The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-25
Fifth edition.


When court convened this morning
Levi q. Bird asked that the case Of
Cook, VS. the Wilmington Electric
Light Company be set for trial on Mon
day, and the witnesses discharged I'M
til that time, and the request was
granted.
Peter Spindlcr was recalled, and tes-
titled that the chamber is cleaned out
now In the same manner AZ it was
when Joshua Williams helped to clean
it.
John II. Bonner testified that he Is
Assistant superintendent at the works
Of the Walton and Whann Company.
The way Of cleaning the chamber, as
explained by previous witness, Is SUBJ
stantially correct The witness ex-
plained the dutlos of the forcmen and
the lead burner, and said the latter
Joined the sheets of lead together. He
had never known OF any one being
mado sick In cleaning the chamber,
previous to the accident, although it
invariably affected their threats In a
temporary way.
He slw Williams In the chamber, JAN
uary l. 1890. julius Hummell was in
the chamber with him. The witness
nskei one of the men why Joshua and
Julius had not come out OF the cham
her with the other men. He replied
that he had ordered them to come out
but they had not cDeyed. The witness
told them TO come out and after look
ing after some other work returned
and was surprised to find them still In
the chamber.
lie again ordered them to como out
but did not know whether they did so.
About IL O'Clock on Tuesday morning
he learned lor the first time that some
of the mon were taken sick on Mon.
Iday.
During tho examination OF this wit
ness there was much legal sparllng
between counsel as to the relevancy
of number OF questions and his an
swers.
Wesley bearing testified that no is
employcd as lead burner at the
works OF the company. He had been
lemployed in other establishments in
manufacturing sulphurlc acid, and
the method of cleaning the chambers Is
tho same in nil OF them. lie had never
known the chambers TO lie cleaned in
any other way. He had remained in
the chamber for an hour or moro at q
time, and never experienced any un-
pheasant results, except tickling In
the throat which caused him To cough
when he came It In tho air
John Q. Blair was sworn, and testi.
fled TINT no is employed by the Walton
& Whann Company, and works at lead
cutting. Tho chamber was opened on
the Wednesday lerore the cleaning,
and there had not been any fumes or
ga5es In there for seven or eight days
previous to the tlme tho men won't in.
IOn Monday and again OFT iftrcattey
morning Joshua Williams was engaged
in cleaning bricks from the acid cham
ber. 1....-..
| lie had known men to work in the
chamber a halliday without coming
out, but there wero others who could
not stand it more than half an hour.
out whenever they pleased and he
never knew of any one being seriously
made sick by tho Fumes, previous to
this accident.
William Finn testified that he was
employed by the Walton y Whann
Company, but did not know how the
chambers were cleaned, except from
what lie had heard
:. Thomas Murphy had worked In the
J chamber for hours ut time, and ney-
.er felt any unpleasant effects, exec pit
that it made him cough and sneeze.
|, During tho two years he had worked
for the company he never lost a day
: through sickness. lie would Mpoh-
rather work In the acid chamber chan
TO go into hot boiler TO clean It,
William Manage had worked with
other men ii Inc Inc chamber hi5i' from Z, o..
/. clock In the morning until IL o'clock
noon, without coming out.
Patrick Monigal testified that To had
, helped to clan the chamber several
Times and generally remained in
about forty five minutes. He could
have remained longer but always felt
! llke taking a walk about that tlmo.
+, Captain lie Maitro testified that on
January q and I, 1890, he was absent
! from the city; consequently he did not
have any conversation with either
lKettlewood or Bonner about putting
men In the chamber. He had given
orders to haYe the chamber cleaned, o
week before he went away.
Theodore Il. Wolf, tho State Chemist
at Delaware College. testified thut ho
fully understands the manufacture OF
isulphuric acid. There was no other
method to remove the sediment from
Ithe chamber, different to that employ
ed by the Walton 4 Whann Company.
At LOS o'clock the court took re-
cess until 2,30 O'Clock this afternoon.