The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-16

O. p. Olinger, better known among his
friends as the Judge returned yesser-
ia=f frem Kansas City ard Olaihe. where
he has pending in the district court Of
Johnson county. In 1855 he was employ
ed by the Kansas City Consolidated Elec-
tric Light ana Power company OF Kan
sas City. Kan. His duty WAS stringins
the wires on 70 the poles and getting
them in shane for use.
On December q, 1883. while fixing a
wire ca a pole. through the detection OF
scne blocks or pulsys which broke. he
lost his balance and fell about forty fet.
lighting on his head and shoulders on the
frozen ground
For four days he was unconscious. and
during the first SIX weeks he was blind,
After an illness OF over three months he
Was able 10 go 70 Colorado. From the
effects OF the fall he was Daralyzed on
one side OF his body. A: that time he
was only is years old. In 1890 he re,noy-
lav with Adams & Adams. After read
iis law for a year he consulted with Mr..
John Adams about bringing suit against
toe Electric Light and Power company
for damages He alleged that though the
blocks or rulieys We're new, that they
had bean tested by the foreman OF the
works. and they had been condemned
by him. and that the superintendent had
ben notified by the foreman TO that ef-
feoT. Ye: he allowed him 10 take the
blocks out and use them, knowing them
70 be defective. which, he. claims, was
criminal carelessness. Mr.. Adams. at his
20
file a suit against the Electric Light and
Power company for damages. While
there he found that a judgment had been
rendered against the company for S5.
the case having been decided in the dis
trict court. The records showed that the
case had been released. The records also
showed that the suit had been brought
by W. l.. Olinger. his father. the Judge
then beng minor The lawyers for the
plaintiff being Getty & Hutchings OF
Kansas City. Kansas. When M. Ad-
ans returned and impaired these facts
to Mr.. Ginger, he claimed that they were
all false and that his father had never
brought any suit, nor had any settle
ment ever been made with either him or
mis- father. He says in mis- petition that
he nor his guardian never knew of such
a firm Of lawyers as the records show to
have represented him in the case where
he is said to have received $15.
After Mr.. Adams returned, Mr.. Olinger
went to Kansas City in person and
Brought suit for the sum of $50, 900. This
was in 1891 and the case has never come
OF trial 1t has been up in the district
court two or three times, where on some
,echnicality t has never come up for a
hearing. The case was then taken 10 the
court Of appals, where il was referred
al - -r:c ~ Tu-soa n
judge pro tenn been mutually agreed up
on, but before the case came up before
thsn, they both died. Now the case on a
change Of venue, was taken TO the dis
trict court of Johnson county, where,
day before yesterday. il was continued
M Olinger said last night that the
had gone into the hands OF q
receiver, but that he proposed to fight
the case, even if he had to take 1t 10 the
supreme court. He claims that he has
been deerauded and that a game wac
worked On him, and that neither he nor
his fGther were ever aware Of any settle
ment. He is still crippled from the ef-
fects of the fall, and ne has spent great
deal Of money in trying 10 effect a cure
without much success. The best results
he has ever received were from Professor
Flint. the hypnotist, who was here few
years ago.
Rev. W. G. Todd will commence tomor-
row evening in Sedswick Music hall a
course of six lectures on the following
subjects: 1. THE Basis OF Religious
Truth . THE Statement of Truth
offered by Scientific Unitarianism," 3.
The Relation of Unitarianism 10 Uni
versaiism, Free Thought and Secular
sm:" 4. THE Relation OF Unitar;anism
to Spiritualism, and Healing Science"
). The Relation Of Unitarianism to the
more Evangelical Churches 8. "The
Relation of Unitarianism to Social Be
sorm.''