Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07

eral Hospital said that he would
advise against the use of the Shout
der for heavy work as the bone has
not firmly knit as yet and heavy work
might make a bad matter worse. He
said that probably the shoulder
would work out all right.
The plaintiff rested here and
Prof. Samuel Lott was called as the
first witness for the defense. Prof.
Lott stated that he was a professor
at Stevens Institute of Technology
in Hoboken, N. j., and that he
comes to Maine each summer to
stay at Horse Point on Great Pond.
His automobile Is an Imperial
which was purchased in 1916 and is
rated at % horsepower.
On the day of the accident he and
the family were returning to New
Jersey after passing the Summer
here and were travelling over the
road for the first time for several
weeks. Upon entering Belgrade De-
pot. they had slowed down and put
the car into second to cross the
railroad track. He had then speed
ed up the car and put 1t back into
high but had not attained any
speed when he saw the sign which
Mr.. Abbott had spoken Of. Although
the road was good beyond the sign
he had kept the car at between ID
and IS miles an hour. When he
came over a slight rise he saw the
truck about 800 feet away but could
see no one on or about 1t. When
between 200 and 300 feet from the
car he blew his horn, and Mrs. Lott
who is nervous and has horn in
stalled where, she can blow it. blew
hers Immediately after. They passed
the truck with about five feet be-
tween the car and the truck and he
saw no one. His son who was in
the tonneau OF the car called out
that they had hit some one and he
at first thought the boy was joking.
The look of concern upon the faces
of those in the rear seat convinced
him that 1t was true and he stopped
the car. At the time he was going
between Is and IS miles an hour
and was positive on that point as he
glanced at the speedometer regular
ly and has driven for nearly 20
years. His car could not possible
have been driven over 80 miles an
hour at that time.
He then related how he had taken
Dreamer to the doctors Office and
how after he arrived there he
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top of the car was bent. It had been
alright before the accident but was
now bent and after they had driven
but a short distance it broke and
the top began to come down.
Mrs. Lott testified substantially
the same as Mr.. Lott. She stated
that she was positive that she saw
no one about the truck at any time
and that she did not see Dreamer
until he was struck by the auto. She
said that they brought their car to
a stop within 20 feet of the place
where the accident occurred.
George B. Farnham, who lived
but a short distance from the scene
of the accident said that he was in
the yard and saw an auto so by and
another car with very loud horn,
which was apparently the Lott car
pass it. The Lott car was going
about % miles an hour at the time.
Miss Luvita Bickford Of Belgrade
and Grant and Charles Lott. sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lott who were all in
the car at the time of the accident
corroborated the testimony of Prof.
Lott. No one in the car could re-
member seeing the auto driven by
Mr.. Abbott, which they were alleg-
ed to have passed at such a rapid
rate of speed, and they did not see
Abbott at any time near the scene
of the accident.
Here the defense closed and the
arguments of the lawyers occupied
the remainder of the afternoon. Mr..
Dreamer was represented by Hon.
Frederick w. Hinckley of the firm
of Hinckley and Hinckley and Mr..
Lott by Attorney Carl Jones of the
firm of Bradley, Linneii and Jones.