Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-23
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DID NOT HIT WAGON

DID NOT HIT WAGON | mat the ArmsttonE ahthmebile milk delivery truck did not hit the wagon
 driven by Albert DeRker vas disclosed as the claim of the defense ia the trial of the suit of DeHksr against T. 2. Arm
 strong of Franklin which was resumed in
 the superior eeuFt htfA Tdesday morning
 and continued all day. The. accident
 which rave rise to ike suit happened
 April 1s. 1890, on BfeadEay at the driVe- kWay to ths residences of Archibald Aiteh- ell Dehker was threVh out. and had his wrist broken and claimed that the
 wagon he vas driving was bit iH the rear By tbe Armstrong; auto truck. which
 vas dfiven by Harold B. capshaW.
 The defense showed Tuesday that they
 claim the DenkSr boy Vas thrown out
 of the wagon because he drove up on to
 a stene that is at the side of the Mitchell
 driveway.
 Tine splalHtin-s Attorneys. Edwin ".
 Higgins and John D. Hall. clesed their
 ease Tuesday morning with the evidences
 of Frank l.. Farrell, Wallace s. Aiils and Alexander M. PaSnik at to what they saw of the position of the Dtnksr waEon and |. the automobile just after the accident Freaeriek s. Arnstferk sf Franklin. owner of the automobile. was first called
 t0,the stand by his attorneys Major Hull I ing notified of the Accident and soinG to the Norwich police station, where hb saw
 capshaN. Later Mir. ArmStfehk found ] his auto. The light hand niudguard on the front aAd caB on the right hand
 wheel were d&maS6d and ths machine was otherwise injured. Nr. Armstfons was able ts drive the aute home under its own power.
 CaHshaw who was driving sAs aut : truck. testified that as rsnksr turned {, fe into the driveway he did net put GU ! his hand as warning signal te Caeshar who was coming from behind CapsfIai said he swerved bis car sharp te the lef r and then to the right. The car turne, 8 over on ifs side Miss Elizabeth Dueri s whs was riding with him was thfovH. out Miss Duerr. who had her leg broke Q in the accident, followed Ar. Cspsha, h on the stand.
 l Earl H. Rogers. employed by Mi T Armstrong on the farm at the time of tn g accident. testified that there were n ( marks on the left side of the automobil 1T after the accident, but the marks wer J. on the right side
 c Harold William Riley of this city, q # automobile mechanic, teqtihed that k T made repa!Ts to the Armstrong au: v truck in June 1920. and found the ke, l. way in the shaft worn to surh an exter 5- that it retarueo inc spark. The car ha
 so little power that 1t could not go II B Broadway on second. He testihed to tf l. repairs he made as a result Of vhie -e the truck would go up Broadway 1 L. high.
 d On cross examination the witness sal he remembered Mir. Armstrong; buyiT le some brake bands. He thought 1t VI D. few days after the accident. H. cou ir not tell about the condition of Il ie brakes on the car at all times as N .l- Armstrong does a lot of his own r s. pairs. When the car was brought ae for repairs in June 1t could scarce, e. make 20 miles an hour. After the T he pairs the speed was about doubled. n. Leroy A. Miner of Norwich Town.
 farmer working for his father, testih A. he saw the Denker boy drivizg oR | ss right hand side of Broadway and t eeo Armstrong truck was south of the V ooSo terlng trough and about the middle 'V the street. Miner was driving a ml
 wagon down Broadway and. had aBo vc reached the southerly end of the Mitch oo property. he said, when he heard oo crash. He looked around and saw
 automobile tipping over south of { oo Mitchell driveway. The Denker hel ee and wagon were just about on the s!t ee walk.
 = ,Fke defendant rested .t this point a ee Attorney Edwin W. Hic-iKs began
 first argument for the plaintiff which
 had not finished when court adjourned na Wednesday morning.