Evening journal., 1892-10-19
THE PULLMAN co. SUED
Palace Car Manufacturers Must
Account for Harkins's Death.
90 LoRED JUROR ANDERSON SITS

Judge Wales Holds That Daniel p. Ander-
son has Right to Sit in the U. 5. Jury
Box-Bird for PIaintiF Opens the
Harkins-PuIlman Company Case.
Judge Wales, in his charge to jury yes
terday in the United States District Cir
cult Court, in the cases of the George W.
Currinder, Robert r. Morrison and John
A. Cleaver Democratic registrars charged
with violating the registration laws. He
said In part: "If any officer being an
officer of registration) knowingly and
willfully registers as a voter any person
not entitled to be registered, or refuses
to so register any person entitled to be
registered, shall be punished as pre-
scribed."
"The complaint on which each Of these
bills is drawn is that the person COM
planned against being the registrar for a
certain election district in certain hun
dred and county of the State of Delaware
duly appointed and qualified as such, ac-
cording to the law for the registration of
voters at an election for the representa-
tive from the State of Delaware in the
congress of the United States to be held
on the eighth day of November next, at
a registration of voters at said election
district, did as such registrar and officer
of said registration. knowingly and will
fully refuse to register as a voter, at said
election, a certain person then and there
entitled to be registered.
"On the question of the validity of the
law for violation of which these COM
plants have been made there can no
longer be any doubt, and in their inves-
tigation your duty will be confined to the
sole inquiry of the probable guilt of the
persons who are charged with such viola
tions. You are not to pass upon the
question OF whether any person who may
be indicted is guilty or not of the offense
charged in the indictment, as that will
be a matter to be submitted at the proper
time to petit jury for final determine
tion.
Busy Morning in Court.
The second days session of the Unite d
States District court opened this morn
ing at 1890 with Judge Wales on the
bench.
The jury was drawn in the suit of
Mrs. Margaret Harkins VS.. the Pullman
Palace Car company for damages for
death of her husband, Michael Harkins,
who was killed in the machine shops of
the Pullman company on January 8,
1891. Levi c. Bird, represented the
plaintiff and Bates & Harrington the de-
fendants.
A CoIored Juror Admitted.
Daniel B. Hamilton, colored, % years
of aye was one of those drawn. Some
discussion ensued as to whether he
should be allowed to serve. He was
finally allowed to sit in the jury box.
The grand jury was then discharged
until Monday morning.
Mr.. Bird explained to the jury the sub
stance of the case involved, in which h'
said that he could prove that it was grOs:
negligence of the part of the Pullman
Police Car company, corporation
chartered under the laws of the state OF
Delaware, that has caused the death o.
the deceased. That he was inexperienced
and had worked only part of the day OF
which he was killed in the shop.
Joseph Farrell took the stanC
and was sworn, and testified
that he was within sixty or eight,
feet from the deceased whel
he was caught on the shaft. When tn,
machinery was stopped and he was ex
tricated he fell on o wheelbarrow abou
fifteen feet below. Mr.. Bates made tn
cross examination.
A. V. Hysore, expert machinist, testi
fed that shafting was considered tn
most dangerous in their business.
Thesgrand jury brought in two tru
bills against Robert r. Morrison and ie
nOred one against George w. Currinder
At o'clock the court took a reces
until o'clock.