The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-19
Twenty-Five Cases Filed in a
Single Day for Personal
Injuries.
LARGEST CLAIM FOR $4,000.
Last Week for Service Causes a
Flood of Litigation in Local
Courts With Street Car
Company as Defendant.

DAMAGES aggregating s17S, 4s5 are asked
of the ST. Louis Transit Company in TWEEN
ty-two suits filed in the Circuit Court yes
terday.
Michael Higgins sues for s25,GC alleging
that he was selling papers on a Broadway
car August 20 last and that the conductor
kicked him of. His arm was broker and
he was otherwise injured. he AYERS.
Eta r. Bragg asks $4,000 for injuries
alleged to nave been received March Is
last in getting off a Lee avenue car The
car started and she was thrown, it is al
legged.
II. p. Corners. who states he was a con-
ductor on the Fourth street line, sued the
Transit Company and John Grant in the
Circuit Court yesterday for $4,000, alleg-
ing that he was discharged September 16
last. He was accused September 9 last by
r.. c. Swank. supervisor for the COM
pany, in a letter mailed TO him, of being
short 81 in his fares, and Swank asked
him to pay up. he alleges.
job A. Porter says he was assaulted
by the crew of an Olive street car Sep
TENDER s last. and elected from the car.
He sues for $4,000.
Gustave H. Schroeder states that a
wagon he was driving August Is last on
Fourth street was struck by a car and
that his ribs were fractured and that he
received other injuries. He sues for SIC. 900.
Frank q. Howe states that he pulled the
register cord instead of the bell cord on
a Broadway car June 8 last, and that the
conductor assaulted him. He asks $500.
Jesse Carter says a car struck a dirt
Street bridge August "a last and that his
skull was fractured, and that he received
other injuries. He asks $3.50
ATTEMPTED TO BOARD CAR.
B. Addison asks 5000 for injuries al
legged to have been received May 26 last in
attempting to board a car at Broadway
and Missouri avenue. The car started too
soon, and he was thrown, he states.
John Martin says a Jefferson avenue
conductor refused TO accept a transfer
from the Olive street line and had him
arrested. He was acquitted. he states.
He sues for 5000. \
ing that on August 2 last. while standing
on the running board of a Grand avenue
car he was struck by an opposite bound
car. His shoulders were dislocated and
he received other injuries, he states.
Wilbur 7. Allen sues for 5000. alleging
that on February IS last a car struck him
at Broadway and Lafayette avenue, in
juring his head. body and limbs.
Frank Wagner asks 5000. alleging a
wagon he was driving across Olive street
at EleNeDll street, June IL last. was
struck by a car and he was thrown to the
street and injured.
Henry Wegmann asks $3.50 for dam
ages alleged to have been caused July 20
last by a car striking a wagon he was
driving on Broadway, near Grand avenue.
The horses ran away and he was thrown
out and dragged, he states.
HUSBAND MAKES CLAIM.
d. B. Taylor asks s., 500 for injuries al
legged to have been received by his wife.
Elinor, April IA last in attempting to get
On a car.
Dorothy Remfro asks $4,000 for injuries
by being run over by a car.
Helen, Mary and Matsie Gormley sue
for 5000 for the death of their father,
James Gormley,. who was killed by a car
May . last, it Is alleged.
Katie Farrell sues for 5000 for alleged
personal injuries.
f. W. Undressing sues for s4.495, alleging
he was injured while driving a wagon on
Cherokee street January s. 1901.
William r. Klunk asks for $500 for in
juries alleged to have been received Au-
gust "a last by a wagon he was driving
on Clark avenue. between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets. being struck by a car.
Conrad Tisch asks s.. 800 for injuries al
legged TO have been received May "a last
in ~alighting from an Easton avenue car.
Betty Nankirk sues for $4,000. alleging
she was thrown in getting off Il Washing
ton avenue car April 96 last and Injured
Frank j. Maggioli asks 5000 for injuries
alleged to have been received April 20
last in attempting to board a Chouteau
avenue car