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asked for another position. He was ap-

On cross-examination by Mr.. Bird,
the witness said he left the p, w. & b.
station on the day of the accident at
11.51 o'clock. He stopped at Seventh
and Market streets to take on passen-
ger, he said, and tho next place hc re-
membered stopping was In front of the
New-Century Club house to let Mr..
Dannenbauer on. The third stop was
at Rodney street. He did not know
whether .he passenger who got off was
man or woman, as he could not see
from the front platform of the car, and
would not say whether anybody
alighted; only he knew that the car
stopped at Rodney street. The witness
said he was running at the rate of from
6 to miles an hour. He said the car
ran length and half, or "A feet, after
the accident occurred. He said that he
was over hundred yards distant from
the horsemen when he first applied the
brakes.
The witness said he did not recollect
whether or not he testified at the in
quest that the horse was fractions. He
was under considerable mental strain
at that time.
Alfred A. Dannenbauer, a track fore.
man for the Wilmington City Railway
Company, was on the front platform of
the car when the accident occurred. He
did not recollect whether the car stopped
at Rodney street or not. The car was
running at the rate of about seven or
eight miles an hour. He saw three
horses cross Clayton street. One of
them was prancing and stepping ner-
vously about.
TO the best of the witness knowledge
the car ran about a length and half
after it struck the horseman. He did
not see the horse pushed ahead of the
car.
James f. Jones is a conductor in the
employ OF the defendant company and
was running on car No. Al the day of
the accident. He had in the neighbor-
hood OF is passengers on when he
stopped at Rodney street to let off a
passenger. He recollected that the car
slackened its speed about one-third the
streets. The car was going at the rate
of about seven or eight miles an hour.
He did not think the car ran over
length and half after it struck the
horse.
MIR. Cooper cross-examined the wit
! ness. The first stop that he made after
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let Mr.. Dannenbauer aboard between
Van Buren, and jackson streets. He re-
, collected that he let woman off at
Rodney street. The car was running at
the rate Of seven miles an hour. The
witness said he felt the jar Of the car,
and that it ran from three to five feet
after he felt the sudden jolt occasioned
| by the motorman reversing the levers.
Harry B. O'Brian next took the stand.
He is a conductor on the Rising Sun
line. He knew Robert Maxwell when
he saw him. He had seen Maxwell ride
: the mare past electric cars five OF six
, times. The horse acted as if il was very
nervous, and like d colt woufd act The
horse became frightened at electric cars
on several occasions. 1t behaved very
| badly. The witness went to the scene
of the accident five minutes after it
occurred. He noticed q distinct mark
on the track, which extended from 25 to
30 feet. He saw no fragments of cloth
ing or blood on the track.
Court adjourned at $50 O'Clock until
10 o'clock Friday morning.
Harry B. O'Brlen was recalled on
on Friday morning and finished his
testimony for the defence. He was cross
examined by Mr.. Cooper, of counsel for
the plaintiff, aud stated that he knew
Robert S. Maxwell and had seen him
riding the mare the day Of the accident.
He had seen the colt prancing and mis-
behaving. He saw him once on Ban
crofts lane and the colt was very frac-
tious.
William johnson, said his home was
. at Bancroft's Banks. He had seen Max
well ride tue mare on several occasions.
The witness believed the mare to be an
unbroken colt. He thought Maxwell
must have been q good horseman or he
| could not have ridden the colt at all.
, The witness was cross-eXamincd by
Mr. Bird and said he was familiar with
the management of horses and had
owned several of them in his life.
John T. Rogers is the janitor of No.
! 13 school. He saw Maxwell riding the
mare on the morning OF the accident. 1t
was sometime between 8 and IL o'clock.
in the morning. The horse was pranc-
ing and acting like an unbroken colt.
Thomas j. Harrington is in the en-
ploy of the Wilmington City Railway
Company. He saw the three horsemen
on the day of the accident and was at
the spot where Maxwell was killed.
He saw the body of the deceased taken
out from under the car. lie saw the
mark on the track made by the dragging
, of the body of Maxwell and did not
think it covered a distance of from 10 TO
20 feet.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Bird
the witness said he did not see Taylor
Nipple or Vansant at the scene of the
i accident. He said he saw the three
horsemen pass under the viaduct at
Delaware avenue station on the morn
ing of the accident, Maxwells horse
/, was prancng under the bridge, while
Nipple and Vansant rode on down as
far as the drug store.
, "Did you ever see another horse pass
under that bridge }" asked Mr.. Bird.
! The witness after some reflection re-
piled: "Yes, sir. saw one other horse
pass under the BRIDGE
, "You did. Well, we've got that much
out of you. Was he live horse?"
asked Mr.. Bird, somewhat sarcastically,
, ~ suppose he was" replied the wit
/ ness. "lie couldn't hardly have been
dead horse"
The witness said he watched the horse
cutting up and prancing. The mare
quieted up after she passed Clayton
street. The witness watched the mare
! while she was prancing and when she
didn't prance.
Mrs. Hannah Speakman lives at No.
. 1401 West Fourteenth street. She was
: examined by Mr.. Biggs. Like the previ-
| Gus witnesses she saw the horse misbe-
| having on the morning Of the accident.