The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-18

Coroner Walter w. Snytn III m" investigation of the death ot Mts Margaret Lawlor, 67, of Forest- vile. Conn, who was Ialaiiy l iured In an automobile acclaent on fhe Cheshire New Haven hlgh"ay. Mrs Lawlor, passenger Ill oas operated by her son, James, w"s so badly hurt in collision Wi.n machine operated by James M. oN of 4O9 Columbus avenue NeW ven, that her death occurred aE nel on August 5th. The accident .ooM ss place when Fox attempted to po' Io1 p' ,,,cbine driven by Walter Ho- 1r of 3S3 Greenwich avenue New Haven. forcing the Lawlor car to one side and into a telephoiie pole. tor
 Fox who is held responsible for +be accident and the death ol MI J.awlor, continued or his way pu' was pursued by Hogan and al rested in Hamden.
 Testimony in the case was lakeil bv Deputy Coroner Smyth III lne towns of Waterbury, New HaVeh' , Hamden, Cheshire and Bristol. AS inc tragedy took place in Cheshlre' Fox will be turned over to the au- thorities of that town on the charge of automobile homicide,
 Record of inquest held on the body of Mrs Margaret Lawlor' wno died August 5. 1881, at Waterpury' New Haven County, ConnectlcuL'
 Having been notified on tne 26th day of July. A. D. l9Si, tnal Mrs Margaret Lawlor, whlte ie- male, sixty-seven years or age, iay in imminent danger of death at ot Marys hospital, in the town ol Waterbury, County Of New Haven. State of Connecticut, as result oI an automobile accident, at olte made all proper inquiries respect ing the cause of her said condition. Having been further notified on inc 5th day of August, AID. l93l' that the said Mrs Margaret Law Tor had died, and having reason to suspect said death was causeu bv the criminal act, omission or carelessness of another or others I continued said inquiry and helo n, inuuest to determine the man. ner and cause Of said death. further ordered an autopsy, Whlch autopsv was performed by pr Eu- ward H. Kirschbaum, medlcal eH, aminer of said Waterbury. Saio inouest was conducted at the towns of Waterbury, New Haven. Hom- den. Cheshire and Bristol Ine following named witnesses were examined: ,.raat Cheshire, Conn. x,
 street. ForestviNe, Conn.
 Vaudeville Delaney, South Main street, Cheshire, Conn.
 James M. Fox, 409 Columbus avenue. New Haven. Conn
 Stanley Hayes, 160 Moves street.
 David Hogan, 3SS Greenwich avenue. New Haven, Conn.
 Mrs Mary Hoean, 3SS Green"icr avenue. New Haven, Conn.
 Rita Hogan, SS3 Greenwich ave- nue. New Haven. Conn:
 Walter Hogan, Jr, 3SS Green wich avenue, New Haven, conn.
 Walter Hogan, ST, 3SS Green wich avenue. New Haven, conn.
 Leslie Hubbell, Main street. Cheshire, Conn. d. co
 Robert S. Ives, Cheshire, conn;
 James F. Lawlor, ITO East M"'-' street, Forestville, Conn: .o.
 Gladys Lynch, 69 west s'ree'' Bristol, Conn. -, e,, Maj,
 Sarah L. Marshall south M"'' street. Cheshire, Conn.
 Iohn H Marshall, South Main street Cheshire, Conn.
 Frank Merrick, South Main street. Cheshire, Conn.
 James Murphy, 101 Lilac street. New Haven, Conn.
 Lillian Norton, AZ Judd street. Bristol, Conn. o, pris.
 oscar Nelson, Main street. hris- W Oscar Nelson, Main street. Ches-
 David A. Parker, Main street.
 William Perbilla, Hamden Police Denartment, Hamden, conn.
 Having considered all of the tes- timony taken at the inquest, to- pether with a report of the au- 1onsy. I. on the 18th day Of sep tember, A. D., 1881, made the TOT, lowing finding concerning sa'u
 The deceased, Mrs Margaret Iawlor. on the 18th day of July A. D., 1881, at about S:SO p. m, daylight saving time, was one ol the occupants of the rear seat ol 1923 model Studebaker touring car being operated on the Ches- hire-New Haven highway. The car was driven by her son, James Iawlor, a duly licensed operator of motor vehicles. and was pro ceeding northerly from New Haven to Cheshire. .at Bristol, was sitting on the same seat to the right of Mrs LaWior and Gladys Lynch, of o9 Wes' street, Bristol, was sitting on Mt' : Lawlor's left, James J. Critchiey Al Vernon street, ForestVille, Wa ir the front seat of the car with James Lawlor. the driver. WheI the Lawlor car reached point or The Cheshire-New Haven roao about a mile south of the center of Cheshire, and about 60 iee' from the residence of William Brown. a Chevrolet coupe, operat' cd bv James Fox, of 409 Columbu: avenue. New Haven, approachee from the opposite direction. WILT Fox was James Murphy, Of 1Ol Lilac street, New Haven, who al that time was under the influence of liouor. Fox had left Water bury a short time before, and wher he reached a place near The Notch" in Cheshire,s he attempted to pass a car operated by Water Hogan, Jr, of 3S3 Greenwich ave nue. New Haven, with the resui' that the Hogan car was forced tt the extreme right hand side ano almost off the road.
 When Fox reached the point or fhe Cheshire-New Haven roadway near the Brown home, he wal travelling on the left hand side ol inc road, and, when the Lawlor cal approached, was passing a car tt fhe right of him. The car thal Fox was passing had bright head ehts, and these headlights some what troubled Lawlor. Fox. whose iigbts were not lit. although it was about 6:30 D. m. and dark enougi 10 require the use of headlights kept on the left side of the roac and forced Lawlor to leave tho rondway and turn to the right tt avoid head-on collision. Fo'
 .- xwa varinm at about thirty-fiVt