Putnam patriot., 1923-11-30
FOUR IN HOSPITAL
 AFTER AUTO CRASH
One Driver Faces Three Charg- es.--Allese He Was
 Drunk
Misses Bayer and Hart. In Other Car.
 Are Injured

Three charges growing out of an automobile accident at South Oxford early last evening await the discharge If Edmund J. Belisle of Worcester from the City Hospital. where he Is patient suffering from internal hurts belisle operated the automobile that crashed into the car owned by Lugene Collins of Nauregan. and in which were riding Leo Farland of Wauregan and the Misses Teresa Bayer and Pearl Hart. nurses at the Day Kim ball Hospital The latter party were euioute from this city to Worcester to attend the theatre Reiisle IS charged with being drunk. with driving an au- tamobilc while intoxicated and with driving machine in such manner as to endanRer the lives of the public.
 Nurses Become Patients
 As result of the accident Miss Rayer and Miss Hart became patients at the hospital in which only few hours before they had been busy min istering to the needs of sick folks con fined to the institution. Of the two Miss Rayer was the most severely ia- iurcd Besides being severely shaken up and bruised, she received blow that for time was believed Co have crushed one or more ribs. Thorough examination disclosed nothing more serious than the painful bruise caused hy the blow when she was thrown vie- iently forward as the other car crash ed into the one m which she was d passenger.
 Miss Hart was also severely shaken up and suffers from shock attending A. .. T l ..t. et4t also painfully bruised.
 CT the companions of the nurses, Mir. Collins was the most severely in~ iured lie remains a patient at the local hospital. ugly scalp wounds and ctinrrrn ami causing greatest dIscofn- fort just now. His friend. Mir. Far land. did not remain as the hospital, returning home after an injury to his nose had been treated.
 Maehin. Zisxsss Along
 As the local party was passing through South Oxford. they saw an other machine approaching from the opposite direction, and they became concerned when the ear followed an uncertain course. The Collins machine was driven clear over onto the side of the road to avoid collision. but this move did not avert the crash. The Worcester machine iammed the Col lfns car almost hroadsidc. The latter machine did not overturn, but it was heavily damaged The Belisle ear was also much damaged.
 Those in the local machine were aa- sisted to nearby store and Dr. Fletcher of Oxford was summoned. In Inc meantime state police officers ar rived and they immediately placed Belisle under arrest and he was taken to thc police station in Webster.
 W. R. Chandler, manager of the f.i- mer Auto Co sales station at Putnam. who was on his way tn Worcester. stanpea at the scene ef the accident. and those with him being agreeable to wait. Mir. Chandler made two trips Co Putnam to the hospital. with the four injured and stranded members Of the local party. q
 Take Prisoner to Jail
 Belisle. after he was locked up in q cell. gave evidences of being in se- we're pain and doctor was summon cd. Following his examination he or dered the man taken to the City Hos pital. Worcester, because he was suf- fering from internal hurts. the seri- ousneas of which had not been deter mined fate this forenoon.
 About year ago Mir. Farland. who escaped more fortunately than the others in last nights accident. figured in motorcycle crash in which he was very badly injured. For months he was patient at the Day kimban Hospital. where both Miss Bayer and Miss Hart are nurses. and with whom h,. hnrnnnn uNnll acnnninted