The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-08

The accident is thoroughly ex- plained in the deputy coroner's of- ficial finding. which reads as fol- lows:
 Having been notified on the 5th day of December. A. ID. 1930, that Thomas Higgiston, q white male, about twenty six years of age, had come to a sudden. violent and un- timely death in the town of Water bury, New Haven County, Connecti- cut, and having been further noti- fled on said 5th day of per, A. D. 1880, that Nicholas Marciano, a white male, about nineteen years of age, had also come to a sudden, violent and untimely death in said Town of Waterbury. I at once made all proper inquiry respecting the manner and cause of said deaths. After said inquiry and having req son to suspect said deaths were caused by the criminal act, ommis- sion or carelessness of another, ] and cause of said deaths. Said in- quest was conducted at the town of Waterbury. The following named witnesses were examined:
 Dr Edmund Beizer, St Mary's hos pital, Waterbury.
 Dr Ulr.ch A. Dionne. St Mary's hospital, Waterbury.
 Thomas Grappone. III Avon ave- nue. Waterbury, Conn.
 Earl E. Hardy. PA Bank street, Waterbury. Conn.
 Joseph Lavallo, Waterbury Police Department.
 Louis Lucas. 520 South Leonard street. Waterbury, Conn.
 Rocco Marciano, 592 Wilson street, Waterbury, Conn.
 John J. Morrissey. 90 Cortland avenue. Waterbury, Conn.
 Timothy O'Leary, 6l9 South Main street. Waterbury, Conn.
 Thomas Phelan, Waterbury Police Department.
 Nathan Raskin, Marion, Conn.
 Charles Spiotti, 40 North Leonard street, Waterbury, Conn.
 Bernard Sullivan. 154 Baldwin street. Waterbury, Conn.
 Having considered all of the tes- timony taken at the inquest l. on the 9th day of January. A. D., 1881, made the following finding concern ing said death:
 On the morning of December 5th, 1930, at about 12:50 o'clock the two deceased Thomas Higgiston and Nicholas Marciano. in company with Charles Spiotti and Louis Lucas were returning from the cottage rented by Spiotti. Michael Murphy and Carl Sullivan at Hitchcock 5 Lake. Lucas, a proper licensed oper- ator of motor vehicles, was driving the car, a Dodge Victory model roadster owned by Rocco Marciano. The four young men were seated on the single seat of the roadster. Spi- otti was sitting next to the driver, Marciano next to SpiOtti and Hig- giston sitting on Marciano's lap. They had driven out to the cottage at about half past ten o'clock that night. As Lucas came around the 200 yards westerly from National avenue, Q Dodge truck, owned and operated by Nathan Paskin of Marion approached from the op- posite direction. The truck was fitted with stake body which projected over the chassis of the car. The truck was practically new one and was being operated at q reasonable rate of speed by Raskin.
 Lucas was driving between thirty and thirty five miles an hour. The lights on the approaching truck were very bright. Lucas had gotten almost around the curve when the right rear tire of the Dodge road : ster blew out causing the car tr swerve into and strike the truck operated by Raskin. This tire which blew out was very badly worn.
 The Dodge roadster was swung entirely around in circle, the right side being propelled against the left front part of the truck. The Dodge truck was pushed off the roadway and down the bank so that only the two front wheels rested on the high way. The roadster was completely wrecked. Higgiston was found lying in the roadway and taken at once