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Show WOODMANSEE'S TRIAL OPENED Man Charged With Reckless Driving While Intoxicated Intoxi-cated Faces Jury The case of the state aalnsi Portei Woodmansee, charged with driinf an automobile in reckless manner, while jondcr the Influence of liquor, began in the ( courl this morning before Judge D. U Roberts with the selection of a Jury. The first witness railed by Ihe state was Mrs. Bertha Woolliscrofi of BlR Creek1, Cal whosi sun. Merlin Woollls- croft, 2 1-2 years of age. was beinc 'carried bj hMr sister. Miss E Maud Stone, an employ of ih forest service, .when struck by an automobile "n the 'evening ..f March al the Intersec-tion Intersec-tion of Grant avenue and Twenty-eighth Twenty-eighth street nnd Injured She testified that MiSS Stone, carrying car-rying th baby WAS preceding her acro."s the street; 4hat slH first saw ithi automobile driven bj Woodmansee approaching along Grant avenue :ir n high rate ( speed, half-waj between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets; (hat she called to her slster ,who did not hear her and I hat a mo-ment mo-ment later, she railed again Just as the 'car struck- Miss Stone. the Impact "throwing her down, and (he baby be-i be-i veen in and 16 feet awa to the p'tve- inifnt; that Woodmansee stepped on the gas and speeded to Twenty-ninth street before slowing down and turning turn-ing around to come back ami that he I had given no warning of ils approach innd had no number on tin cur Attorney George Malverson, repre-eenting repre-eenting Woodmansee, fulled to shake I her testlmoin on rross-cxamlnatlon. Mrs. W, G. Harris, of 156 Kiitter- Ison avenue testified that she and her son saw the accident also, that the car was speeding tiong Qrani i enue i at a rapid rate, that no signal was fiven and that Woodmansee drove to .Twenty-ninth street, speeding op after knocking Miss Stone down on the way I to Twenty-ninth street w here he turn-ed turn-ed and ramc back Court was then adjourned until 3 o'clock to hold the inquest oer the Ihodv of Ellis .1. Larson killed l an '.automobile driven by Frank Pingree !l'rida night. |