The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-17

charge or automobile nOmlci0e. The coroner charges that after Evancho's car struck Sweeney and flung him on to the trolley tracks, the Naugatuck youth drove past another car, then stopped some distance away from the scene, aft- CT which he walked back to where Sweeney's body lay inert but failed to remove the body from .he tracks. 4 few minutes later, after Eyancho had gone back to his car and sat down, a northbound troll ley came along and ran over Sweeney's body where Evancho had left it on the tracks. Then, the coroner continues, when the trol- ley stopped and the body was found, Evancho made no effort to fclfs anyone of the accident but drove away and made some social calls" Evancho was arrested Tn Naugatuck later that night. being traced by broken headlight.
 It will never be known, says the finding, whether Sweeneys death was. caused by being struck by the auto or the trolley. but he con- tends that Evanchos acton III leaving the popular youths poay on the tracks, where it was run e criminal negligence and careless ness.
 victim Decap1tated
 The accident took place Nov 13th on South Main street near City Corners. the coroner claiming that F,vancho's car struck Sweeney just as it was passing an oil truck After Eyancho has finally stopped, cnn1e hack to look at the body and had gone back to his car to slt down. a trolley car operated by patrick Foley of Ansonia came along, Not recognizing the dark obtect in the right of way, the mo, torman did not stop the car until aeer it had struck sweeney body. Examination showed Una. sweeney had been decapitated, ana that he had suffered multiple 1rac- lures of the right arm, lelt arm and leg, jaw and chest. ~ The witnesses examined Tn COT oner Monzanfs inquest were Evaht t cho, who lives at 15 City Hlli sIlee' Union City: Patrick Foley or AT sonia. George Cooley of Torrins- ion Thomas Layden of the state nnIice. Anne Maringola of GA wal rtrafel and Edward Walsh, Jr or 317 North Main street.
 The finding follows:
 Shortly after six o'clock on the evening of November !S, Ioos' Charles EyanchO was driVihs Hudson Terraplane coupe norIh- er1y on South Main street, wa" terbury. It was raining aI .o time and Evancho was iohoMs a Cities Service gasoline truck. I anprOxjmateIy in front of 1olo south Main street, he started to n,,ss the truck. He did this in the nyoDer manner, pulling out 10 fI,e left of the truck, which was or it's own right side of the road and in the travelled portion or the road. In order to pass he truck. he, of course, had to pull over into the track of the sOuth hound traffic, but at that time there was no traffic at that pont headed in a southerly direction. Al the same time Bartholomew Sweeney was ,on the westerly side of the highway. As Evancho started to pass the rear end or fine truck the left front or his ear struck. Sweeney, his body rIancing along the side of the car. and tearing of the left door handle. The force of the impact threw Swceney's body entirety on the hard surfaced road on 10 inc east rail of the Connecucut COmpany's tracks, which at thls point run on dirt right 0f way between the hard surfaced road and the river bank, and at con, siderable distance from the hard surfaced road.
 After EvancslO struck sweeney he speeded up his car, passed the tank truck, pulled in ifont of it, and pulled up to the curb on the east side Of the street at a considerable distance norm of the scene Of the accideht. ne then got out of his automoDne and walked back and across the street to where Sweeney's body Iay and he bent over the bOdy and looked at it, then left It lying on the rail of the trolley track and went back to his auto mobile and sat down. few minutes later a north bound trolley car of the Connecticut Company in charge of Patrick Foley as operator approached the point and Foley, not re- aIizing that a dark object near the track was Sweeney's body and not seeing anything near the object, ran over the object, aI- though he had applied his brakes and stopped his car short dis tance after he had passed Sweeney's body. EvanchO in the meantime sat in his car and observed all this. A crowd soon gathered and State Officer Laden, who came along shortly after, took charge of the situa- ton at the accident and was later relieved by Waterbury po- lice officers.
 The medical examiner was notified, went 10 the scene of tIlc accident, examined the body, and ordered its removal and 1t was removed, all of which was observed by EvanchO as he sat in his parked car, yet he made no effort to apprise any of the officials at the scene of the &C., cidcnt of his connection with the accident or attempt to explain how the accident occurred.
 There were multiple fractures of the right arm. left arm and leg, jaw and chest. and the body was decapitated. After the body had been removed EvanchO made some social calls in Wa terbuFy and after spending the