Evening journal., 1894-01-24
WAS A GOOD HORSEMAN
Robert Maxwell's Mare Was
Not Naturally Unruly.
THE ORDINANCES WERE RULED OUT

Which Cars Can BE stopped in Cases
of Eme rgency-The Distance From
Delaware Avenue Station to the p,
w. 4 Il. Station.
Interest does not seem to waver in
the Maxwell damage case now on In
| Superior Court against the Wilmington
City Railway Company. At every ses-
sion the court room is crowded and
lawyers seem to be as deeply interested
in the proceedings as the spectators Ere
quent legal tilts give the procee dngs
much more variety and the introduction
in evidence of charts, objects and actions
connected with the killing of young Max
well by an electric car on Columbus Day,
/ 1892, add more and more to the interest.
During yesterdays session all the tes-
timony was interesting and decidedly
strong for the plaintiff They will make
hard fight for the $40, 600 damages
A Philadelphia who Saw 1t.
When court convened yesterday after
noon, James Whitehead was put upon
| the stand. He said he was copper
smith and belonged in Philadelphia He
was in town Columbus Day and saw
some horsemen pass. Afterwards b,
saw a trolley car pushing horse IN
| front of it, The horse was nearly undei
the car %'he witness looked under tn,
car and saw a mans body The motor
man or conductor got off the car anc
looking under, said:
my God, he is under there"
Mr.. Biggs cross-examined the wit
ness.
| Coos,.o w pso.o. 4o.4tea At l.
lived on Clayton street between Delawar,
avenue and the Brandywine. He caught
| MaxWelps horse after the accident Max
we'll was dead when the witness sav
him.
superintendent Smith was among ths
men that helped to get the body from
under the car Mr. Smith said that tn
accident could not be helped as tn
titled to the position of the car. He wa
cross examined by Mr. Bradford Il
was asked why he did not come to hi
spoke and sail that he had told the mai
not to go.
Mr.. Bird said that the witnesses foi
the plaintiff had been chased around anS
offered bribes
1
body,under the car. Harry g. Stem. whl
was the car when the accident happen
ed, testified that the car was runnin
very fast. He felt the jar when 1t struc
the horse and saw the body under tn
car On cross-examination he said tn
/ car was going faster than any car
ever saw. Miss Cora Miller also testi fe
that the car was running very fast.
Passengers In the Car Testify.
Mary <. Mayne testified to being /
the car John W. Scott, Sergeant Blacl
Taylor Nipple, Harry z Chapman
George Handy and William G. Wake
saw the body taken from under the car.
William Powell said he had worked fC
the Wilmington City Railway Compau
out was not employed by it now. Il
said he could stop the car in fifteen Q
twenty yards.
William G. Walker was recalled an
said the horse that Maxwe
rode on the day of the acc
dent was quiet and gentle. Patric
G. Lynch, John Maxwell father Of tn
dead man, and Joseph Maxwell, tn
mans brother testified to the same effec
The bride worn by the horse was pr
duced as evidence.
Rosettes and Bride in Evidence.
John Maxwell father of Robert MAJ
we'll concluded his testimony this morn
Z ing, but nothing of particular important
was drawn out The rosettes and brid
worn by MaxwelPs hjrse were produced
! and the lawyers for the defense assure
the court that they would offer the brid
The Tables of Life.
7. Howard Lewis. general agent fC
. the Mutual Life Insurance Company, te
/ tilted that, by the tables of life, ma
about 21 years old, of sober, steady, il
dustrious habits would have Al 90 yea
, to live, or 62 years and a half in all
Stopping the Trolley Cars.
Frank h. Stoever, former employ
of the Wilmington tCity Railway Con
pany, who had run cars on all branche
but on Maryland avenue, testified this
6 ordinarily car was stopped in fro
! thirty to forty feet, or two lengths
: the cal. In case of emergency, such as
! child on the track, by applying the r
/. verse lever and brakes and putin
! sand on the track the car could
stopped on that grade in from twelve
fifteen feet.
EJames G. Mearns, another ex-moto
Z man, thought that if the motorml
4 made no mistake in an emergency Il
4 the car could be stopped within fro
q ten to twelve feet.
= The Schedule Sixteen Minutes.
Mr. Stoever was recalled On Colul
bus Day he made one run from B. q
station to the p, w. & B. station a.
y back. The rails from Clayton to Rodn
T streets were in good condition. The sche
D. ule time from the B. & 0. to the F.,
S & B. station was sixteen minutes.
N did not know the distance. That til
r included stops and all.
Mr.. Mesrns was recalled and thoug
the grade at Rodney street hill wou
X only make about ten feet difference
Y stopping car when compared wi
~ stopping it on the level
y From Station to Station.
Surveyor Harry Shuler testified IL
the distance from the b. a. 0 station
the p. w. & B station is 9, ,S94 feet, o
Il, mile and seven eights. The measu
i'd ment was taken from the east side
ce French street. on front, to DuPG