The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-07
PRINCE PRAYED FOR HIS LIFE.
TOLD HOW III FEELS TO BE bun
OVER ny A TROLLEY CAR.

MIR. L. L. Princes Suit Against the
Hope Railroad for S2O,OO0-Was
Run over and Seriously Injured
While Crossing Bolton street nj
Waters Road on His BicycIe-The
Case Being Hard Fought and VIII
Require Another Day at Least.
The suit Of f. L. Prince against the Sa-
vannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railway for $4,000 damages. was begun
in the City Court yesterday. Feb. ., 1885
Mr.. Prince, while riding his bicycle on
the Waters road, was run into by a Thun-
derbolt car and very seriously injured.
Besides other injuries he lost his left arm.
Mr.. Prince claims that the company
was at fault, as the car dashed upon a
crossing at a high rate of speed without
any warning being given by the conduc-
tor. The car was coming into the city,
while Mr.. Prince was on his way to his
home for dinner. In giving his testimony
Mir. Prince said that he knew the crossing
was a dangerous one, and therefore he
took pains to exercise particular care.
Although somewhat deaf, he claimed that
he could easily hear car bell, or even
the ringing of a door bell. The arrange
ment of the houses TO the east of the
track, he said. was such that person
riding from Gwinnett street on a bicycle
would not be able to see car approach
ing from the east until he had gotten
into Bolton street. He was going slowly
OF the time, as there was a slight up
grade.
Mr.. Prince gave the jury a very graphic
description of his experience in being
struck by a trolley car. The car was al
most upon him, he said, before he knew
it. He tried to turn one side, and waved
his hand al the conductor to stop.
Il saw that I was going to be run over"
he said, land prayed to God 20 spare my
life. When the car struck me l felt as
II ] was being wound up in a bah and my
head felt as If it was in the middle of my
body. l thought l was being killed When
/ came to / was lying on my back under
the car. ! could only move one leg, and
could not tell where my left arm was at
first, but found after awhile that it was
lying back of my head, They started 10
run the car back off Of me, but / told
NHem il they dlQ tney would ktH me.
asked a frined who was there to telephone
for Dr. WHY and also send some one to
tell my wife"
Ghe witness took off his glasses and
wiped his eyes as he stated that his wife
was of a nervous temperament and that
her nervous system had been ruined by
the accident.
Mr.. Prince was on the stand the greater
part of the day, being questioned at
length by his attorney, Mr.. Adams, and
closely cross questioned by Mr. Osborne
for the railway company The case is be-
ing sharply fought, Denmark. Adams &
Freeman and Gisnilliatt e Stubbs repre-
senting the plaintiff and Barrow G. Os-
horne ihe railroad
The position Of the street railroad COM
pany Is that Mr.. Prince undertook to
cross in front OF a moving car which he
could not have helped seeing at some dis
lance and that he attempted 10 make the
crossing by swerving out TO the right at
a dangerous place where he knew the
tracks 10 be several inches above the sur
face CT the ground and that consequently
the accident was due 10 his own bad
judgment.
Vice President Fall, Director Parsons
and Manager II. M. Lotion were specta-
tors during the hearing. The case viii
probably continue ali OF to-day as all the
witnesses for the plaintiff have not yet
been heard.