The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-15
FOR HEAVY DAMAGES.
x1mmA MAN TO SUE srxSET Con-
FAM FOR e3S.O00.
,.snnre - Deliver . Message Aa-
s. e~une1nG the IIIness NJ . DaaGh-
- 49, Need for Money AtIege1
= Nave Cass~d Great TresAse.

zx,sk.t.l dispatch 10 the Poxs~fEseiIigencer.
sSAcuMA. March i'll. q. Mcbride. for
S.SS.sv real estate and mining SPECTATOR
- fnrofaa. who came into prominence ta
~5eneefjofs with government officials by
i ~ on school section Ig and urging his
Sxi1 there. has commenced eutt againss
r. gnfs4s Telephone ard Telegraph Com
1.nv 10 recover - 500 damages fer H.
80 alleged TO have resulted because u
- noss-deltyery Of a message sent him.
q 4hN story tod by Mcbride Ir his cam
u6ntnt which il to be fled tomorrow. In
aueua. one. ard apparently furnishes
rcod eeouads for action. Attorney r. =.
fSsrnIs and ex Judge Frank Ailyn are act
- q. counsel h the cage, and Mcbride.
Who ned been in Arix,aa has returned isese
~ ne,sonasiy direct slfe su.s The COM
rsnlnf IL drawn briefly ard To the point.
- efs forth how the failure Of the d.
1rnAest company TO deliver a message ssns
- ~ bis son has caused him lass of refy-
gt6fDn ard much family trouble.
- outlined in the complaint MEBrtde
- from his home near Lake Park TO
i Ao11ona prior to September. ISss. On the
~ day Of that month isin son. whom hs
~ appointed As his agent and who re-
Rincd here with the family. tssegra piaasf
= father concerning tbs serious f.ness
daughter. The telegram was flied at
kirkland and addressed 10 the plaintiff at
Jesome Arix. II WAS paid for az the Park
Ind Office and read:
y. g. Mcbride. Jerome. Ariz-Father.
Maggse Is dying. Send money at once.
AMaIt answer"
according 10 the terms Of the comp,s Int
iaetead OF sending the message az ordered
Il vas sent 10 J. g. Upright, and Mcbride
Dever received H. His direct grounds for
claiming damages In the final outcome Of
h& "a IN s{xsff III
Not having receive il. ne alleges he nat
UYnisy knew nothing OF the family trouble,
and continued abou: liis business I'm ignos :
anee OF the sickness and eventual death az
his daughter. Has refusal 10 reply 10 the
message or respond 10 the call OF the FAM
us for assistance led 10 the fr0slie for
which be demands big damages.
His complaint eharxes that FL the face
Of his apparent neglect OF his family. MS
return home resulted in hLs wife and casI-
drsn refusing Ia recognize him as he should
have been. and In declining 10 treat MIN IN
. manner TO which ne IS entitled lie says
his family relations have been broker. off
and destroyed; that his wife viii ssoi treat
Rim as she should treat her husband. ard as
ne had been accustomed 10. thinking hs,
purposely neglected 10 assist her at the
time OF The death OF the daughter that hts
domestic happiness has bern ruined, and
~ reputation inj0red-aii because the mes
rage fled at Parkiand by his son was not
cent 10 him AZ II should hay. been.
From what can be sscertainei from the
attorneys engaged Iii the auis, the action
y likely TO be vigorously pushed and
brought 10 trial AZ speedily AZ possible. I'll.
local management Of the company here has
little To say. and when questioned today,
Superintendent Sands replied:
Yes. I've had the papers In ms office.
THERE'S nothing In the ease