Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10

namh OF Aonk AAianu lily ttefn unauit TO
avoid hurting themselves. Williams wife
and son also feel obliged sometimes to sue
railroad companies. Rogers has a longer
list Of injuries than the williams family
put together and is quite impartial as be-
tween railroad companies and dry goods
stores. Rogers Is a philanthropist. too. and
when not suffering from injuries himself
will go to lawyers who have accident cases
on hand and tell them he can get witnesses
for them. He went to Thomas r. Gilroy.
Tor instance. and told him he knew where
some witnesses could be obtained In a dam
age suit that lawyer had on hand. Mr..
Gilroy innocently told him to go ahead;
but Rogers furnished so many that Mr..
Gilroy's suspicious were aroused. He in
vestigated and fired the whole crew.
Among the specialists Of note may be
mentioned William ]. Leonard, who for
merly operated In Boston. but left there
some months ago. Leonard has a woman
partner named Mary Toner. otherwise
known as odette or Duette. She, too. had
a speciality. quite different from Leonard's.
and neither ever infringed on the others
patent. Leonard's speciality was elevator
accidents and Miss Toner'S was a refine
ment OF the trolley car method.
Miss Toner'S Speciality.
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trolley car is to be thrown from your seat
when the car gives a jerk. but Miss Ton
er's speciality was boarding cars just as
they started and being thrown to the
ground.
Leonard never bothered with trolley cars
except once. He practiced the profession
of getting out of elevators when the car
was not quite level with the landing and
tripping over the casing. His record for
the year 1908 was as follows:
Sued American Fidelity company March
IS; Travellers Insurance company, same
day; Employers Liability company, April
s; Travellers Insurance company. March;
Boston and Worcester Street Railway COM
pany, May 1: Casualty company of Amer
lea, June IS.
In his case against the Employers Liza
bility company he gave the name of John
Thurman and in the second OF his suits
against the Travellers Insurance COM
pany that of William Ward. All we're
elevator accidents except one trolley car
suit and one case where he was struck
by a team"
But the most remarkable speciality is
that OF G. w. Mcdonald. alias Daniel,
who gets hit In the eye with an incandes-
cent light. He is operating in the west
now. His method is to enter a trolley car
and quietly unscrew one Of the incandes-
cent lights. When the car starts or gives
a Jerk the globe falls. As 1t does so Nc
Donald gives a cry of pain and claps his
hands to his eye. In his hand is a COM
pound which has the effect of inflaming
the eye and making IT water. Then, OF
course. he sues the road.
He Is known to have mulcted the Little
Rock CArk.) Railway and Electric com
pany on July 8. 1908, and the Birmingham
(Ala.) Light and Power Company on Au-
gust 3 of the same year. Five days after
ward he was in Oklahoma City and I'M
dertook to play his usual game on the
Oklahoma Railway company. He failed,
the Oklahoma being too sharp for him,
and moved on to Guthrie. where he tried
it again. The Guthrie people had been
forewarned and he failed, but on Novem-
Der 4 he played the game successfully on
the Memphis CTenn.) Street Railway COM
pany. AS a result, the Memphis company
has Joined the alliance.
At least one of these operators allows no
p~ent-up continent to contract his powers.
His name is John d. Robinson. He doomed
up in Baltimore with a claim against the
United Railway and Electric company
Detective Atkinson OF the Baltimore police
department produced proof that Robinson
had worked in London and collected $215
from the Employers Liability Assurance
company there. Robinson went to Jail for
a year and the Alliance Against Accident
Fraud gave Atkinson 1900 as a reward.
One novel variation OF the game is played
at the expense OF lawyers instead of cor
poTations. The practitioner appears In a
law office with a bandaged hand and a
circumstsntiaI story of how he was in
jured by a street car. together with a fake
list OF witnesses. He asks the lawyer to
take his case and the lawyer does so. AS
the client is leaving he asks the lawyer
to cash a lodge premium for IS. and the
attorney eagerly consents. He never hears
again of his client.-Philadelphia Ledger.