Evening journal., 1892-03-11
HE WORKED FOR GLORY.
John E Cooks Fight for Damages.

The deierce opentu gehteluay tlteT |
noon IN the case of Cook vs. the Will !
minA ton City Electric Company j B. |
Hoffscker explained the maiu and circuit |
wires. BE said that ia he southwestern |
nortton of the city there are three cir |
cults on main wire No 8, for lighting
Any trouble on the mqin line would be |
shown on the indicator, but the exact
location OF the break would not be
shown. The night on which the wire
broke was stormy. It WAS broken
through contact with another wire He
claimed that he would show that William
Riding coiled up the wire and laid IL
against the pole outside the path If
Cook became entangled In It he must
have wandered fro the path.
THE CURRENT STILL IN IT.
Samuel N. Trump, president Of the
company, said There are FIVE mains
aud twenty circuits. There are twenty
one lights on each circuit. Plugs In the
switch board burn out when the current
Is abnormal On the night before the
accident Il was storming There were
three wires A. Banning aud Franklin
streets. Next morning saw two Of our
men where the break occurred. One Of
the men picked up the wire aud said that
the current was still in it. told him
not to handle 1t.
Il heard Of Cooks injury l called on
him several times / offered Cook assist
ancs aud a position, telling him he
would be put on the payroll and his pay
would 60 on II be was able to work
never made an offer to settle"
On cross-ex animation be said that he
held 100 shares OF stock In the company.
| $50 a share, and was president Of the
company at a salary of 81 500 year.
Bird-"Did you 20 In for glory, for fun
or for the purpose Of making money!
II certainly was not in It for fun and
not particularly for money"
''Then you we're In 1t for glory | have
your answerf"
well. I was president for glory aud
stockholder for money"
II last night OF any other night q
wire should have broken and fallen on
a man. would It have killed himi'
Il do not think IL would, but IL
would depend upon certain conditions "
Gould City men aud horses locate the
trouble on the wire2'
1T might not be possible. There have
been but few accidents The current was
far from deadly, and have my doubts
aoout Cook being made insenslble.
"Do you,say that during storms there
is danger Of these wires coming together,
burning and falli,g to the street,"
"Yes. You have tried to settls this
case out Of court and we refused as We
did not consider ourselves liable"
Reginald Trump, electrical superintend-
ent at that tipe, swore 10 the system in
use. He took a course in electricity At
Carnell University.
: Are you in this company for glory
mo"
, 81 thought you did not belong to the
glory crowd"
( Mr. Bird had not finished cross-examin
ing this witness when cOurt adjourned
{ until 10 o'clock this morning.
This morning the case was resumed
8 Reginald Van Trump resumed his plac'
3 On the stand. he said;
Q "When / left the electric works al
night the engineer had charge of th'
ampre and engines.
Isaac wilkins, sworn-'r am engineer
d ~ the electric light station. l Was OF
o duty on the night and morning o
Q the accident. l had charge of thi
d six dynamos aud an indicator TIL
e high wind caused disturbances among th
e wires. At 6 a. m. on October 2
r / noticed that the fuse of main No
e /
o Il would not stay In. Then | reporte,
4 the matter TO Lineman Walker. Some o
II the en- ines were shut down at 10 o'clocl
J. that night and all but two were shu
l. down before morning The only person
d there be ides myself we're the fremE
Q and boy When anything got wron
d with the wires I sent the boy for thl
/ linemen. When sent the bo
out for the linemen. | had to .watc
the indicator. did not say to Thoma
!. Cook the day after the accident M God
} there was power enough 10 that wire {
:; kill hundred men, II was a s6orm
q ) night"
T. James L. Walker-"I am foreman a
y head lineman. sent two linemen I
q Franklin and Banning street at ocloc
that morning Wilkins gave me wor
that the line was d1wn. ] live near tn
( station l live there by chance and nc
< because the company wanted me to liv
y there have been called up quite ofte
10 to make repairs-in fact whenever it
necessary
John Simmons-"I am a lineman.
"a went out there that morning. sa
u Cook standing in the door. Saw hi
! within oDe-hslf hour after the acciden
4 he said that his hand was burned.
ss FAMILY QUARREL.
}. William R. Riding, brother-in-law o.
" the plaintiff, took the stand. He said
!. Il live at No. 1909 South Frank
s. lin street. was employed
Lobdell's as machinst. About O'cloc
b. that morning. saw the wires. On
lY Of them was splitting fire. got q bare
he hoop, booked II under the wires an
III carried them over to the Maryland avi
nue. polls. | did not coil them. d
not have any shock"
Bird-"C0ok and you don't speakT
ly "He doesn't speak to me. We a
nt lived together. They left our hous
to after the accident"
Us "Well, as a matter of fact you dor
be speak, and don't care to go into yol
ey family quarrel
It. You can go into 1t as far as yoa wa
SO to Laughter
AZ AN ANNEX TO THE QUARREL.
ue Mrs Mary Riding testified that she sA
~ her husband rem0ve the wires to the pol
10 When Cooks cries were heard
N0 wife ran out to him wi
only one garment on. Half hour after
was brought In his wife and | Undue
T. him to 90 upstairs and go to bed.
ar. walked upstairs.
- Hoffecker-"What we're your relatio
'ce with the plaintiff"
N. Bird-"I object. 1t is utterly ire
want -