The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-07
NOVEL DAMAGE SUITS
CLAIMS AGAINST sTREET-CAR COM
PANY ON UNUSUAL GROUNDS.
Abraham Horner Elected from q Car
can His Transfer Ticket Was
Not Properly Punched.

A suit Of a novel character growing out
OF the present transfer system was filed
against the Citizens Street-railroad Com
pany yesterday. The plaintiff is Abraham
Horner, who is seventy years Of & and
very weak on account OF his years. ON
June s Horner boarded a Shelby-street car
and after paying his far asked for a trans
fer ticket to the Nozzle street line. In
punching the ticket the conductor made a
mistake, II is claimed. and punched it for
she Blake street line instead Of Noble
street. In his complaint Horntr alleges
that on account OF his age he Is unable
10 read without glasses and was compelled
TO rely upon the accuracy Of the conductor
IN correctly punching the transfer ticket
He accepted IL in good faith. believing 1t
entitled him TO transfer to the Noble street
line. When ne boarded the Noble street
line. the conductor upon that line refused
20 accept the ticket for his passage and
demanded another fare. Horner says he
explained to the conductor that the mis-
take was due to the negligence or careless
ness Of the first conductor. The Noble
street conductor persisted in his refusal to
accept the ticket and stopped the car to
eject Horner. the latter refused TO leave
the car when ordered TO do so and the con-
ductOr seized him by the coat collar, and,
jerking him from a seat attempted 70
drag him from the car. AT this tins a
lady passenger on the car interpoSed and
paid HornerS fare. He asks damages in
the sun Of $1,000 for the humiliation TO
which he was compelled to submit.
Joseph BristOw asks $1,000 in damage
from the street-car company on account
Of the abuse OF a conductor. Bristow re,
sides on Mayhem street, which is situated
west OF West and north OF Third street.
On the night of June 13 Bristow, with his
wife and two children, had beer attending
a wedding OF relatives in West Indianapolis
and returned TO the city on the last car
fare he rendered the conductor a half dol
lar. which the conductor refused TO &C
cept, saying that II was counterfeit. Bris-
tow alleges that the coin was genuine, and
was all the money he had. The conductor
demanded that Bristow pay his rare IN
other money or leave the car. When Bris-
tow refused TO do this the conductor called
him a "d-n fool" he says, and used other
profane and abusive language. In his COM
plant BristOw alleges that the coin was
ductOr and had evidently been around the
world more" Upon Bristow's refusal to
pay his fare with other money the con-
ductOr stopped the car and turned off the
lights. He said the car was the last one
TO the city and would remain where il was
all night if Bristow did not pay his fare
in other money. After the car had been
held for twenty or thirty minutes Bristow,
rather than inconvenience the other pas
sengers. started TO leave the car, when an
other passenger paid the fares of himself
and family. He alleges that on account
OF the holding of the car by the conductor
nue. line. 10 which he desired TO transfer.
and was compelled 10 accept a transfer to
the North ulinOis-street line and walk a
distance of a mile and a half TO his home.