Evening journal., 1892-03-15

said IL and say IL Is ooWn. viii SIT
down and take rest while the stenog-
rapher fnds Il -
The court stsnographer turned to his
notes aud they proved Mr.. Bird TO be
correct.
Hoffecker-"I an perfectly satisfied.
Bird-"New I say that Mr. Trump
nevlr was asked whether ha said that or
not to deny It. But there 1t Is, and not
only have you the testimony Of whaf
Mr.. Trump told john Cook bus you have
the testimony Of all the others II the
indicator had been watched 1t would have
told the men In charge Of the place that
something serious had occurred. Mr.
Trump says that men sent might not be
able 10 end the wire that was broken.
say thai i was their duty TO look uatil
they did find Il. They had no place o keep
llnemeu You heard me read case
where the law provided tba; these wires
should be inspected twice day. because
the courts recognizs them as deadly
wires They have no right to commit
murder Every one OF us when we cross
under the wires along the streets
thank God that we are out Of
the reach OF them They made
no satisfactory arrangement with
TIE GlIY NuEINNI AnN E1iNNMAh A'AAN
watch the wires aud report such acci
dents. Nothing Of the kind was doue-
nothing was attempted to be done. Every
hair n BON the head OF this corporation
is one OF gross negligence. The man they
EMPLOYED was not an electrician He
knew nothing about IT, he was simply
an engineer on the railroad bofOre he
went there
BLACKBIkD HUNDRED COMMON SENSE.
"There Is no master and servant bust.
ness 10 this case Don't, for Gods sake,
get chat into your head Nothing but
public traveller ON a public highway.
There for eight hours this wire lay on the
highway-this instrument Of death
Their honors will tell you In no mistaken
tone that this being dangerous occupa-
tion, dealing with dangerous instruuen-
tallty. the negligence and duties Of the
corporation toward the public must be
taken into consideration. That is not
only Law, Mr. Foreman. but IL is Black
bird hundred common sense.
TRYING TO COMPROMISE THE STORM
LET us 90 to the storm. DO you believe
there was much OF a stormi Big wind
stormf Yes. Big rainstoi m2 Yes Telegraph
poles DOWN. Oh, yes am ffty years old
aud have seen them down fifty times
This is nothing wonderful But don't
forget, gentlemen these poles from
which this wire was suspended did not
come down What do we mean by polesf
Those two poles-the one at Maryland
avenue aud Banning and the other st
franklin and Banning. They stood
there that night gentlemen, notwith-
standing that storm and they have stood
there ever since. What Is It 10 him 70
show that telegraph poles were DOWN.
How do they account for that wire burn
ingf They say We don't know God,
men Why. sir. q wagon with gun
powder cannot 60 through your town.
There Is law against Il, and has been,
ever since a wagon blew up into the
heavens and with Il human Fl 'sh And yet
here are miles and miles OF death deal
ing wires not for the public's benefit but
that stockholders may make money and
that their dividends shall not be
lessened.
HE CHEwED RAW TONGUE.
There are some contortions 10 this
case You remember that my learned
friend tried TO make the jury. believe that
the Wilmington Transfer Comp ny 8
horse that was struck and killed by an
electric wire, died OF heart disease Well
that reminds mt OF one Of Vance's cam
paign Jokes Two fellows got into a fight
10 corn field One Of the fellows had
his ear bitten off, The other fellow bad
him arrested for mayhem. A witness
was put on the stand at the time Of the
trial aud under cross-exRmination the
prisoners lawyer asked;
"'This fight took place In = corn
deldY
| Yes
" The corn had been cutf
Yes
"'Aad weren't the pieces Of corn stall
In the ground left sharpf'
Yes; they we're left sharp
"'And the plaintiff fellf'
Eyes; he fell.
"'Might not his ear have been cut Of
by the stalks when he fell2'
The witness looked al -he lawyer for
moment and yelled:
"'Why d-n It to h-l, man.
saw him spit his ear ou. OF his mouth
Laughter.
why that is not half as ridiculous a
this claim that the mare died Of hear
disease-scRred TO death because she sa'
the wire
THE SICK RELEGATEn TO BACK STREETS
One Of the men they put on the stan
said sire Of this kind would not kill
8 roug man but Il might kill a sickly mar
A man who is sick has no right to Oh
the highways That class Of person
needs more protection than the strong
By reason Of this internal nuisance ever
, sick horse must 60 on the back streets.
D rHE FLESH soooPED OFF.
"If Rommell had some Of the kin'
heartedness Of Cook In his liv'
: when he waraed his wife for God
. sake noe to touch the wire II would ha'
! been better for him. All these who 50
!, Cook Thought be WAS a corpse. GS
q knows how long he laid there. When
= came to be did not know his own h0us
. and yet they call that consciousness
o Can you talk TO him Of II being injury
70 the 6ngerf That deadly wire had done 4
deadly work for ten minutes Mir
y gonel On FIRE Calling for water y
y mem was any suit thought Of thenf w
d any suit thought OF when he lay writ
y ing and on fret Was any suit thought
TX when he gasped himself back ainto M
q Think Of III Ha-sh-shl Limitation Of
aRonizing gasp) Ali but say he was n
s. hurt. Why he stood at the door Al
a. o'clock, two hours after that Think
'n that Like a wounded bird returning
lu its nest TO see It's enemys work We
oI to the door TO see the men whose neg
ie gence had caused him this To see WHIT
ii,s he was hurled In the air. =
y, ii That doctor, known to You, tells y
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