The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-24
FORCED TO LEAVE A CAR.
MRS. AARON FERsT's DAMAGE SUIT
AGAINST STREET RY co.

was Forced to Leave an Aber-
corn Street Car to Which
She Had Been Transferred
From Liberty Street-Hnd Asked
Conductor for Transfer and
Thought He Had Given Hers on
the same slip to Another
Passenger-By the Demand of the
Conductor She Left the Car to
Avoid Physical Indignity.
As result of the indignity, humiliation
and wrong to which she was subjected by
a conductor OF the Abercorn and Bar
nard belt car line. Mrs. Aaron Ferst Med
suit in the City Court yesterday morning
against The Savannah Thuuderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway for $1,000 damages.
Mrs Ferst charges that on July "A she
returned to the city from Tybee, and at
the Tybee depot took the Liberty street
car that was awaiting The arrival of the
train. II was her intention to secure
transfer to Abercorn street and go TO her
residence. at Abercorn and Hall streets.
Mrs. Ferst was accompanied by her 2
year-old child. When she paid the fares
of her child and herself 10 the conductor
OF the Liberty street car she asked him
for transfers to Abercorn street. At the
time when the incident upon which the
suit Is based occurred the railway COM
pany had agreed to give transfers from
one Of their lines to another This was
its custom, and upon this agreement and
custom Mrs. Ferst felt she had a right
to rely. Mrs j. NJ Bryan was sitting
rear Mrs. Ferst, and also asked the con-
ductor for a transfer TO Abercorn street
Mrs. Ferst saw that the conductor hand
ed Mrs Bryan a transfer and inferred
that it included transfers for herself and
her child, IL having been the frequent
custom of the conductors along the lines
OF the company to punch number OF
holes, corresponding to the number OF
passengers, on the same check and give II
TO one of them for the use of all
with this understanding she left the car
al Abeicorn street and boarded ore OF the
cars on that line The conductor asked
her for her fares. which she said she had
already paid TO the conductor # the LIB
erty street car At the same lime she eN-
Dlained TO him The nature of the transac-
ton and her belief that three transfers
had been punched in the one check given
to Mrs. Bryan.
The conductor, il is claimed, repudiated
this statement, declared that Mrs. Ferst
had never paid her fare and that of her
child. and demanded that she either do 50
instauter or leave the car Mrs. Bryan
confirmed the statement made by Mrs.
FeTst as to the payment Of the fares, put
the conductor would moi yield and again
demanded prompt payment Mrs. Ferst, in
nj nv mt to
which she was being subjected refus
either to pay the fares a second { me or TO
leave the car.
The car reached the corner of Gordon
and AbercoTn streets while the collcquy
was in progress or just after II had been
concluded. ard al this point the conductor
rang the bell and The car stopped. The
conductor repeated and emphasized his de-
mand for the payment Of fare, requiring
that Mrs. Ferst must leave the car at once.
Terrified at he evidently intended conse-
quence Of refusal ana to avoid the physi-
cal indgnlty which she feared, Mrs. Fefst
left the car with her child
For he wrong she has been done and FOR
the indignity to which she was subjected,
Mrs. Ferst asks damages in the sum or
81 600 Mrs. Ferst is represented by Messrs.
GarIard & Mcldrim.
General Manager H. NJ. Lotion OF the
street railway company was asked yester-
pany's side of the controversy, which he
declined 10 do. This was on the ground
that the case would have a hearing In
court and ne was unwilling TO anticipate
the evidence that would then be presented
on behalf of the defendant. 1t was evil
dent. though, from the manner Of the gem
eral manager, that he was in possession
Of the facts as they appear to the COM
pany, and that he had made thorough
Investigation of the case.
People who patronized the cars connect
ing with the Tybee trains last season rea|-
lied on many occasions the crowding and
that often the conductors found ii difficult
to handle the crowds and provide transfers
for those who required them al the in
tersections of NE various lines.
Conductors were ratified by the crowds
and gave passengers transfers to wrong
lines and not infrequently eXcursionists
were unable to gel transferred with any
degree of promptness,