The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
TWO HELD IN
 DEATH OF MAN
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 The coroner's finding is as fol lows:
 Having considered all of the testimony taken at the inquest, to- gether with the external examina- tion and the report of the au- topsy hereinafter referred to and now on file, I, on the Sd day of August, 1939, made the following finding concerning said death:
 On July IA, 1899, at about 11:45 D. m., daylight saving time, the deceased was walking up Bishop street in 8 westerly direction on the northerly sidewalk. At said time Joseph Calling was standing talking with Carrie Gardner, both colored, on the northerly sidewalk of Bishop street at a point in front of Jones Tea Room, so-call- ed. As he passed where Calling and Miss Gardner were standing, Carter placed his arm upon or around said Carrier Gardner, took his arm away immediately and proceeded harmlessly along in 8 northerly direction.
 No words were spoken by any of the three mentioned at the time, and the girl regarded the occur renee as trivial and harmless, but when deceased had proceeded some distance Calling called to one Garfield Bostic, colored, tell- ing Bostic that he needed him and asking him to come with him. Calling and Bostic thereupon pro- ceeded after Garter, despite the atempt of said Carrie Gardner to dissuade them, the Gardner girl stating to Gatling and Bostic that Carter had done her no harm.
 The two men reached Carter, and Bostic asked Carter what he meant by insulting the Gardner girl, to which Carter replied that he meant no harm. The said Bostic thereupon struck Carter in the face and Carter staggered back o few steps, whereupon the said Gatling struck Carter . blow on the face with his right fist which knocked Carter down, deceased landing on his back and striking the back of his head on the sidewalk.
 Carter at no time offered any violence to Calling or Bostic, nor any gesture of aggression or de- fense.
 Bostic and Gatling ran down Bishop street to North Main street, down North Elm street, and over Spark street to Bostic's home at 65 Abbott avenue, where they remained together for about fif- teen minutes. Calling returned to the vicinity and heard police inquiring for him. He subse- quently went to 60 Abbott avenue, where he lives, and went to the apartment of his brother, who lives on the floor above and where he was arrested early the next morning.
 Carter was removed unconscious to St. Mary's hospital, Waterbury, in a passing automobile, and was admitted at 11:55 p. m., July IA. 1899. He improved somewhat at first but later became worse and died at said hospital on July %, 1899, at about 11:00 p. m., daylight saving time.
 find that the death of said Allen H. Carter was due to frac- tured skull, sub-dural hemorrhage and brain injury, there being 8 linear fracture in the postersor portion of the skull and diffuse sub-dural hemorrnage throughout the brain with particularly large clots in both anterior fossae of the skull, sustained in the manner hereinbefore described, and that said death was due to the crirm- inal acts of said Joseph Calling and said Garfield Bostic but not to any criminal act or commission on the part of said Carrie Gard ner.
 WILLIAM B. HENNEssY Coroner for New Haven County Q
 Waterbury.