, 1897-10-30
TUE DOUCNERTY CASE.
IT WAS GIVEN TO THE JURY AT A
LATE HOUR LAST
NIGHT.
No Verdict Has Ye, Been Reached
Brief H.s.ory o: the Case--Attor-
neys for he Plaintiff Make a Serl-
Gus Charge-Rsce.p p. Alleged to
Have Beea TAmpsrGd With.

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The sui. br5usI. ly Edward Dough-
erty aga.ns. the S.aaiIri Cement ana
P.as,er company .Jr J,T-gas growing
u .o:al.cs5darg!.g ace D.. sad company,
the gmcaat c.-In5d le.ng $4,000, was
given 20 tls july las n.glt. The de-
PENDANT cumpsu dsli5i ,a3t the com,
pany was caIs.ess n aGy way and a.so
SET up ,he ds.casa tal DoIgheriy had
con.r!ou,e 20 tle golden; ty nsgl!,
gence. In the .g.II u lIe case there
seemed 10 De nl cCaii.c. u ,he question
OF the iniur.es rscs.ygl. A beard OF
physicians consisting q II iris, SwIgart,
Stevens and Bris.o. ex-l.iaed him dur,
ing the trial AMI tes.lzi before the
Jury as to lie injuries he mad received.
There was no csail.st upon the main
poin.s tina. The Injuries were OF a per.
m character and wsu.d follow hin
al through lie. t.lt o1e Ct his leg,
was an inch shorter than ne ether. an.
that one o. his ribs was broken, that hs
had suffered and was sill suffering al
times considerable pam. OF course i
great dsl! OF testimony was CONSIDERED.
bearing upon the accident and there was
some cGnf.ct. hu. tle main facts about
which thsre was no question, are a,
follows: Dcuzher.y VS. eagagad wi.n
o.her izEorers. at S1.5O pr day to do
ordinary work in the pns,ing inso he
PLASTER mil OF the defendant company
some large and heavy kettle bo..oms:
that one c. the kett.e botts.ns in ques,
ton was being moved inso is pace or
the second s.cry and il had to be drug
q distance 0! 30 or 40 fest on skids;
thai these sk.ds were placed On 6x6 ma.
tive timbers extending across a nine
foot span; that w,ai:e the ke.,.e bottom
was being paced in pysi.i>n, Dougher.y
and two o.her msn being ordered to
raise che same so hat a roller could be
taken u by Mr.: McC.ary, superiutend-
emit, one of The 6x6 t.mbeys broke in tw5
by the weight OF che ke:tie bsttom, which
the testimony showed to be about 2.SOe
or 5000 pounds: shat when he accident
happened Dcngherty ths,1 hold OF the
Dry and was lifting the Ike lie ba.tom
when the stick a. tinker broke. Tbs
testimony Ia conflicting upan the min,
A. to whether the other Two men had
hold OF the Dry. When 1he niece o. i'm.
Der broke Dougherty was sanding On
one OF the sk.ds, holding 10 The Dry, and
a. the kettle fell over, g.ing d5wn mo
the basement, il threw he timber I'm on
Which Dcu.Eer.y was sanding AMI a,
resu!; Douyherty went ID INTO the al,
seven or }ight feet and Eel dcvn into
the baseISent, a distance cfabeu: IS Feet
and struck On the edge OF he ke;t::e boS.
teen, causing the MUIR es inflicted nan
him. The testimony showed tina: Mr..
Camp.e,.., the architect in charge, was
within six or seven feat engaged in hay-
ing the kettle bottom Placed in proper
position, and the plaintiff commended
That as they were present giving orders
the company should respond in dam.
ages for ;he injuries caused.
The cour: instruc ed she iury on he
law, saying hat the law IN reference to
the case came under the had O, vice
principal, and not under me head OF
fellow servant. as coa.eaded for by the
defendant. One Of The ssnsl.icna. feat.