Evening journal., 1894-01-29
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Nearly All the Evidence in in
the Maxwell Damage Suit.
ENGINEERS ALLOWED TO TESTIFY

lhey say mat ohhu helps 10 STOP any
thing. the Brakes of Which Act on
the Face of the wheeI-Motormen
Generally Agree as to the Distance
Required to Stop a Car.
The seventh day Of the trial Of the case
Of Robert Maxwell's administrator VS.. the
Wilmington City Railway Company, for
$40. 600 damages, opened this morning
The inclement weather made the attend
ance less marked than on other days, but
more than half the seats in the spacious
court room were occupied. dozen or
more women occupied chairs within the
bar rail
AS soon as the clock IN the tower
struck 10 Court Crier Smith said his lit
tie piece beginning Hear ye hear yei"
and Bailiif Raney called the jurors from
their room. Several of them were absent
and proceedings we're delayed until
they arrived, Civil Engineer Comley
taking advantage of the opportunity to
make some measurements of distances
from the witness box TO certain parts of
the court room
Wants Electric Stock Sold.
As a preliminary matter Colonel Ben
|
ing the sale Of fifty shares of Wilmington
Electric Company stock seized by the
sheriff on a writ Of foreign alta chment
in the case of Alfred d. Warner VS. Henry
| r. Wilson, on Judgment of $500 62
secured at the September term. Wilson
transferred the stock TO his wife Hear
ing on the application was fixed for i'm
medistely after the termination Of the
/ Maxwell suit.
She Was Passenger.
At 1915 o'clock Bridget Dougherty
was put on the stand in behalf of the
Wilmington City Railway Company. She
said:
II was passenger on the car which
killed Maxwell. / think the car stopped
in front of james Bradford's house at
Delaware avenue and Rodney street or
on the west side Of the square above.
Am not certain which. The car was
going at a moderate speed. have gone
down that hill faster on the cars.
Mr.. Cooper-"Didn't you say to me, in
the presence of Mr.. Wiley, that your
impression was that the car stopped at
Rodney or Broome streetsl"
81 am not well acquainted with the
names of the streets, but ! am sure IL
i
Didn't you tell me that the car was
running at fast rate of speedg'
"No, sir l said the speed was mod
crate
Halleck Near the mototman.
She was succeeded by William It.
Hslleck. II was on car No. A. " he
said. Il sat on the front end Of the
south seat and near the motorman,
first saw the horses when they were
somewhere between the railway ofiic,
and Clayton street. The car was
just leaving Rodney street The
car was running from six t'
eight miles an hour. Maxwells hors,
was prancing. The car struck the horse
when about opposite the fourth tree
from the northeast corner Of Clayton
street.
Mr.. Bird-"When did you think ther,
would be an sccidentg'
Mr.. Biggs objected and was sustained
by the court. Mr. Bird asked the court
TO note an exception.
Mr.. Bird-"What attracted your atten
tion to the speed of the earg' my Owl
judgment
Cyrus Croft, was sworn. Il have beer
in the employ Of the railway company
for four years, he said 81 visited thu
place to cover the blood up with sand
was sent there to do it by Captain
Smith. l saw the pool Of blood. II wa
nearer the tree than it was to the fire
plug. The marks of the dragging onl,
extended back about twenty-five feet a
near as / can tell, which would make Il
about car-length. was sent there Il
look for blood
Mr.. Bird-"what did the compan'
want to put sand over the blood for. p
"TO cover it up so that the publ
would not see It.
"How long was that after the bod
was taken out?'
"About five minutes"
"Did you find any blood except the BIZ
pool2'
mo sir.
short Cut to Save Time.
By agreement of counsel all laws
ordinances, resolutions and permits II
/, relation to the right of the company {
Q operate its lines by electricity were ad
= mitted in evidence.
Charles E. Pyle was recalled and tes
titled that he assisted in putting tn
, decorations on car No. Al The buntin
e was tackled at each corner and caught u
b three times along each side Of the car
3 It was fastened tightly to the car an
q dropped about four inches. Il could no
flap up or stand out.
4 Mr.. Bird-"Did you help take it offg'
mo. sir. looked at il after the ca
j. stopped. It was tackled on then just a
d it was first put on There was not on
], tack out.
l. Thomas NJ. Purnell was recalled an
a said the decorations we're not happinl
4 out and there was nothing about it Z
frighten a horse.
IS Civil Engineer Comley was called an
n informed the court that the court room
70 from wall to wall, is 20 feet p inche
# and from the outer edge of the witnei
box to the centre Of the front row
spectators seats is "a feet 6 inches.
John Quinn, recalled. said he sa
l. nothing about the trimming to fiighte
g horse. The bunting was not standin
u out
D John A. Carrow, formerly motorms
n for the Wilmington City Railway Cor
Is pany, testified that he had run cars dow
" the hill from Rodney TO Clayton stree