Evening journal., 1894-01-27
Maxwell MARE STILL
Continued from First Page.

Mr. Blrd-"DO you say TO the Jury that
you have not been hunting up testimony
for the railway company in this cases"
No, sir. only went TO see tUo men
this week
DO you mean to say that for weeks
you have not been working up the testi-
mony for this company going about the
hi hlauds2' ~ do"
"Bsveyou gone to Isaac Chambers aud
begged him to testify in this case the
same as you have testihed?" mo, sir
Have you gone to B. F. Johnson, Jr.,
and asked him TO do it2'
No, sir asked him IL he remembered
the conversation had with Maxwell two
nights before he was killed He said he
did not remember having heard it"
MaxwelI's Maniac Mare.
George r Csmpborson, Of Thirteenth
and Scott streets, a stonecutter. said he
was well acquainted with Maxwell aud
had seen him ride the mare several times.
lie saw him riding her the morning he
was killed. IL was between aud II
o'clock, in the morning, at Thirteenth
and Scott He was within fifteen feet OF
him and the mare was restless like ali
colts that had been ridden. aud was
prantiug. He went TO the front gate
and said to Maxwell: "Bob. are YOU
going to the parade2' Maxwell replied
in the affirmative. Mr. Camperson asked
him If he was not afraid to ride the colt.
Maxwell replied that that was the kind
of horse he liked to ride.
Under cross examination witness said
he considered Maxwell frst.class horse.
man.
John f. Kelley Of No. 1909 Dupont
street, au employe in the Bancroft Club
stables for over three years, was sworn
and said
II knew Maxwell by sight and saw
him on Columbus Day about 8. 30 A. m,
as near AS | can judge He came to the
stables after the saddle to ride Ia the
parade. He rode his sorrel mare bare
back and had bride on the colt. but
nothing else
Witness could not identify the bride
produced as the one Maxwell used the
first time he went 10 the stable, but the
mare had the bride on when be went
back for the martingales. He said he
wanted the martingales Kelley got
them for him. and identified those pro.
duced IN court He helped him
put them on and unbuokled the
bridle-rein, putting It through the
msrtingale. Maxwell started to IN
buckle the curb.rein Witness warned
him not to put the curb rein throuah and
he said he would put 10 that way. Kelley
warned him that it would endanger his
life Maxwell said, Il will risk 10. and
rode of with both the bridlereiu and
curb rein through the martingales. They
were long martingales for short horse.
MaXwelfs mare. Vas small. -.-----
Mr. Bird in sustaining an ohiection
against Kelley as m expert, said that
Maxwelis father, who saw Maxwell
saddle and bride the mare at - o'clock
three hours afterwards. swore that only
one rein was put through the martingale
Ho was overruled and noted an eNcep-
tion Kelley said the martingales were
intended for a round rein. He did not
consider them safe for square rsins
unless the buckles bad leather guards.
During keley's testimony Bailif
Raney hauled out man who was drunk
and had made Interruptions. He ssidi as
he was being removed II am Birds
friend. ! would go to hi for Bird. "
MotOrman William T. Travers testified
TO the fractions conduct of the mare at
the 3 D station. He said that runninF
a car down that hill at seven miles an
hour he could stop the car in from
twenty Eve TO thirty Ave feet. Al the
rate Of eight miles, in an emergency. he
could stop car at forty. feet. Il would
take him twenty feet to stop It on the
level. Going as slowly as he could it
would take him about twenty feet to
stop, but compromised by mixing it ten
or fifteen feet
Conductor Frank OBrien testified that
he knew Maxwell. To the best Of bis he.
lief Maxwell's colt was not broken. He
had seen Maxwell ride the mare past an
electric car and sho SHE'D almost into the
gutter Whenever no saw the animal
she was praneing
Under oross-examination be said that
large proportion Of horses frightened at
electric cars and Il was the duty OF the
motormsn to slow up at such tines
car with band in it and trimmed with
bunting would DO more likely to frishten
q horse than al ordinary car
Lewis S Marshall Wilmington CITY
Railway Company motorman, remem-
bered the day and saw the horsemen st
the B. & o. station and in front Of the
cigar store Maxwell's mare was prancing
but did not get up on the pavement.
Under favorable circumstances, at
seven mile rate Of speed be eould stop
the car in from thirty to thirty i've feet,
In On emergency. An eight mile rate
would increase it by ten feet
Under cross-examination he said he
did not measure the distance from the
car to where the dragging bssan.
Charles II. Mason, Jr u street railway
conductor, testified to the bad conduct Of
Maxwells horse
Carpenter Johnson's Testimony.
Walter j. Johnson, a carpenter. who
was never employed by the railway CON
psny arrived at The place Of accident
about three minutes after it occurred
The mmk Of dragging extended back
about twenty-one feet from the end
Of the car He measured seven
strides of one yard each de did not
know Maxwell, but wanted to know how
rar the body had heen dragged. Three
men named Pollock we're with hisu.
Two Of the men were brothers aud the
other brother was cousin dsuchtsr)
One Of them is now ia philadelrhia
another Is out West and he didn't know
were the cousin was
Body Dragged 60 OF so reet.
Charles Hullman, a linemnn for the
company, SAID he took load Of blocks