Evening journal., 1895-12-05
MARTIN AND HIS HORSE
Trying to Get Damages From
the B. & P. Railroad Company.
A vsRY SAD ACCIDENT REoALLB1

merry goround suit against George A
Densell, Of Philadelphla. ia the Superior
Court yesterday afternoon The Jury WAS
only out forty mlnn'es
William @ Mari'u aud the Baltimore
and Philadelphia K road Company then
came up sereuely fore the JUDGES. Mr.
Martin was represented BY William s.
Hlllee and Philip Q Churchman, Levi @
Bird and Andrew r sanborn were
attorneys for the defendant corporation.
The plaintiff asks $500 for tbe
demolition OF carriage aud injury OF a
horse et the Coacord pike crossing Ia
Brandywine hundred ON April 10 1898
Edward ". Lyttle and Miss Ida V. Car
psntsr we're occupants Of the carriage at
the time Of the collision and both we're
killed
In opening for the plaintiff Mr.
Churchman said that lt would be shown
that no whistle was blown 10 warn Mr.
Lyttle Of the approach O tue train At
the time Of adjournment Mr.. Churohmnn
was still talking
Mr.. Churchman did not resume his
opening this morning The first move on
the part Of himself aud Mr. Hilles was 10
call Civil Engineer William B Carswell
TO exhibit and empllfy a plot Of the
ground surrounding the spot where the
casualty occurred Mr. CArswell said
that no helped lay ont the railroad One
hundred feet from the track he oonld see
tho top Of tho smokestAck Of a locomo
tive 900 feet up the track. Standing ia
the centre OF the track he could see $50
feet up the track.
Mr. Martin. the plaintiff, was sworn.
He said that Edward Lyttls hired the
herse In the afternoon. IL was 10 30
o'clock before witness heard OF the acct
dent His loss on the carriage was $3.50.
although IL cost S235 The horse cost
him $3.50 and the new harness was worth
S25 He was only offered So for what
was left OF the wagon and 50 for the
harness He had sent bill OF $2j to
Mr. Bird for injuries to the horse
Mr. Bird said that there had been no
negotiations looking to a settlement Of
tbe claim By oamPro mise OF otherwise
Newton Taylor testified regarding the
damage 20 the carriage and harness and
the Injuries Of the horse
FrankliD s Saunders, a strapplng
young colorsd mau, took the stand
hr Hillss-"Where did you work on
April 49, 1887
For Mr. Martin
Wnere DO you WORK noWf
ANY rhsrs's can get IL
He then described what he found when
he aud Taylor went out to get the ffag
ments OF tho carriage nni harness.
After Mr. Hiiles hsd 6nishsd the direct
examination he turned Saunders over TO
Mr. Bird Tor crous examlnRtlon
Mr Brd-"I have no q ostiona 20 AJAX
Y og may leave Saunders Go aud hunt
some work
Milsu Barrett, blacksmith said that
be offered Martin s. for tho rsmtins Of
the carriage, and tnRt Was all hs c0nsld
cred them worth
George Garrett. who passed ovsr the
crossing just ahead OF the LITTLE
team aud came near being
caught by the same train, heard no
whistle or bell and the watchmea Gads
no particular sign that train Wa \
50 near The horse driven By
Lyttle WAS tossed close TO GRrret's
cariilge He heard Miss Carpenter
scream aud Immediately drove to town
for sorgieal assistance, getting Dc
Shortlidgs When he got back Lyttle
vas dead and Miss O1psnter was
dying ia baggage car. since
the aceieent q hedge. which then pre-
vented d view Of the track for any great
distance, has been cut away The watch
man did not come out OF his watch box
until witneEs was 4 wagons length fro a
tie track.
air Bird subjected Garrett to a rlgid
cross examination
John Barron, trainmaster OF the B
& p railroad. was called and produced a
register OF the time Of trains between
n l.. 4 .
''fhe train which struck the carriage
WIS scneduled 10 leave Philadelphia at
. o. D. M aud srrlve In Wilmington
Delaware avenue station at 9 Al. On
the MI ght Ia question it left Twenty
fourth and Chestnut at o lS p. IN i,
and arrived at Delaware avenue
between stations is 25 l-10 miles. while
the line OF track within the city OF Pail
adelphia Is 4 miles loDg We don't
reduce our speed very much ia running
along the river there In Philadelphia and
we have overhead crossings where
travel Is thiokeEt We can
run through Philadelphia at a rate Of
/ from 45. 50 to 60 miles an hour N the
engines can make the time. The average
speed for express trains Is from 40 TO As
miles an hour. This train stopped at
/ Chester one minute It arrived al
Chester at 935 aud left at
9'36 The distance between Chester and
Delaware avenue station Is 10 l.5 nileF.
Trains slow, up after leaving Carrcroft,
as It is down grade 10 Wilmington The
rate OF speed from Carrcroft TO Whining.
ton for Royal Blue train is
six minutes, aud the distance "a mileJi
making the rate Of speed sbout thirty
miles an hour This train only made up
one minute Of It's thirteen lost time aud
that was made up between Chester and
Wilmington.
Mrs. Sarah r. Legg was sworn and
oorroborated CARROTS statement, she
being In the carriage with him at the
| time OF the perilous crossing.
The second panel will come on to
morrow. and the first panel jurors not
i drawn In the Martin case we're discharged
from futhar attendance.
Tomorrow morning At 10 o'clock, the
court will 20 over the residue OF the
calender aud make disposition Of ths
cases.
The Body Taken to seAford.
The body OF George W. spieer, OF No
407 Sherman street, was taken to Sesford
this morning, where it will be Inferred