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!rMotorman and Conductor1i»hArrested in Accident atOld Orchard Friday Night*Charles M. Gocijins and Thomas A. ChandleritCharged with Manslaughter in Connection!with Death of William H. Davis on Sand PitSiding at Old Orchard —Arrests MadeMorning—Respondents Furnish BailIISum of $1,000 Each for AppearanceOrchard Court Tomorrow Morning at 11O’Clock—Will Waive Examination and Furnish Bonds for Appearance at September TermmeWarrants were i-sueu by Judge P.I ball for the grand jury at the Sep-_ - - it I *»' - *:b' I % frsi! - V ot\t lu' V* ’-lA 4 U j \ 1 1 i’tN. H. Loomtard of Old Orchard Monday evening foi the arrest of Charles H. (loopin' of Pleanant Hill# North j IHering, and Thomas A. ( handler,1803 Congress street. Portland, on charges of manslaughter in connection with the accident at Old Orchard Friday night in which MotormanWilliam ll. Davis wa* killed andeight passengers were injured when • gut t a closed car on the Dunstan-Old Or- itiestember term of the supreme court.The warrants were ordered by County Attorney Perley H. Ford ofSanford following Shearing held in the office of the railroad in the Clapp Memorial building, Portland# Monday morning, when a dozen witnesses, in eluding passengers, car starters andj dispatchers and operators, were examined by Elmer Park man of Au-representing the Put lie PUL Ccmmisaion. Mr Parkman i• m 9 - m m m ^ mja ^ ww ' ^ • • • » - — - , —chard brant h of the Cumberland, said to have intimated that the ic-Coanty Power Co. lines crashed! sponsitility for the accident had through a switch and into a airing of I been fixed.(,r*11 cai on the sand-pit siding o.i A decision from the PublicPert land avenue. I tic* Commission is expected shortly,gins wa.- ih.e conductor #nd| County Attorney Ford was present a*! Chandler the motorman on the lastjthe hearing Monday morning, but dhl leai to enter the aiding and the onej not take an active part, being Inter'V^!V'Vk1A V . . -• ;' ' v:'ftV. V-* .* ,*! * •..* V' /tVdB W.- aa 'UA.ir. ki. vinto which the car diiven by Davisi isted only in the criminal aspect of crashed. 1 the case. Oilicial* of the road arcChief of Police LI. I.. Jones of Old said to believe that no other arrests- » ... _ ... » 4 I-___fi I Sa I. ~i Orchard, upon receiving the wai 1 rants, notified the she:i?T of Cumber-| land county to pick up Googins and r handler. The two men were arrested in Portland this morning and furnished bail to the authorities there'.for their apneavancc at a preliminary heating in ih-* Old Orchard courtWednesday morning. Jacob Burniuni of poitland i a’tomey for both men 3 lie bail fixcfi for th.* appearance• Jf % ft. . A V M-ji'-. - % ' ■' : — *r?will be* mode in the case-Charles H. Googi.m, conductor, one of the two against whom a warrant bis been issued. has been employed by the road yince 101 lt;». He vva graduated from Portland high schoolfrt 10K- and served during the World war with the 44th Artillery. He is SO years old; married, and has fouribildren.Nothing official was made publici • IV » ft II.1V 1 • «^sr • ' - ~ ^ % * • ■ • * mm: w * mm *•%: • • ▼tf t!v* ui «*n in tli Old Orchard court I regarding the cause of the accident,at 11 o'clock daylight time, Wednes*, but it was said thatday morning, was 51,000 in eacht a lt;* ( l:i« f of Police Jones is in-] dined to believe that the proceedingsu ifti .»•%. ft ft - ..... ..m‘ —- •' .. v «J i.i the Old Orchard court will be thatI the men will appear Lombard, plead notbefore Judgeguilty to theithe cur operated, bv Davis jumped the switch, or thatj the switch had been left open^ As the two men in charge of the last car into the turnout have been named in tbf* warrants, it is believed ihat evidence was brought out at the• *«I I* ll it(| IIUI , U II V \ «/ |V lit. $11144 lr* %|w *41v li V V ftV vi I/* ^ ”w 1and waive examination, and j tearing shewing that the switch wasIII. §t •,?! ft /. ft. • i, a.f 'lt;3^ ft to. :fe«VC.^3v^9:t.ft a... A ■ ■ Vl. Wk. a.' B . B I* ^ '4k B S ■T* ‘ kMk 4k ftB---- g —V « •*that they will be held in the name Heft open*
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Biddeford Daily Journal
Biddeford, Maine, US
Tue, Jul 21, 1925
Page 8
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