Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-30

car W men near PIKE street witness
said he looked ahead and saw Mr.
Copp driving a lo"ded dump cart down
the street. parallel with the ear tracks
" men the car WAS about 100 feet from
the curt Mr.. Copp turned across tf,
tracks and started for Cushmau street
Inc mct"r:,!an and witness began TO
shout ANA the former reversed IN.
power. setting III" brakes fast. In .he
opinlnn OF the witness the notorman
did ali in his power to prevent the a,..
cIdent. When asked how he observed
Tie moto.rn2n, witness said he was
looking ahead and realizing imminent
danger was looking fer chance TO
jump.
Mrs. Mary o. Bailey. wife of the IRE
cedlng witness. testified to boarding
the car ia Company with her husband.
and corruborated his testimony. Her
remembrance of the occurrence was not
perfectly clear owing to her somewhat
frightened condition at the time.
Mrs. Mary Sheehan boarded the car
before ANA WAS a witness of the acct
"eHt. She saw Mr.. Copp turn across
"" track III front of the approa ching
car and told Of the shouting and gem
eral excitement in the car AT the time
IN" thought the car was proceeding at
the ordinary rate of speed. but could
not definitely know what that would
ne lii miles. At th.' conclusion of Mrs
Sh""han's testimony court was ad-
Jourrcd until o'clock.
AT the resuming OF the hearing Miss
A. G. Sheelian. daughter of the pre-
| tify. Witness had boarded the car in
company with her mother and her tes-
tirlony was merely Il REPETITION OF the
rrevi"us testimony introduced by the
defen: G. The witness was cross-cxam-
irrd by Attorney punton. who is act
ing With Attorney Thompson in the
case.
Mrs. II. F. Harvey, resident of
, Winthrop street, WAS a passenger on
the Ger. III a few Well-chosen words
she related the occurrence as she re-
memh"red it proving to be the same as
previous testimony, with little devia-
ton.
The next and principal witness for
IT,. defence was Motorman Arthur
Palmer. Mr.. Palmer has been in the
employ of the A.. W. & G. r. Il. Co.
for nearly three years and was hand
ling the car on the afternoon of Aug
Is. Witness testified that the car. No
II. was a four wheeled open car
known as the half-hour car from Ham
mondS Grove. This car was due al
Water street ut 2oO O'Clock. and wa.
lightly loaded with five passengers.
four of when were ladies' On coming
down III, grade he saw Mr.. Copy
emerge from the pit" with a load of
gravel ana he then turned and proceed
Cd down the road parallel to the rail
ROAD tr:i *. When near the intersection
OF Cushman street and Western ave
nue. Mr.. Corp turned abruptly across
he track when the car was about two
lengths distant The witness shouted.
reversed his power and damned on the
brakes. III fact. according to his testi-
mCny, he did ali he could do. When
the brakes We're put on, the wheels
became locked and 'skidded'' along the
tracks as shown by the flat wheels. The
car was equipped with the ordinary
hand brake and weighed about sever
.ons. according to Mr.. Palmer
On being cross exan1ined by Attor-
fence in the electric railway business
and thought the grade at the scene Of
the accident was about per cent.
Witness further admitted that Mr..
Corp did not look up toward the car
until it vas within six feet of him.
L. c. Jones, the next witness. is
trained nurse by profession. At the
time of the accident he was acting in
the capacity of conductor, having Civ
en- up bis profession as nurse on ac-
count of failing health. He had been
in the employ of the A.. w. & q. X. Il.
co. about six weeks when the accident
occurred. He gave the minute details
of the trip on the afternoon of Aug. ID,
describing the various stops ana the
taking on of passengers. Witness had
collected the fares and was standing
on the rear platform when he sudden
ly heard shouting. Looking ahead he
:aw MI Corp crossing in front of the
car. going toward Cushman street. H."
rrckcned ;hat the speed Of the car was
between seven and eight miles an hour.
BEFORE this he had observed Mr.. Cnpp
proceeding down the road parallel to
the track with the car gradually short
ening the Intervening distance. Wit
n.ss himself had 10 idea that Mr.. Fopp
intended to cross the track to tuShnan
eta oct. as his appearance going down
Western avenue would seem to aliay
any such ideas. He observed the motor
man make frantic efforts to stop the
su.rd of the ear and in the opinion Of
the witness did all he could do to pre-
vent thc accident. In regard to the &C.
tual occurrence. Mr.. Jones testimony
was "A confederation of the previous
witnesses. When the collision occurred
Mr.. Jones was thrown forward against
ore Of the seats of the car, and sus-
tanned a broken leg. He was later tax
en- to he City hospital. Since the &C
cidcnt Mr. Jones mas resumed his oc-
cupation rs professional nurse for
which ne is exceptionally Well lifted.
being graduate of the Augusta City
hospital.
The cross-cX; mination of the witness
was somew hat lengthy but succeeded
H. bringing no new evidence to the
surface.
George H. \ottage. foreman of the
car barn Of the Railway Co, testified
to the fiattened condition of the wheels
m oar No II after the accident He