been called to the racing of the two cars, she said. by her daughter. The young man claimed < to have heard the cars speed by but did not see the impact.
 Detectives on Stand.
 Detective Sergeants Richardson and Johnson offered testimony dealing with measurements. taken after the incident had been reported to the po- lice department. Sergeant Richai d : son told of conversation with Mr. killiar following the accident in which the Hartford autoist admitted having figured in the incident oiiiy in so far as he had returned to assist the injured man.
 ..-t. killian Is Heard.
 When called to the witness stand for the defense, MT. kil1ian said he had been driving cars for about 10 years having been a salesman for the Packard Automobile company for that length of time. His prospective customer Tuesday evening was a Hartford doctor. Realizing that he might be of assistance because of that fact, he said, he returned soon after he heard the cars collide. He had previously passed Ciark's car and 9 short distance up the road went by the New Britain vehicle Asked by Lawyer McDonough as to how fast MT. Neurath had been driv- ing, he replied faster than I, and I was going about 25 or 30 miles an hour.''
 Clark Blames Neurath.
 MT. Clark told of having been in the automobile sales business for more than 20 years and having fig ured in no previous accidents that required court action. He described the incidents leading up to the crash. According to his story, he turned out a little to avoid striking standing automobile truck, following in the wake of Killian's car, when sudden- ly Neurath came into sight making a desperate attempt to right him. self after going into the soft dirt on the side of the road. The light vehicle crashed into the Hartford car, the witness claimed.
 Did Not ASspuuoC RIav,ne
 The witness was questioned as to whether he had assumed the blame for the crash and he denied the claims most emphaticaIly. Had the man not been injured, he said, he would have felt that something should be done to him for driving recklcssly. His only offer was to give him immediate physical assistance.
 In closing his defense, Lawyer McDonough argued that Neurath, and not the men arraigned, were respon- sible for the accident. He offered a. motion. for the dismissal o4 the charges against his clients, Who, he said, were driving at a fair rate of speed and instead of striking the light car, were struck by Neurath's machine.
 Boys in Chambers.
 Fou, small boys were in chambers for the theft of chocolates from the O'Brien Exposition shows. They were arrested by Officer Hanford Dart and about a dozen half-pound boxes of candy were. found on their persons. Three of the boxes had been emptied.
 Youthful Thieves Caught.
 Officer John C. Stadler received a. last night that the rooms of three boarders at the Begley block had been entered and watches, jew-s elry, cash, flashlights and papers, in-