The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-08
SLOW SPEED FOR A TROLLEY.
CAR THAT RAN OVER MIR. PRINCE
WAS GOING A MILE AN HOUR.

That Is the Testimony of the Savan-
nah. ThunderbOIt and Isle of Hope
Motormnn and Conductor on the
Trolley Car That struck T.. l..
Prince and Manned Him for Life.
The Case Hnrd Fought on Both
sfdes-Mr. Prince Complains of At
forney OsbOrne's Manner of Cues
tioning Him.
Having already taken up two days in the
City Court the suiy Of +. L. Prince against
the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway for damages for injuries
received I'm February, 1895 viii easily take
up another day.
Testimony for the plaintiff was concfud-
ed yesterday and the examination of Wit
nesses for the defense was begun. The
statements made by the witnesses for the
opposing sides differ very materially. In
fact, they make up two entirely different
accounts Of the accident According TO the
testimony Of the street railway companys
Witnesses, Mr.. Prince not only saw the
car approaching but had plenty of time
in which to avoid an accident
AS Mr.. Prince claims TO have been going
very slowly on his bicycle, and as the street
railway employees claim that the car was
moving very slowly il would appear from
this that Mr.. Prince might either have
stopped without crossing the track
or that with the use of a 1T
tie judgment he might have crossed
safely in front of the car.
The trend Of the testimony of
the street railways witnesses is to
che effect that the accident was
caused 10y Mr.. Prince endeavoring 10 cross
ahead of the car at a point where the
rails Were so high that it was impossible
for him to do So and that II was this
which caused him TO fall in front of the
car.
Both the conductor and motorman of the
car testified that the car was moving al a
speed of one mile an hour, an unusually
low rate Of speed for a street car. The
testimony Of The street railway company's
witnesses differed somewhat on minor
points, but they were generally agreed
that Mr.. Prince was entirely at fault
This caused one of Mr. Princes attorneys
70 remark that the street railway com
pany seemed 10 be endeavoring to prove
that Mr.. Prince undertook to run over the
cay.
The jurymen reported when court con-
vened that they had visited the
scene of the accident the aft
ernoon before, as instructed by the
court and had examined for themselves
the locality in which the accident occur
red.
Mr.. Prince was put on the stand again
by Mr.. Adams, and repeated the history
of the accident, going into minute details
ATr Drfga J., s.l..s..
able study to the matter, as was shown
by calculations which ne submitted as to
the relative speed of his bicycle and the
car at the time of the accident, includ-
ing the number of revolutions of the
wheels for each turn of the pedals and
the distance which would be covered in
one revolution.
Mr.. Prince was oss-questioned very
searchingly by Mr.. Osborne for the de-
Tense, who was evidently of the opinion
that the plaintiff had introduced some
new ideas on the subject of the accident
since his testimony of the previous day.
MIR, Prince is evidently of a nervous tenn
permanent, as well as being somewhat
deaf, and MIR. Osbornes manner of put
ting the questions seem to confuse him
lie appealed to court against this style
of examination, and his attorney Mr. Ad-
ans, also objected to the manner of the
opposing counsel.
The case has attracted great deal of
interest, and that it is considered an i'm
portant one is shown by the hard fought
manner in which il is being contested by
the attorneys.
The suit of Miss Blanche Duffus against
the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway was set for trial in the
City Court, but had to give way to the
Prince case. Miss Duffus is suing the
company for $4,000 damages for injuries
received in a railway accident on the
Thunderbolt line in August, 1885, The
suit was at first for only $1,000, but Miss
Duffus' injuries apparently becoming more
serious the amount sued for was increas-
ed to $4,000. McAlpin & LaRoche are the
plaintiffs attorneys