Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-24
1N0B||GDAhAGE SUITS
Bart LAMA Asks s25, 900 Damages Of
LeGrand Quarry Company For
Loss Of Eyes.
William h. Parker, Of State Center,
Brings a $4,000 Action
Against A. Dobbin.
A SANDER Suit From Timber Creek
Several Divorces Other
Court News.

Today is the last day Of service for
the September term of the district court
and the usual number OF cases, always
held back until the last moment, have
been filed. Deputy Clerk Cammack,
who is alone in the office during the abb
sence of Clerk Bullock, has been about
the busiest man in the city unless it
has been Deputy Sheriff Wildman, who
is the only occupant of the sheriffs Of
flee during the search for the murderersI
of the two Chicago Great Western
brakemen.
Papers were filed in a big damage
suit. in which Bart LAMA, of Des
Moines. asks of the LeGrand Quarry
Company $4,000 damages for alleged
permanent injury as the result of the
defendants carelessness.
The plaintiff alleges that he worked
as a quarryman at the defendant COM
pany's quarry at LeGrand, and worked
under a foreman named Goner Torni.
vice principal of the defendant. That
while in the discharge of his duty, I'M
der the direction of the foreman, he was
ordered to blast ledge or bench of
rock. In obedience to the order he in
serted into a hole in the ledge a scraper
to take out whatever loose dirt or
stones might have fallen into it, prepar-
atory to placing the blast. Being unable
to remove all he inserted what IS known
as a tamping bar. three feet long, used
to prepare holes for blasts and to lamp
down loose matter While using the
bar, he alleges he came in contact with
and struck concealed and unexplodeti
charge of dynamite, giant powder. nj
tro-glycerine and Illuminating caps. or
one of them, which exploded and Sc
verely injured and permanently wound
ed the plaintiff, destroying one eye en-
tirely and injuripg the other so that he
will be blind during his natural life.
The plaintiff further AYERS that he
was not guilty of any contributary neg
ligence and did as the defendants agent
or foreman directed, the plaintiff being
foreigner and not used to the WAYS.
manners or methods of blasting rock in
quarries. BY reason of the accident the
plaintiff claims that he spent $500 for
surgical and medical attendance and
hospital expenses and will continue to
suffer and be unable to work as long as
he lives. In addition to the amount of
the damages asked, he prays for inter-
est on the amount from Nov 10, 1897.
ANOTHER DAMAGE SUIT.
State Center township alteration
between William H. Parker and Alex
ander Dobbin. two we'll known resi-
| dents of that township, which was re-
ferred to in these columns as probably
being the signal for future action has
illuminated in the filing of "a petition by
Mr.. Parker which was done Wednes-
lday. The plaintiff alleges that on or
about May 81. 1899, while he was at
work on the public highway near his
| home the defendant did. without cause
or provocation, violently assault. beat
and bruise him. maliciously manning
him by tearing out his whiskers and by
beating and chewing and gnawing with
his teeth, the small finger of his left
hand. That the bones of the finger were
broken and crushed to such degree
that it became necessary to amputate
the same to save his life thus render
ling him unable to perform manual la
Dor and disfguring him permanently.
ION account of the assault the plaintiff
asks damages in the sum of So, 900 and
costs of suit.
"A SCHOOL FOR sCANDAL.'
| 1t does not always take James. nor
| a Warde, nor Kidder to play "A
School for Scandal for some Timber
Creek parties have become enough in
lterested in the subject to warrant the
filling of an action in the district court
The SANDER suit is brought by Mrs
Elizabeth Turner against Mrs Laura
Birks. The plaintiff AYERS that she is
the wife of Jesse Turner and the mother
| of seven children, all born in lawful
wedlock; that she has always been a
woman of good character and morals
Mrs. Turner also alleges that she and
| the defendant have for several years re
4 sided in the same neighbour ood-Tim-
Der Creek township-and that on or
about February, 1899. said defendant.
with intent to defame and injure the
iplaintiff's character and good name in
the community, did unlawfully and ma
lliciously speak and publish, in the
| presence of Mrs. Ed Putnam, also a
PRESIDENT of the neighborhood, words to
the effect that the plaintiff children
did not belong to her husband, men
tioning at the same time the names of
several men whom she thought were the
| fathers of the said children. The plain
tiff further AYERS that the defendant
told Mrs. Putnam that she had seen diff
| ferent men at the plaintiffs home in
1.-THE absence of her husband, meaning by
the same that the plaintiff had been
guilty of the crime of adultery
/ By reason of these false and SANDER
Gus statements the plaintiff has suf-
fered great mental pain and anguish,
has been Inundated and that her stand
ling in society has been diminished Ac-
cordingly she asks $4,000 damages. In
addition to the above petition the names
of Columbus Sukehart and Mrs. Suke-
hart are mentioned as being other par
| ties to whom Mrs. Birks has spoken
slanderous words, and the plaintiff also
claims that to Henry Brks the defend
ant told that one Hoffenstine was the
father of the plaintiffs youngest child.
DIVORCE CASES.
An action for divorce was filed by
Elnora Treble, resident of this city
against her husband, William Treble
The plaintiff claims that she was mar
ried to her husband at Tama on Feb
ruary 26, 1899, and that they lived to-
gether until August II last, at which
time the defendant left the plaintiff
and declared his intention to never re-
turn to live with her again. The plain-
tiff claims that she has always con-
i Quoted herself as loving and dutifu1