Evening journal., 1899-03-29
DEFENSE BEING PUT IN
Warning Signals Were Dis
played at the Wire.
WITNESSES HEARD FOR THE CITY


.DCC1 JRs TESTIFY RlEG,ARDiNG
TINE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY
GEORGE V. ArlDERs0N-sEY-
ERlAL WOMEN wnRlE ON THE
WTTNEss STAND TgI1s MORN
ING.
Superior C.nra yesterday afternoon
continued IDS hearing CT .hs fpacia.
damage suit of George V. Ardlsgson VS..
ohc Mayor and Council oIf WIminIgton
for $4,000.
DR.. Howard Ogle. the first witIless
II THE afternoon, testified that he made
an examination of THE injuries CT Mr..
Anderson and found That a pant Of ,lhe
mans shoulder bone was broken. He
said IL would never knit It will be a
long tire. il ever before Mr. Anllen1. "a
can move his arm without pain.
DIR. Winner said he examined Mr..
Anderson about ten days after THE ac-
cid5nt The witness said NE found
fracture. Anderson could not raise ;he
arm yl',rW pain.
Df. Palmer testified 10 making an ox-
,aminaton and finh.mg fiurmre.
Mrs. ANDERSON, the wife Of tine PLAIN
rn, eali whsu fl.r iausharl came NOME
his face was crs ami h.r!se; Hie
shoulder was ssca ANA has palnsd him
eve. e.G,o. Al aIe time OF the accident
Dr. Quinn was rlmmonFd MIR. Anler-
son has sirae been unatls to do any
work about rhe .aundly.
Mary Clark said sinceAir. Andassou's
injury he tad nc, dcne arg work in
the laundry
Jacob Cohen saw gh.s wire a9roee
Third street.
Howard L mo- a small hoy, saw Oh'
accident. Anderson was riding down
the street cn mis- bicycle whsnl he
struck nc wite On tha day CT .lt
accident lie flag was wrapped ar-una
the wire at ;he side Of the street
e WNNam aloreiand, 13-year-old boy
r ccrrobora,ea the testimony OF the pre-
e yious witness.
p General J. Paiike Posbles said ne ar
Z rived at The SCENE Immediately afta'
the accident. The white flag WAS clos
e against he tree to whioh the wire wat
e fasteapd It wac almost impossible t.
S see the wire unless peu5on was look
$ irg for it
Georg.o Fa,coni-, an Italian, whi'
-- genlng his naturalization papers yes
IS terday afternoon created heart,
j. laugh The chief justice asked the usua
D question: Georgia Farconio, do Y-r
" rencurce your allegiance and fdelit
u to the king OF ltaly?'
e "Yes, and / don't want a id ih-n,
g to d3 with him." was the prompt re
p ply in broken Eng,lsih.
2 What did yea say?" asked the dhis
justice.
le The Italian did net reply and th
= chief justice did NOT find out whit b
+ said until too late fer a rdprimali.
i This m5ming the plaintiff put lii
burn Chandler On the stand. He sai
OF that he came very near running int
p the wire while riding his wheel.
Then the defense rested and City So
Icltor Henry G. Conrad opened hi
be case. He called Mrs. Julia Il. Hannun
K. James Naharty. Mrs Fountain an
er Mrs Bernard j. McVey to the stanf
! The gist OF their testimony was tina
D. Anderson was passing down Thir
in street west from jefferson at a prett
H. rapid gait, with mis- head bent over tn
r hand,s-bars. He struck the wire, wa
knocked off his wheel, get up, pushe
his wheel under another wire TO th
ed American Leather Company's corne
tl- where he remOunted and rode off. The
ha said there was a white flag hung froi
-, the middle of the wire.
Au John Settler and Policemen Lyon
MaGt..en, Davidscl and James T. an
D. seWal d. Scott were on the stand priC
%. to the taking OF the noon recess. The
testimony went to show that the wan
Ting signal was always displayed on u
wire stretched across Third street.