New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
RUN DOWN BY AUTO.
 WOMAN, 80, KILLED
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the center of the road, on the left hand side. when he hit the agn,l woman. From the point where he said the collision occurred 10 blood spots on the roadway where Mrs. Spurvey had been picked up Wls fully 15 feet, 10 inches.
 Tn his first statement to the DO lice officers. Dixon said that Mrs. Spurvey had been caught on tht' front of his machine and had 1ern carried the Is feet and 10 inches. but in his later and final statement he said that she had been thrown forward by the impact Of his car as it was brought to a s.dden stop.
 Emergency Brake Defective
 Late last night the police officers took Dixon and his car to the Ken nedy Auto Parts company's brake testing grounds on East Main street 10 test his brakes. With Sergeah; McAvay and Acting Sergeant Col lins holding flashlights to indicate where the brakes should be applied it was found thIA.while his foot brake was in exceVelt condition. hls emergency brake failed to stop tho car within the required distancC when it was traveling at a rate ot 70 miles an hour. In fact, the ca' ran 27 feet over the required dis. tance when the hand brake was ba. ing tested.
 Dixon. dissatisfied with the firS' test, asked the officers to let hin test the hand brake on his car agair but on the second test they wer. also found faulty, stopping the ca, = feet beyond the end marker O the grounds when the car was pro ceeding at d 20 mile rate. After tn second test the man appeared to 5C satisfied.
 Travelling 13 Miles An Hour Henry Bray of 10 Lake court, wh' was driving car in the rear of : car driven by Dixon. in his statemen 10 the police last night says that h, was possibly only 15 feet in the rcaI of DiXon's car when he hit the agec woman. He suddenly saw DiXor put on his brake and Bray put hi! on also. He saw Dixon get out of hi ear. 20 to the front of the machine and assist another man in pickins | the woman up. He then told tn, men to hurry to the hospital, whicl | [ | +1, -4, rt her He also noticed that on th' right hand side of the street at tha | point there was q parked car. H. l judged that DiXoH's car was travel 1 ing at about i ) mile an hour rat, ! when he hit Mrs. Spurvey, becaus | he had followed Dixon from the rail | way crossing at that speed.
 That there were two ears parkc, | in front of the restaurant at 239 IilU street where the accident happene, and where he was standing was thu statement made to the police h. l Guilty, so far as police know. tn, only eye witness to the accident.
 The woman came out of tn
 house at 237 Elm street. his state | mcnt continued, and walked out tn | driveway to the street. In this wa
 she walked into the street in iron
 of two parked ears. Just as she step red into the street this auto whicl
 was passing struck her, throwing he forward on her head,
 9Th" ,m stopped almost immedi
 atcly so that the body was still il
 front cr tho machine when ii stop ped | went out into the street ant
 helped to pick her up, Dixon di,
 not know where the hospital was s
 after helped 10 put her into tn
 car, I went along 10 tho hospital.
 "lt appeared that inc car wa
 moving slowly. It didn't seem to m
 that the speed was more than