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DRIVER OF CAR WHICH KILLED ANSEL ARRESTEDr 'Harry IjucKiicss lt;)t * Slephcy Hold in Itomls on Charge lt;£ Manslaughter.Harry Luckness ofl Stepney was arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with manslaughter. Jt is alleged i by the police thu* tie caused the death of Bernard Ansel, 7H! Ha-llect street, while driving a car owned by Lewis Dorkin, 9i5 Howard avenue, at Arctic and Hallett streets Wednesday night. Luckness is held under a bond of 5500 for a hearing in. City court this morn nig.The circumstances of Ansel’s death were unusual, ‘After oeing thrown from his car when it collided with Dorkin's machine, he walked about at'his home for two hours ’apparently uninjured. He collapsed and died from fracture of the. skull at the Bridgeport hospital an hour later.Dorkin reported the accident to ! the p.,lice. He was prostrated when ■ he leai;tied t.he fatal •outcome of the crash and physicians advised, against his being placed under arrest. He later informed the police that Luck-ness was driving when the accident happened.
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Bridgeport Standard Telegram

Bridgeport, Connecticut, US

Fri, Aug 15, 1919

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