Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-03-12

after about 2 o'clock. The time to quit
business had been extended until q. m.
Interesting Case Against the Lake Shore.
Cleveland Leader.
A woman, single-handed, has COM
bated Vanderbilt's great Lake Shore
Railroad and come out the victor. A
jury in the Common Pleas Court yesteI-
day granted verdict against the rail-
road company in her favor for $3.50. A
question of importance to the public was
involved in the action. 1t was whether
or not railroad company could compel
their passengers TO buy tickets for their
transportation, and refuse to accept
money on their trains as fare. The cir
cumstances on which the suit was
brought were peculiar, and may have
stirred pity and indignation in the
hearts of some of the jurors, and caused
their inclinatiOns to lean strongly to-
ward the side of the lady.
Mrs. Mary NJ. futile, who brought the
suit, is resident of Ann Arbor, Mich.
1t has been her habit for a number of
years to travil regularly to this city for
the purpose of purchasing goods. She
started for Cleveland for this same pur-
pose on February 10, 1883. When she
arrived at Toledo she embarked on the
New York and Chicago limited express
on the Lake Shore Road. This train
makes very fast time, and stops at only
the most important stations, and the
rules governing it are strict. Notices are
posted in all of the stations notifying
all passengers that if they desire to ride
on the train they must purchase first
class tickets, as the conductor will on no
account receive money in payment for
fares. Mrs. futile got upon the train at
Toledo without a ticket, intending to
pay her fare to the conductor while on
the road. She entered sleeping car,
and rendered the money to the porter,
but he would not take it. 1t was con-
trary to the rules of the company, he
said. The conductor come to the car
shortly afterward, and asked Mrs. futile
for her ticket. She offered him the
money, but he, too, refused to take it on
the ground given by the porter. He
told her that she must get off the train
at Sandusky and purchase ticket. Mrs.
futile did as he directed, and again got
on the train. The conductor asked to
see her ticket, and found that it was
only from Sandusky to Cleveland. He
told her that she should have secured a
ticket from Toledo, where she took the
train, to her destination. He refused to
allow her to ride on the train on this
ticket. The train was about to start,
and the conductor ordered Mrs. futile
to get off Immediately. He assisted her
to the platform, where she stood in con-
fusion, clinging to the railing. A brake
man who stood near, fearing that she
would be injured when the train started,
pushed her to the platform of the depot.
Mrs. Tuttle's baggage was taken from
her seat in the train and placed by her
side. By this time it was 2 o'clock in
the morning, and it was very cold. She
knew of no place to 60, and from excite
ment and confusion tainted. When she
regained her senses she found herself
lying on the platform of the depot, with
her baggage beside her. She was obliged
to wait for the next train, which did not
arrive until morning. She then came to
Cleveland A short time afterward the
suit against the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Railway Company was be-
gun in the Common Pleas Court for
81 600 damages.
Concerning the right of railway COM
panies to compile passengers to purchase
tickets and refuse to receive money on
trains as fare, Judge Hamilton, before
whom the case was tried, spoke strongly.
In charging the jury he held that they
had this right. The jury, however, re-
turned a verdict for Mrs. futile.
The company will probably seek to
secure another trial of the case.