Daily Republican., 1888-05-22
Fifth EDlTIOM,
1hla MornInr,.ne


Superior Court reeonvan.
nnr M ~ ~ O'Clock With Chief Jn.,,ta u,a'
oH'Ess svS ana Assocla JudRes Hou.ce Gu.uce
snu Faybtsr on the bench Suelon shon
N'ssr oourt opened Mr.. aauotIly
wisnorew his motion for a no. no.sfiit
tne oaee OF Foster Va. Les psut 10
10 Ade his opening Arsumen, ~ 1,syi and
Tor the defense, after Will tue lu'y
msnoed the examination Of vi,n ne Oon'
F.orenoe A. Puiey wa anesies' ,rns'
testihei that she is a dNns,,sn hbd
defendant, and ass,stsd Rim .',t IT, ot 10
AZ his mill. She had bes,J '1v ~, ,olnos
hasp' oi, sSy thet the p aiuliff taS
@ oeen h4it through his osn ea,s,oaS ssa
ness. Toe day the accidept cont!, S,,e.sas
she heard Harp say tha. hg b.S bVTuitod
uoDed Foster time and ag,in AM, Vsu-
maonine, and that 1t wa, hls a. ,Su Ils
ma. ne vas hurt. She c.Ilsd 'aaIt
plsintifi's house at less, haIt =, he
unes after the accident 10 Iroui.u utzsn
bis condition and to take him s SnIt @ ,n.1
She never heard Foster uv ,ru.,,
about bringing suit, OF slyibg va .g .suiug
any trouble Rbout tbs sesssr, "!1sl
isteer would a'so hayo soua t, ana ,s h,.s
"a ne not osen SO buiy VIA N. % ,Cs
factory, sd he sent her. us 100
Lea Pusey WAS swo.n. And t.,,,s.,
thSt be 10 the pforre O.: OF ths nSi
wbero the plaintiff was Injured M
has been engaged 10 the buslne,s ~
over tItrty years. The plalntlH cav. nv
from Red Lion Enl applied To hin
for \ job. He was Well ysoo"
mended, but as there wss no vaosDor
Mt tue time hd could not do snytbIr.
for him. The m u that Wafked or ~
wstotng machine Afterwards lett ,sS ~
on Juue /, 1856, the witness ssnt far
Foster, He came s1d be told him N n
20 aud l-ok q, the machine aid lbsp n
be thought he would like the iob hs
would give him Wo;F. After exAmIn.
ing tho mAohine the wltuesa snld bs
would commence work the next nom.
log, which he did.
The witness put William Wal,.vsu
an old and experienced hand, 10 votf
with him, and lie was iulttuo .el In tha
manntr VI working the machine And
the dangers connected with IT, Hs v,s
also told that II there was anything tho
matter With the ma3hibe aI any Tina
he thlu,d report it to Mr. Aipivoth,
the maohiniss, whose duty It Eas 70 70.
pAir 1t.
rhe witness then, Of tie REQUEST al
Mr.. Bradford, left the starl aud fully
examined tho large chart Of the ma.
chine which was exhibited. His de.
scriptol Of the manntr that the ma-
chiue worked differed very materially
from that given by the witnesses for
tho prosecution. he testified IhA, the 10
belt could be thrown of or on without
any danger, aud thai II tho machine
became ologRed Il ccu,d be remedied BY
IemOviug the screens without any risk
or troube. The belt won d sOmstimss
work over from the light pulley to The
loose pulley ia from hal! minute 70
minute, II not ieItrsined By TIE guide.
The plaintiff never complained 10
bin at any time oil any GsuEer or d.
leRed danger with this mkchiue. The
Hatps never u-ade any complaint about
1t or TepoTtsd TO him that there were
any detects about 1t. Tbele was pei.
son caught In tho feed rol.rs, but be did
not make any olAlm for damages, 90 DO
said 1t was his own fault. UhAfle
Harp, Jr., worked about lS months On
this machine, then q man named Sin.
mtns, and after him Foster. SevefA
others have worked on 1t slnN, but
none were hurt.
Ga cross-examinaticn the witness 3D.
mitied that the machine had been n
pAiIei pfter Foster was iL1ufed. 10
Alho said the guide was worn oll ~
II itWAI pushed over the belt Waa'u
follow II In from half minulspA
minute.
william Ainsworth testified ihAiha
hos been employed by Mr.. Pu'ey sincs
April, 1884. Previous TO that he nsl
boon employed at Riddles MIL on lle
BrAndywine. He has besn about ma
chiDery for the past went, -thtse yean, Nn,
and was employed by MI Ki1die AO'u'
four ears "a
He was employed by MI Pusey %
loo6 after md attend to the maollheu
The tendency OF ills machine on NISa
Foster was hurt WAS to throw Tue pT's
from the loose TO the tight puiey' n
did not know the guide "as 0f0Ass ~.
until after Mr. Foster was huit ~
p'Atht,f Levsr complained TO LIN VI ~
h'H presence Ahont the rlgal hslS ~. suis ,lss
bsing broken. Ee never tl'l oIns 1a :,
aArp tDat he would tz lfr guihuo gh.- !.
soon az hs Eot time, sa lie d.l Eo' NI'"
Il was bToknn. rntll
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