Connecticut western news., 1920-09-23
CORONER'S FINDING IN
 CASE OF DIANA BROWN
Exonerates Motorist Whose Car Killed East Ca-
 naan Child

Henry k. Page of East Hartford, whose automobile struck and nor tally injured Diana Brown, about five years old, daughter of Joseph Brown of East Canaan, in that viI- lage Aug. 27, death resulting in the Litchfield County hospital the next day, is absolved of criminal respon- sibility in a finding announced by Coroner s. A. Herman. The girls brother, about eight years old, whs was injured in the same accident has practically recovered from him injures.
 The coroner's finding follows ia part.
 At about 8 o'clock in the evening of Aug. 27, received informatiom that there had been an automobiIs accident on the trunk line highway about one mile easterly from tho East Canaan postoffice, and thai there were two children seriously hurt. On the morning of Aug. 2S, N went to the place of the accident and viewed the same and some of tho people who knew something abouA the accident, and on the morning of Aug. 2S Diana Brown, while f@- male, aged about five years, having been born in January, 1915, died from her injuries. I did not order an autopsy to be performed as the cause of her death was we'll known On the 7th day of September, 1920, I held an inquest in the town build ing at Canaan, in the town of North Canaan, at II o'clock in the fore noon and examined several witness es.
 On the said 27th day of August. Harry E. Page, who had with him hi@ operators license, of No. 48 Elm street, East Hartford, was driving in a westerly direction on the trunk line highway between Norfolk ana East Canaan, his Peerless Sedan automobile, which was duly register ed in this state, with five other per- sons, namely: Guy P. Wilcox, Ray mond H. Lyons, Charles H. Chamber lain, Arthur Dixon and Charles w. Church, with him in his automobiIes When near the place of the accident. and on a curve a short distance cas- terly therefrom, there was a team travelling easterly, driven by Charles Fl. Sage of said town of North Ca- naan, and as he turned to pass the team he sounded his horn, and ump he was opposite the horses two chiI- dren, the said deceased and her brother, aged about six years, darted out from the rear of the wagon in which Charles Sage was, and direct. ly in front of the course of MT. Page's automobile. He immediately applied both brakes and turned hi1 car abruptly to the right, the frouf end of the car passing these children, but the car capsized, turnjEg upon its left side, then onto Ike top, then over onto its side. The boys head was injured quite seriously and the deceased's right leg was severed at the knee. From the evidence I am convinced that the left hand rear corner of the Sedan automobile land ed on the deceased's right leg and therefore caused the severance. Wit nesses testified that blood was on that corner of the automobile. When the car stopped its motion, it had almost reversed itself, that is the front end was nearly facing east
 These children lived at a house, with their parents, MT. and Mrs- Joseph Brown, opposite the place of the accident. On the westerly side of this house there is a driveway leading from the trunk line highway and to this driveway there ia A wrought wheel path from the east and one from the west, forming a r, with grass plot triangular in shape be- tween said east and west intersec- tions of said driveway. The auto mobile was lying on the most caster
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