A chauffeur, charged in the Second Special District Court with negligence causing three deaths, on Friday Ioid the responsibility for the tragedy on the shoulders of an aged woman who was among the victims of a fire for which the chauffeur had been arrested by French Police. Decision was Te-
'The chauffeur was alleged have driven his car into a garage situated in' House No. 6, Joffre Terrace, off Avenue Joffre, on the afternoon of August 13 and poured Gasoline into the tank of the car despite the fact that in the garage there" was a stove with - burning, charcoal. The result was, it. was alleged, that a fire broke out, burning to death a man, an aged woman and a git The accused stated that day in the Court that, when he drove tis car into the garage, there was no slave in il, but, when ihe returned a few minutes ' later, he saw an aged woman had removed a stove into it and made a fire for cooking Purposes. The aged woman should therefore be held responsible for the tragedy, the accused contended,
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