The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
ROMANCE OF AN ANKLE.
Mrs. Isley's Sin Laid Bare by a
Trolley Accident Queer
Exhibit.

AS soon as the jury in the Wittcke
damage suit against the Consolidated
Traction Company retired from the Cir
cult Court room yesterday afternoon,the
case of Mrs. Clara Isley against the same
company was called. Lawyer Warren
Dixon and ex-Judge Garretson answered
ready for the plaintiff and defendant,
respectively. and the case went on.
Mrs. Isley hobbled into court on pair
of new crutches, moving along with ap-
parently great difficulty. A woman sup
ported her on either side and helped
her into one of the front seats, where
she remained until she was called to
take the witness stand.
The accident in which Mrs. Isley was
injured occurred at the junction of Com
munipaw avenue and Grand street on
July 49, Mrs. Isley, who was then known
as Mrs. DeLacy, had come down from
Irvington to visit her father and sister,
at No. III New York avenue. She had
two children with her, Bella, aged Is
months, and Margaret, 5 years old. She
left the house between and o'clock in
the afternoon Her sister accompanied
her and saw her safely on belt line
car going to the Junction, where she
was to transfer to a Newark car. On
reaching the Junction Mrs. Isley, with
Bella in her arms and holding Margaret
by the hand, got off the car and started
across the street to wait for the New
ark car She was struck by another car.
The baby was thrown from her arms
into the fender. Margaret fell under the
fender and would have been crushed
under the wheels but for the promptness
rof the motorman in stopping me car,
M Ic1a rod
she attempted to rise she found tnat
her left foot would not bear any weight.
A crowd gathered. Mrs. Mary Matur-
in dressmaker in Commun1paW ave-
nue., told the men to bring the woman
and child into her house. They. We're
kept there until the ambula nee took Mrs
taken in charge by her sister. The in
iured Woman's name was entered on the
Hospital records as Mrs. Clara DeLacy;
Gideon Isley read an acc accou91 Insnectins ol me
that the woman was his wife. who had
disappeared some time before, he Went
to the hospital odS e Iafsfy bi 70 the
bedside. There was an affecting scene.
The woman looked at Isley,, and then
turned her head away and buried her
iaeS sDon't m W Vou Know me- Clara?" asked
Isley. pleadingiy. ,,,,,
Isley told Warden Osborne that she was
his wife, but she positively denied It;
The next day, however s, 81 she admfrtea al fro11
that time ON untf De Lacy appeared on
the scene, he paid her every attention
possible. De Lacy is commercial M tray, az,
eller and was away on a Western trip
at the time of the accident. He appeared
at the hospital about ten days afterWard,
and he enqdsdd pedsde a nlS fme warden IS
borne took De Lacy into the ward ana
the two men met.
AS soon as she, saw De Lacy Mrs Is, $,
Sc Aun
out her arms to him. The two men
giared at each other Isley begged his
she refused Then Isley went away in an
angry frame of mind. After remaining
in the hospital seventeen weeks, Mrs.
house in Irvington. where she had lived
81 vai5 qps fpa p sRs ante tsst /
permanently injured, and that she will
never have complete use of the limb
again. ~,
| stand, she had to be assisted inside Of
| the enclosure by two constables At
REQUEST Of her LAWYER Justice edIgp LdIgpn In
desk, because it would be painful for
her to climb up pH int 5hr the ysren of e
accident, LAWYER Dixon asked -
Are you ready Sant n now o,,r MRS rk1e Is!ay to
| tone. and she began to lift up her skirts
| The Jurors in the front row had a good
| look and those in the rear leaned over
and made a critical inspection of the
| injured limb. One of Mrs, Isley's friends
removed her stocking and the bandages
so that the jurors could see the injuries
After the stocking and bandages hao
| been replaced, Mrs. 1sley tainted. z
! constable hurried over with. glass OF
| ice water and she was forced to swallow
| some of it. Her face was sprinkled anc
the palms of her hands were slapped ,a,II q.
| # was then almost four O'Clock, the
| Court decided to adjourn until today
Before adjournment photograph, show. %
| ing Mrs. Isley's bare feet ana @ her s legs
about half way up to the knee, but Witf
| her face obllterated was offered In evi-
/ dence and marked exhibit A.