Evening journal., 1892-03-10
RUSHING THE CASE.
Many Witnesses Heard in Cook.
Behalf.

Electric Company.
The Superior Court reconvened yester-
day aft srnoon at 2.30 o'clock Joseph E.
Cook, plaintiff in the suit against the
WILMINGTON Oity Electric Company took
his place on the stand and was subjected
TO cross examination BY. J, ii. Hotfeckcr-
He said:
Il was paid from $40 20 Si2 week at
/ went to the w & n railroad and
worked for nine months Then | worked
on Chippy Run sewer. | left there and
tried to get work In morocco factories
was refused on account Of my disability
do not remember of having cried ont
when | caught hold of the wire l did
not remember anything flor three hours
afterwards.
Alexander Mcdonald, sworn-'T went
home with him On the morning OF the
accident. He had been at work all night.
was night watcbman It was d ark
and cloudy morning, drizzllng | think
i left him at Maryland avenue and Beech
street | live at Rising Sun.
Douglass McLane, sworn-"I live next
door to Cook and remember the morning
of the accident. Ny wife awoke me and
said; Ny God. Doug. Mr.. Cooks out
here with an electris wire and is burning
up put on my pants and run out to
him. | knew it would not do to touch
him or the wire. ran back home, got two
clothes props, gave one to friend aud
we pushed the wire from his hand he
was on the regular path aud was insen
sible He hai tight grip on the end Of
the wire. Fire was flying from 1t. We
thought be was dead until he gasped.
Bird" You we're asleep when your
wife woke you up2'
"Yes" (Laughter.)
Lemuel Sylvester II an a locomotive
engineer. heard some one cry, or I
oh oh l am burning upp / went down
to where this man was | ran back to get
gum coat but It was wet and would not
do. Then We used the clothes props
The wire was in his left hand II did
not cross his person. He had hold Of it
at the end. The electricity vas escaping
from it. II was shooting down into the
mud and dirt
Rebecca McLane-" Heard the cry of
murder It was the voice Of Mrs Rid
ings She was related to Cook. he
seemed to cry, help wsterr aud other
words. When they carried him by he
looked like a lifeless man, / thought he
was a corpse.
James Keeley-'1 lived at the corner
of Franklin and Banning streets. There
was but one wire. aud IL was impossible
for another wire 10 fall across It. On
the night before the accident John Porter
and were playing cards He left at
8 90 or 10 o'clock, As he went out he
called nv attention to the burning wire.
l went in and my wife and I watched tbs
wire splitting FIRE While we we're look
ing at 1t II fell.
Bird-"You and Porter and your wifer'
Witness-"NO, sir
Didn't she see itG'
"Oh, yes. | thought you meant play
"Well, its no harm for your wife e
play cards. II the stakes are not too high
(Laughter) When did you FIRST hear Of
the accideutT
81 heard cries OF murder l went on,
there and started 70 take hold Of tn
wire Cook told me not TO touch him
got a poker and went back. found oui
that would not do. Then ! told the
others to get clothes props As we pushec
the wire out Of his hand be seemed {,
have convulsions, and then he lost con.
sciousness.
Chief Engineer Palmer swore to tn
accuracy Of a plot Of the streets sur
rounding the scene, and it was admitted
In evidence.
Robert Cottingham-"I have know
Mr.. Cook for ten or twelve years. b
nTas much stou er before the accident
have heard him sincs then complain o
his physical condition and especial,
Of his eyesight, but never heard hin
Complain before the accident"
Annie Kelley corroborated the evi
dence Of her husband She recognizes
Cook by his voice. BE was callin
Water water am burning up.
When he was carried by she thought b
was dead. She saw him In the house
He was still unconscious.
A DISCIPLE OF EDISON
F. d. Sweeton, electriclan-'T believ
know something about electricity.
would depend on how a man got hold q
q wire as TO whether II would be fatal
man got hold Of a wire at hig
tension II would kill him, But the wire
we use for commercial purposes woul
not kill him. He would feel It, The con
dition in which this man became eI
tangled In the wire might have produce
the shock received il current was sen
through the mans body to the ground
the other end being also on the grounC
thus completing the circuit. The s.rengt
OF Ino current WOuiu oep6uu upon tl
number Of lights being used"
JUDGMENT FOR HARRY LAPE.
A jury was drawn in the case Of Harr
Lape for the use of the Jackson and ShaI
Company VS.. the Security Trust and Sal
Deposit Company. executor OF job
Fehrenbach, deceased. The Jury renders
a verdict Of $371 06 for the plaintiff
Court took recess until 10 o'clock tn
morning
HIS HAND WAS BURNED.
The Cook case was sailed up aga, u
soon as the Superior Court reconv en-,
this morning
DR.. James A. Draper. ..sworn-"CoC
came to me on October 25, 1890 h
hand was burned with electricity. h
whole system was shocked. He came
the Office fourteen times His visi
extended to December. II
possible thsl the shock might do hi
permanent injury. and result In neur'
gia It might also, In my opinion, atfe
his eyesight
Under cross-examination he admitt'
the Inflammation Of the eyes might
caused by night work or intemperauc
DR.. Cochran-"I was called in to Wis
Cook on October "a, 1890. He was su
fering from a shock aud burned hand.
did not prescribe for him
Dr. Howard Ogle 81 did not attei
- "A.