Connecticut western news., 1922-08-10
INTOXICATED OPERATORS
 OF AUTOS ARRESTED
Three Winsted Men Fined for
 Violation of Automobile Laws

According to Webster, auto-intoxl- cation means poisoning or the state of being poisoned from toxic sub stances produced within the, body. This definition is more apt than might at first appear to two automo- bile violations both of which occurred last Thursday one in the Towns ot Norfolk and North Canaan and the other in the Town of Winchester.
 Charles E. Simons, whose address is 684 Main Street, Winsted, the . owner of a Hudson 1915 seven pas senger car, was riding in that car operated by his brother, George II. Simons on the road from Winsted to Canaan, last Thursday afternoon. At about five o'clock in attempting to pass a car belonging to Mrs. Gray of Lakeville a short distance west of Norfolk, Simons ran into Mrs. Gray's car and damaged the same and at the same time smashed the front right / fender and both tires on the right wheels of his own car. Slmons dld not stop to ascertain what damage he had done and render the necessary assistance but put on full power and continued to Canaan, turning at the Naples toward the Massachusetts line and onto the Clayton road. His car attracted the attention ot seV- eral people running along on two flat tires. When at a point near Robert Miller's the car swerved from the road and went through a wire fence: the two men left the car and ran through corn field, barn yard, barn.. and bushes and lost no time getting over the Massachusetts line. Officer Treischman in the absence ot States Policeman Preston ordered the car lowed to local garage and both Simons brothers gave them selves up to Officer Preston Friday morning. They were brought before Justice George W. Ford. at Norfolk Friday afternoon, George H. charged with reckless driving and evad1ng responsibility and the owner Charles F. with evading responsibility. Both pleaded guilty, the former was tined a total on both, counts of $lOO and costs and sentenced to fifteen days in the county jail, and the other $50 and costs and sentenced to ten days in iail; both of the jail sentences were suspended when the Justice learned that both the men had families dependant on them for sup port. The costs in each case am ounted to $15.13 which the accused paid and Officer Preston took the car into his possession as security for the fines. It was brought out at the hearing that both men had been drinking so called hooch and were not in a fit condition to operate a motor vehicle, but apparently were poisoned from toxic substances pro- duced within their bodies.
 The other violation of the motor vehicle laws occurring on the same day brought Joseph Haddad, Win sted fruit store owner before the local court charged with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. A short time after midnight Thursday morning Joseph Haddad started for Hartford in a Rec Speedwagon and while proceeding along the New 1atttofd road, running at very riea rate of sreed, at a point near 'he large sign, he ran into an Over land car owned and operated by Clifford H. Palmer, of Winstcd. Haddad was alone but MT. Palmer had his wife. small chIid and his r.uther with hlm. All of the occu- ports of the cars escaped injnry but both cars were completely .dclnolich- %. Judge Seymour fined iladdad 800 and cosrs amounting to S3.25 which were paid. MT. Palmer nHs instituted a ..ivil suit against Had ded, his fruit store hav'r, been attached by Constable Mi ldlcbrooks claiming $2500 damages.
 An intoxicated operator of mo- tor vehicle is the worst menace of motoring today and the authoriti> 2 are making every effort to rid s!;e highways of this nuisance. Thc Motor Vehicle Department reVohes the operators license of anyone found guilty of operating while in- toxicated and refuse to return these licenses for one year. This in most instances amounts to a greater pen alty than any fine imposed. Rid the road of drunken operators.