Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
SUING FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
over Thousand Dollars of
Railroad Money In
Three Gases.

The Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rail-
way company is made defendant in three
personal injury damage suits. filed yester-
day in the district court, In which the
aggregate amount OF damages asked is
$116, 2O5. The plaintiffs are John w. Lowder
Of Omaha In two suits and Howell r..
Proctor, guardian Of Addie F. Lowder, wife
Of John w. Lowder, In the third suit. The
damages are asked by reason of injuries
alleged to have been received May 6, 1901,
in a collision on the Burlington road at
Thayer, Ia. The passenger train on which
Lowder and his wife were travelling from
Laconia, Ia, to Omaha was wrecked near
Thayer and thrown down an ~enbankment
as the result Of a collision with a freight
train.
In the first suit Mr.. Lowder sues for
$50, 900 damages for the loss that he has
and will incur by reason of the injuries
that his wife received. 1t is alleged that
Mrs. Lowder was so severely injured about
the head as to permanently impair her rea-
son and mind, and that she will never
again be a woman of sane mind. Mr.. Low
der claims that the expense OF caring for
his wife for the remainder Of her life, she
being but SO years Of age, will be s22, s25;
that he has been damaged to the extent of
$25, 900 by reason OF being deprived of her
society and companionship, and that the
loss OF her household service for the re-
mainder Of her life mounts to S6,72o.
In the second suit Mr.. Lowder asks
SIC, 205 for the injuries which he alleges
he received in the accident. He states.
that his left arm was broken and that he
received other injuries whic are perma-
nent.
In the third suit, Howell r. Proctor, as
guardian of Mrs. Lowder, asks for $50, 900
damages for the injuries which his ward re-
ceivsd.
Mrs. Cora M. LeHigh began suit for d.
vorce yesterday in the district court from
William +. LeHigh, to whom she was mar
ried in Red Oak September 20, 1899. She
charges her husband with cruel and inhu-
man treatment In consequence of which she
was forced to leave him July 30 of this year.
She asks that her maiden nam Of Cora
M. Price be restored to her.
Mrs. Anna Miller filed a petition for
divorce from William Miller, whom she
married in this city March IA, 1899. She
alleges hat her husband deserted her with
out cause or provocation in June. 1899, and
asks that she be granted the custody OF
their minor children, whom she has sup
ported by her labor since the head Of the
family absented himself.
Adelbert NJ. Thomas commenced divorce
proceedings from Stella Thomas. to whom
he was married in this city April 8. 1897,
He alleges that his wife abandoned him to
fight the troubles OF this world alone on
September 10 following their marriage
Lewis Cutler commenced suit against
Pottawattamie county yesterday to recover
SIS for the expenses Incurred In buryIne
Rupert P, schultEe May 2s. 1902. Schultz
was a stranger who was killed on the rail
road and his remains were taken care OIL
and buried by Undertaken Cutler at the
direction Of Coroner Treynor. The Board
OF Supervisors refused to allow Mr.. Cutler
more than IS for burying the man.
Henry q. wernimont began suit against
the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad com
pany for S1,9ss damages to a house which
he was moving across the Illinois Contra
tracks when a freight train backed into It
In his petition he states that the actual
damage to the house was only $50, but al
the collision was malicious he is entitled
under the laws Of Iowa to sue for three
| times the amount of the actual damage