New Britain herald., 1929-05-07
|DIDSbURY'S DEATH | BLAMED 0N LARSON
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bury, white male, 39 years old. late of the town of New Britain, Hart ford county, state of Connecticut who on the 24th day of April. 1929, came to a violent death in the town of New Haven, county of New Ha- ven. state of Connecticut. l at once made immediate inquiry respecting the manner and cause of said death. After said inquiry and having req sons to suspect said death was caus- ed by the criminal act. omission or carelessness of another or others, held an inquest as to the manner and cause of said death. Said in- quest was held at the town Of New Haven, the following named persons beirg examined as witnesses:
 William Gay, Arlington street Meriden, Conn. Clinton Tracy, Ar iingtor street, Meriden. Conn. R. H. Bannell, North Haven, Erie Lar son, s Lyons street. New Britain, Edward T. Brown, North Haven, A. Herbert Carlson. North Haven.
 Having considered all the testi- mony taken at the inquest, l. on the 9th day of May, 1929, made the fol- lowing finding concerning said death
 Deceased, single, a laborer lived on Glen street, New Britain. His mother, Martha Watkins, lives at 19 East Broad street, Plainville. Conn.
 About GAS p. m.. April Fist, 1929. deceased was a passenger in the Ford sedan owned and driven at the time by Eric Larson of 1 5 Lyons street, New Britain, a duly licensed operator of motor vehicles Deceased was fatally injured when Larson, after colliding with an auto mobile owned and driven by William Gay of Meriden, Conn.,, ran along the road into fence. as result of which deceased was throw out of the car upon his head. sustaining among other injuries a fractured skull, his death ensuing on April 24th.
 T find at this time Larson was driving on the Boston Post Road near the home of one Todd, in d southerly direction and that Gays car was the last car of line of traf- fic going north.
 II find that there Were several cars proceeding in a southerly direc- ton in front of Larson: that two or three times before the accident Lar son had cut out of line in an en- deavor to pass some of the cars in front of him but on each occasion turned back into the same place which he had held previously. On his last attempt. however he found himself too close to the car which was immediately in front of him and upon turning out collided with the left rear of Gays car coming in the opposite direction. Larson then ran along the road to the left. across the single trolley track which is on the easterly side of the road, over a small bank and upon the sidewalk, crashing into a picket fence in front of the home of Todd turning out again and finally coming to a stop partly upon the trolley tracks.
 Il find that both deceased and Larson had spent the Sunday after noon drinking wine, and at the time of the collision Larson was under the influence of liquor. l am of the opin- icn that he operated his car in a| reckless manner and that he was in no condition to drive at the time. I therefore find that he is criminally for the death of deceAs- ed.
 '1n compliance with the statute perior Court fo' New Haven county. ! my report of the inquest together with the testimony taken"