Evening journal., 1896-01-04
THERE WERE LIGHTS
John Crawford Swears That
He Put Them Up.
WILKINS CALLED TO sBB ABOUT IT

tinued to yawn at the feet Of the
Superior Court judges yesterday after
noon. and Messrs Bird aud Sanborp,
attorneys for William d Wilkins, did
their best to make it as long, wide and
deep as cross-examination would do It.
Engineer Hstton resumed his place on
the stand at 80 o'clock be said that
Fielding was instructed to do the man.
hole work carefully. Mr. Hatton had
inspected the work daily and there was
nothing unsafe about TIE man hole and
its surroundings Speaking Of the rain
fall on the night that Wllkinss horse
Is alleged to have plunged Into the hole
he said that 1t was 30 100 Of an inch In
six minutes. This beat down the new
made earth, aud an obstruction In the
street forced the water to run across
the man hole
James l. Hawkins, who had charge of
the work, testified that he drove over the
manhole on Saturday after the work
began and found it safe Red lights and
barriers we're put up to warn the driving
public On the morning succeeding the
accident he examined the washout aud
found it to be four or five inch ss deep
de gave no orders TO have the hole filled
In. It was his duty to see that lights
were put around the piles Of dirt and he
performed that duty
Mahlon Belts. clerk of the registry
bureau whose duty 1t Is TO keep a
record OF rainfalls, testified that 80 100
Of an inch OF water fell Ia six minutes on
the evening of June 80. the storm being
a very heavy one
John Crawford, colored, swore that be
put up the red lights. showed BY the
cement model how be did It, ard said that
Chappelle bad nothing to do with 1t.
Wilkins. he said, called upon him four or
five weeks ago aud made inquiries re
garding red lights. remarklng at the
time that the shadow of the lanterns
darkened the hole to such sn extent that
he did not perceive 1t.
John Lemon took the stand at 10 20
o'clock this morning De said hat. as
foreman OF the lRborers 1t was his duty
70 see thst lights and barriers were placed
about the hole on June 80 Three
danger lights were placed on the board
barriers Next morning he went to work
about 6 o'clock and the three lamps were
burning.
This gentleman here went out for
you, didn't bei" asked Mr. Bird, indi
eating Deputy Sheriff Ratledge, in
opening his cross examination
Yes sir. He said, They want you on
the stand"
Didn't l ask you to be here yesterday
morning to testify for Mr. Wilkins in
this case2'
You didn't summon me-"
Hadn't you been 10 my office day
before yesterday aud didn't examine
your"
I'm the afternoon-yes
"Didn't the sheriff summon you to be
here for Mr. Wilkins7"
"Yes sir.
Didn't you say over there about
thirty feet from here that you would not
come here TO testify for met"
mo, sir said | was poor man and
had to work to make my sn living.
had three horses TO attend too aud my
home to keep and l didn't think could
come around Mr.. Harman had told me
be would not need me until 2 80 o'clock
yesterday afternoon
HAS any arrangement bssn made
by the city to pay your 6ne for you. "
Tell the truth, now. What is your
snswsr3"
mo, sir
Mr. Bird showed a disposition to push
the question. but Chief Justics Lore
stopped him, saying:
"rhis man misunderstood this thing.
he has got mixed somehow Aad IL we
had known 1t at the time we should not
have Imposed this fine
Mr.. Ssnborn-''He told me he would
not come
Il didn't say 1 would not come.
Chief Justice Lore-"rhis thing has no
bearing upon this case aud We think 1t
ought TO be stricken out OF this case
absolutely uulessi it goes to the question
OF the mans bias
Mr. Bird-"That is Just It
Mr. Harman-"rhis man was summoned
as our witness six weeks ago BE came
to me aud said the came thing to me
that he said to Mr. Bird He said, /
won't come told him he must come
or he would go TO jail told him to
report at 30 o'clock never knew Nc
| Bird had summoned him
Chief Justice Lore-"We don't think
that this has anything to do with this
case
Mr. Blrd-"who employed youf"
Lemon-"John Jacoby "
"Why die you put up the lIghts2"
owe were afraid that IL any injury
was done IL would be Jacobys fault as
we we're making the connections for
him b"
ibid you see that hole next morningT"
Yes, did
"Did you see any marks about it where
a horse had been in it2"
II never seen any marks In that hole
He denied that he told Deputy Sheriff
Ratledge that horse had stepped in the
hole and gone up to bis breast but he did
say that the soft earth would cause
either man or horse to sink In some dis
tauce Laughter was created when he
said:
'On Sunday Hatton came around
raising b-l because the men had not
cleaned off the sidewalk"
Mr. Blrd-"That's all.
Lsmon-"Ill 60 now"
Mr. HRrmon-"Mr. Bird, do you want
him anv moref'
Mr. Bird-"No, 1 never want to see
him any more"
Lemon And l don't want to see you
any more Have you got my checkf'
Laughter
Mr. Bird-"He wants his check.
This created more laughter and Lemon
left the room by the rear door.