Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-24

as administrator of the estate Il Igo1n
Holden, deceased. agait.@t the Pine
Bluff Light and Water Company. TIE
) suit is an aftermath Of the elestrocIl.
ton OF lsom Holden. Il mp orman eur
ployed by the Citizen s ligit. ant!
Transit Company it is alleged. by
wire Of the Pine Bluff Light ard Wa
ter Company. Judgment is asked in
two instances: first. for the benefit o.
the estate of the deceased in the sum
OF $1,000: second, Cor the benefit of
the widow and next u kir in the sum
of 100000
The Text of the SUI
Complaint at law:
The plaintiff, W. l.. Cobb. suing as
administrator OF the estate OF lsom p.
Holden. his intestate. and also for
the benefit of the widow and next of
kin of said intestate. states:
That the Pine Bluff Light and Water
company is corporation organized
under the laws Of the state of Ken
lucky, but is doing business in the
city of Pine Bluff in the state of Ar
kansas; that its business is to sup.
ply water and electric lights to such
Of the inhabitants of said city as will
pay or agree to pay therefor. That for
this purpose it also has charter or
franchise granted it by said city OF
Pine Blutf: that it has been operat-
ing there. for the supplying Of water
and electric lights for many years.
That in supplying electric lights it
has electric wires stretched above and
across many of the streets OF Pine
Bluff: that the ordinance of said city
granting said franchise required it to
keep its electric wires we'll and prop
erly insulated.
That on the IS day of June. 1902.
plaintiff ntestate, Isom P. Holden.
was in the employ of the electric
street car railway in the city Of Pine
Bluff as a motorman. and as such was
running one of its electric cars east
ward on Second avenue; that one OF
the electric wires of said defendant
crossed said avenue, over and above
the trolley wire of said street railway
company at Elm street; that the
electric wire Of the defendant had
broken and fallen across the trolley
wire and also dropped down upon the
track OF said street railway company
so as to make it impossible for him
to proceed further in the discharge
of his duties without removing same;
that it was then early in the morn
ing and the conditions OF the weather
were such as to render it difficult for
him to see: that he was also ignorant
of the danger of taking hold OF the
broken wire even if he had known 1t
to lie uninsulated. that he was also
then told that it was insulated and
harmless that, believing that to be
true. he then took hold of the wire
for the purpose of pulling it out OF
the way and proceeded to do so with
safety until he reached and took hOld
of the part of it that was unlnsulateo,
without knowing or discovering the
effect thereof and without negligence
on his part, when it shocked nm 10
such an extent that he was unable to
turn it loose, or disengage himself
from it, and that he fell under lhe
shock. That the defendant and lts
servants in charge Of the electric ma
ehinery were at once informed or MS
dangerous situation and that the wire
was killing him and were asked TO
shut off the electric current; that the
defendant and it's servants wrongfully
refused to do so but continued tne
current along and through the wire
without any abatement whatever, una
nIaintif, s intestate Writhed. 'N'lc ca
and suffered in this condition fron tHe
wire for a period of twenty minutes,
when from it's continuous force ana
effect. he died in agony; that he dled
intestate. that the defendant hao
wrongfuly and neglisently pefmlt'eo
mart of said wire to become unlnsui-
ated and had knowingly and wrongful
ly permitted it to continue so. and IN
violation of the ordinance aforesaid;
that the suffering of said intestate
by said uninsulated wire and the elec.
trio current.
That the plaintiff was on the I'd day