New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1928, Page 10

DENOUNGES DRIVER WHO LEFT WRECK Bat Judge s Forood to Grant Struzinski His Freedom Declaring that the action of .An- r aged 24, of 76 ving the scene of orth and Clark ¥ 28, without making entity, was “reprehen- crving that under the had not been proven reasonable dought, police court Bl street, in 1 es of reck- d evading responsibil- MecaAvay test 29, and ving car from the 'U-Drive company on #oymour street. He denied he was iviving at the time of the collision | ith & car owned by Joseph Ellert [ 153 Miller streeg and driven by idward kman of 99 Linden reel. Beckman testified to the de-| by the impact and. wh ¥ i mination by Mr. Greenstein. Denies He Was Driving \dmitting that he_ had engaged f automobile, Striisinski denied Lat he was drising at'the time of collision. Ateck Niedzwicski or Micjerski, (he did not know the cor- rect spelling) was at the wheel and when Struzinski saw there was no powsibility of avoiding the crash, he opened the door and jumped out of Uie car, injuring himself about the} Lody and head. Someone assisted nim into an automobile and drove him to Branford, where his father h inski, who the aceident arrested | ngaged the nt but was unable | ski as the driver. n was-driving *was ze''as righted, he was i Ageate the driver of the i ¢ Alfred LoWitt, represent- ski; claimed a, discharge ound that the state had not identity of the driver, but Prosecuting Attorney tein called the attention of ourt to the statute which makes cymbent upon the defense to a prime facle case. Judge held that a prime facie case ex- and denied the motion for & . whereupon Struzinskl ok the witness stand and submit- «d himself to a searching cross-ex- lves, and he remained there until| last week, when he returned to a local factory to resume employment. | Bridgeport relative of the former, On May 29, he had ore weck's pay fand on one occasion he was arrest- | at the factory, he said, but he could not collect it because he had given his pay check to the owner of the automobile who was given the pay at the factory. Asked why he had not remained at the scene of the collision at least {until he had learned whether or not |the occupants of the ofher car hati been injured, Struzinski replied that he had injuries of his own to 100k after and he was not interested in others’ welfare. Asked why he had Inot returned to work at the local |factory, he replied that he had work in Branford and preferred to {stay there for a while. He told the Ipolice that the driver of the car lived at 103 Orange street, so far s he knew. He did not know his | present whereabouts, he said. Mr. Greenstein clatmed a convic- tion, pointing out that there was {something more than a coincidence ifleq (to Struzinski's leaving for Branford {immediatety after the accident. He knew the other car had been over- turned, yet he had not stopped for a minute, He remained away from New Britain for several months, de- |spite the fact that he had a good {place in the factory. Mr. Green- stein said he did not believe Stru- !zinski's story and he felt case of reckless driving and Judge Saxe, however, pointed out that there had been no evidence | cffered to prove was operating the ca ime of the accident. There was no doubt but that Worally he should have stop- ped long enough to ascertain wheth- er'or netaanyone had been injured, but ‘on the other hand the law re- quires that gullt be proven bey a reasonable doubt and thercfol |there was no alternative but to or- der a discharge. According to the local police, the !is a fugitive from justice. He and CUTICUR Cuticura Talcum. oy lanother offense. | Hartford court this month on the (GITY SCHOOL INSURANCE | HEETS LEGAL OBSTACLE |stead ot | compani | stop sub-divisions of any city govern- | ment from forming insurance funds | great a risk on public properties. ing responsibility had been proven- | ™ ,ppic proposal and others having to | § { member of the board. { wife and daughtbr. man named as the driver of the car | i Daily use of the Soap, assisted 4 by the Ointment when required, keeps the skin fresh and clear and the hair healthy and glossy. ‘They are ideal for the toilet,as is also the smooth, cooling, fragrant - e, Ofntment 3% and Be, Taleam e, Soid Soep 25 and Be, Taleam NEW BRITAIN a companion are said to i worked a flim-flam game on a| ed in Pittsficld, Mass., on informa- tion furnished by Detective Sergeant McCue of the local department for Struzinski is to be tried in West charge of speeding, having been taken into custody by the authori- ties of that place following his ar- rest in this city. 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