Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-02
TROUBLES OF AUTOMOBILE MAN
Arrested On MisdemeanOr CharEe and
Machine Attacked.

Machine Attached.
The trials. fluctuations and misfortunes
of George w. Moore, the Omaha auto
mobilist charged with reckless driving on
lower Broadway at an early hour on the
morning Of March n, wnen he ran his
machine into the wagon Of ]. =. Barnett.
who was coming from Omaha with his
load Of morning paper, piled up with a
fesrsome rspldity yesterday morning.
Moore's hearing was set for the morn
ing session Of police court and he drove
over from Omaha in his automobile. In
oidentally. 1t may he noted that he re-
turned across the river in a street car.
His machine, which was attached In con-
nection with a damage SUIT instituted by
Barnett in the superior court, remained
in the custody of the city marshal.
on his way along Broadway toward the
police court Moore met with more trou-
BILE and whole big chunks Of II. He not
My ran against and knocked down a
conductor of a street car, but only es-
capped having his machine ground TO pieces
under the wheels OF q Northwestern pas
seuger train by a few inches. As II was,
the pilot of the locomotive struck the
rear wheel Of the auto and nearly tilted
the machine over. The train, fortunately,
was only Just pulling out OF the depot
and the engineer reversed the lever and
was able to bring the train to a stand
still before any serious damage was done.
1t is said that Moore dashed under the
crossing gate as It was being lowered to
permit the train to pass. He said the auto
mobile got beyond his control. Conductor
George Kuhn. who was on the roadway
at the side Of his car, waiting to go ahead
and flag ii at the crossing, was struck by
the automobile and hurled to the ground
His injuries, while not serious, necessitated
his quitting work for the day. The auto
Mobile passed over his foot, bruising 1t
and his back was ~wrenched.
BY the time Moore reached police head
quarters he found other trouble awaiting
him. He was served with paper In a suit
brought by j. d. Barnett for $415 damages
for the injury 10 his wagon. the result Of
the collision on March q. and for the as
sault alleged to have been committed or
him by Moore. The officer of the cour'
also served attachment papers on Moore
automobile and the 500 cash bond he pu'
up when arrested Monday night.
This formality had barely been son'
through. when Charles Barnett. roadmaste,
Of the street railway company, appeared
on the scene and filed two new informa
tions against Moore, one on the charge o.
fast and reckless driving on Broadway AND
the other on the charge Of assaulting Con
ductor Euhn by knocking him down will
the automobile at the Northwestern railroad
crossing.
With all these fresh troubles to shoulder
Moore, after consulting with his attorney
decided he was not prepared to go int
court right then and there, and his hearing
on the various charges was postponed unit
this morning.
Later in the day an Omaha firm filec
notice that It held a first mortgage Of so
on the automobile.
Moore formerly conducted the saloon a
Broadway and Thirty-seventh street. blu
lately has been engaged in the automobll,
livery business between Omaha and thi
city. 1t is understood that J. u. Barnet
will file today an Information agains
Moore charging assault and battery.
DeGraw e Fuller, the fastest pantO,