Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-28
TESTIFY TO HIGH SPEED
 HUMPHREY CAB WAS MAXI

Six witnesses testified in the Water ford town court Monday afternoon to the high speed at which Charles H. Humphrey of New London was driving his car on the Waterford turnpike On July 18th last when the car upset and John E. Cairns of New London was in- stantly killed and Humphrey was se- verely injured.
 Humphrey was given a hearing Mon | day before Justice of the Peace John A. Walker who found probable cause | for binding Humphrey over to the Jan ua-y term of the criminal superior court on tpe charge of negligent opera | tion of tie automobile that caused the i death ot Cairns Bonds were placed a: sl 500 which were furnished by Patrick L. Shea of New London.
 | At the hearing. which was largely at 1 tended, the accused, through his coun- sell Attorney John c. Geary. entered a plea of not guilty Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Troland, acting for the state attorney, placed seven witnesses On the stand, and retained several others in reserve After hearing the evidence that was presented the defendant and his attorney conferred and 1t was de- cided not to present any witnesses for the defense.
 Charles E. Beebe of Waterford. ern- ployed at the Shore Line Electric Go. powerhouse, about & mile from the scene of the crash, testified that short
 time before he heard of the affair, the car driven by Humphrey had passed the powerhouse, bound eastward al what he estimated to 1 e about go miles per hour. Witness was c,rtain that the car was going faster than any he
 had ever ridden in.
 Miss Grace Hallock, employed In Hen
 driilson's-e stolei tthree-qrarters of a
 mile distant from the scene of the fa-
 tai mishap, testified that when the
 Humph1 ey car passed the stora goi1t
 east. she estimated the s1aed at abou
 55-60 miles per h,Nur. She stated tEa
 the car disappeared from her view yer!
 quickly
 Mrs L. M. Wright, who resides g
 short distance west of the scene. ac
 cording to her testimony, saw the Hum
 phrey car 1car past her house at ver.
 rapid rate of speed and a few second
 later heard the crash.
 Mrs. Beatrice Glorig, residing righ at the scene, said that she had a glanc
 of the car through a window, but s fast did it travel, that she did not ge } a second view of it and said that l l seemed as though the car had jus
 swept past the window when she hear the crash.
 Her son, John, nine years of age f told the court that he was walkin | along the road short distance ava
 from where the car turned over an I that it was going very fast. Ther were several other cars on the roac 2 Suddenly came the grinding of brake and the red Dupont skidded, ran ont
 the trolley tracks, hit a telephone pol , and turned over. Witness said ths | 6a car he called to his mother to come t the window to see it speed by. Wilbur Walker, ten years of age wa sitting up in a tree only a few fet
 from where the car turned over H
 corroborated in detail the statement
 made by young Glorig. The boys. owin to their youth, were, of course. unab e to estimate the speed of the Humphre e car.
 State Policeman Frank E. Wicker I testified to being called into the cas l. by the state attorney and of the result
 of his investigations. Mea surement f and drawings made by the witness a the scene of the crash, showing the di Q tance from where the brakes were fir,
 applied, to the pole and from the DO f to the point where the car overturne = were submitted by the officer, as we a as measurements as to the range ( | clear vision, etc, in the immediate V l. cinity
 Humphrey. since the accident. 1t
 said, has claimed that he would ha, been able to extricate his high-power, 't Dupont car, which he was demonstra 'l ing to Cairns from it's precarious n,
 s1tion between two automobiles going
 opposite directions had he been ne
 mftted to handle the car alone. Cairr s he claims, evidently thinking that co e lfsion was imminent, suddenly reach, !. over and pulled on the emergency brak Q thereby causing the rear wheels to loc q and the car to skid and oyerturn