The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-20

-. Tag ard hard-fogght damage suit
:. ~ Hughes against tns Oregon In
9. - Ssrrnpan In which sns asked
fFs-.--s,s.- court % King county 70 give
- - 80 a. compensation for the death
= =, snsnznd who persisted "a tire
-. r5ue disaster II tse sumner %
- brought 70 a close yestsrsay
- - tyy = verdict Of 9 .9oo against the
- ,ss court opened yesterday morn
-. Tzeoos delivered his instructions
- sssry. T'afs process consumed more
- ,,asr The distractions submitted
- sttorn@ys on each side were very
-.s.~-f.sas. comprising IN al something
-. sfxfy-faur pages or eype-wr1tten mat
- Sarae of these Judge JACOBS gave 20
- s,ry. sone be rn0dinsa. and aoEne he
refused % giPs' ,,,
-. .s.n-rev. went home. They had made
.s-s sgef ard the case was ably con-
- AZ byfh sides Few juries have re-
- ssatenea % four more impressive ar
-~ar*s There was ths opening speech
- Ear HumphFiss. IN which ne sought
1890 me witness for the defense
- ssifvered a fierce invective against
-.r.o~.flnus. There was Andrew +. Bur-
$3.50 arvilgnsnf. calmly reviewing the
49,. es ne ease, and while not making
s.e@eiaf plea for corporations, replying to
Jssge Hgmpbries' accusations with tell
=. asfaaxs. There was s. II. Piles. bril-
So strong and forcibIe, and WIZ F..
sIsonhrsy. eloquent and fnpass oned- And
-. ssrors vent 20 their room with The
.esaes o. al these speeches lingering IN
s.etr ears and the long files Of evidence IN
- case 70 struggle with.
= was ( o'clock before they reached a
vsrssrf. The attorneys were called oy tel
.-Aona and the verdict vas duly an
,snneeA and recorded. Besides assessing
a. amour, az damages the jury. IN an
srsr 70 fnterroga tories found a. many spe-
sssi vsrdiets These Sc; forth great va
,sfy sn6 range az matters. the most Inn
..r.art % which. aside from technical ex-
SCISSORS and the formal declaration Of
~ relations o. me various parties in In
tsgssi. are as follows:
Tp.s = Ere was allowed 70 break out In
hreasf g Ia the mine. that Park Robin
an mine foreman. was out OF the mine
e. that day and absent from Franklin
thst Isaac Clements gas tester. wsS IN
control 81 the men on ina fifth level that
Clements and John Schneider attempted
- rnt out the fire. that the iaDoTers. In
e3assnx the deceased. were experienced,
careful and prudent miners and men %
.ugIsfng Iuglsfsgv a~ql lusufspnf pcos
fseHaWf Ramsay was Nt ms mousse &NtI
fae Ere broke out. Smallsy being left In
ehaFga o. the outside work. that tins
vsnfslatlng fan was necessary 10 ventila-
t'oa n the mine; that Snaliey ordered
sse FAR shut down: that the shutting
ssen ~ that fan reversed the air current
and sufT0cated and killed the deceased
TIA, n the fan had been kept running the
ssreas@d could have oscar ped that Small
lav Green and Mcdonald were incOmpe-
test and the company BY ordinary care
esea have learned OF their incompetency
thHt TIE cnnpany's employees could have
isarnea whore the FIRE was and that The
DISEASED had not come out OF the mine
before the fan was shut down. and that In
falling % do so the employees failed TO ex
srclsA ordinary care and prudence; thai
A. the time o. his death Hughes was
working under Clements direction ant
helping 70 put out the FIRE. and he hac
reason 70 believe before the fan was shut
a8sn there was time to escape: tina
Schneider told the men who were fghttns
re FIRE that he was going back 20 tn
ssol o. the slope 20 get buckets SO they
cealf put out the ere. that after Schnet
der returned with tha buckets the com
pany's agents made no effort 20 save tn
men; that Hughes in aiding Clements Z
PSF out the FIRE acted as an ordinarily
prudent man would under like circum
stances.
AFTER the special findings had been rea'
Eli Piles entered a motion for Judgmen
far the defendant. based on the specia
fadlngs. as being inconsistent with th
verdict Judge Jacobs took the motion
anssr Amusement, and Il may Re argues
later.