Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-10-04
tavern at Deerfield. on payment of
the same license fee.

the same license fee.
The Petit Jurors were called and
Jury was put in the box to try the case
OF Frederick Gould against the South
Jersey Traction Co, in a suit for
$4,000 damages for injuries received.
Lawyer John 8. Mitchell appeared
for Mr.. Gould, and Walter Fl. Bacon,
ESQ.,, and E. Amber Armstrong, E q,
appeared for the Traction Go.
The case opened by Mr.. Mitchell,
who stated the facts to be that Fred.
erick Gould, the plaintiff, had brought
action In tort against the South Jer-
sey Traction Co., to recover damages
for injuries received on December 18th,
last.
The circumstances OF the accident
are we'll known to the readers of the
PIONEER as they were fully reported
at the time, and Mr.. Mitchell detailed
them fully to the jary.
The first witness called was Clarence
NJ. Dubois, civil engineer.
MIR. Dubois said he had made a sur
vey and profile of the road where the
accident occurred, which he explained,
the map being put In evidence.
DIR. j. @. Appelgate was next called.
He said that his profession was that Of
a physician and surgeon. He said he
was on the car at the time of the acci-
dent, and occupied the third or fourth
seat back; he boarded the car about
three miles this side of Millville, and 1t
was then ten minutes behind time.
The car stopped at the switch and
also at the Dick farm before reaching
the place of the accident. The speed
of the Car was faster than usual.
He saw the motorman standing at
his usual place before the accident; he
saw him spring for the brake, and
the accident followed very quickly.
He saw the mules then on one side of
the road, and the load OF wood on the
other; the mules were killed and the
wood scattered along the road. Mr..
Gould was carried along and was
found at the further end of the wood,
and also the front of the wagon;
Gould was insensible.
The doctor described the injuries he
had received; his bill for attendance
and appliances had now amounted to
$175. Mr.. Gould's injuries consisted In
part of five fractures on his legs, three
on one, and two on the other, and he
would never be able to walk without
crutches.
The cross-examination was conduct.
ed by Mr.. Armstrong.
Edward L. Matlack was sworn next.
He said he had q sale at the Dick
farm at which he was the auctioneer,
He hurried up the sale to catch the
Car, which the conductor told him
would leaYe Millville at 5 o'clock. The
car was twenty minutes late according
to the time which the conductor gave
him, when the car reached the Dick
farm,
He boarded the car and thought
the car made rapid speed. He heard
the gong sound and heard the crash of
| the accident at the same time in
stantly he thought. He thought the
car ran from rs to 100 yards after 1t
had struck the team. He got off the
car and ran back to see what had
happened; he run into pair of mules
one of which was dead and the other
dying. He heard the groans of some
person whom he learned to be Mr..
Gould.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
When Court convened this afternoon
the case of Gould VS.. South Jersey
Traction Co. was resumed. Horace
Pierce took the stand. He had known
the woods road where the accident oc-
CURED for period of about forty
years. He got 'set" on the track when
crossing the railroad at the place of
the accident on the Saturday follow
ing the day of the accident. He had
on half cord of wood with two
horses at the time.
Frederick Gould, the plaintiff in case,
wss called.
He said he was born In Gouldtown
and was go years old last March, was
married 80 or SO years ago, had four
childran ra uoinor from 1e to 0S vears of
age, three of the children live at home.
He said his business had been farming,
carting wood and digging wells. The
wood he was carting was his own
wood, which he was selling; his health
and hearing had been good. The ac-
oident occurred on the 18th of Decem-
ber last year.
Mr.. Gould was carried into the Court