The Washington herald., 1909-03-28

same, september p. 1872. William Bruhnke
cher son) against Chicago City Railway.
December 81. 1901: same against same.
July Il, 1900; Annie Bruhnke (daughtsr)
against Libby. Mcneil & Co, December
81, 1903
The later mlsfortUnes Of the Bruhnke
family have not been traced.
Born TO Trouble.
Elizabeth Williams. OF Brooklyn, IS an
other person who had a good deal Of trou-
bic n her life She felt obliged 70 sue the
C0ney Island and Brooklyn Railroad On
August 6. 1907. for a car collision; the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company on July
%. 1907. for falling over some boards In
the RidsewoOd depot. the Long Island
Railroad on June u. 1908. for failing over
a mat IN Long Island City, and A d.
Matthews & Sons on December Is, 1905,
for humping against a bolt OF cloth
Thomas 4. Rogers and Charles A Will
ioms. Of Long Island City. seem unable TO
avoid hurting themselves. Williams wife
and sol also feel obliged sometimes 10
sue railroad companies. Rogers has a
longer list OF injuries than the Williams
family put together. and IS quite Impair
tial as between railroad companies and
I dry goods stores. Rogers IS a phiianthro-
pist. too. and when not suffering from in-
juries himself win so 70 lawyers who
have accident cases on hand and tell
! them he can get Witnesses for them He
went 10 Thomas 2. Gllroy, for instance.
and told him he knew where some Wit
nesses could be obtained IN a damage suit
/ that lawyer had on hand Mr. Gilroy in
/ nocenuy told him 70 go ahead: but ROg-
I ers furnished so many that Mr. Gilroy's
/ f~.vr
and fired the whole crew.
among the specialists OF note may be
I mentioned William J. Leonard. who for
merly operated IN Boston. but left there
some months ago Leonard had wOm-
/ an partner named Mary Toner. otherwise
1 known as Odette or DUette. She. TOO, had
a specially, quite different from Leon
ards. and neither ever infringed on the
/, others patent Leonard's speciality was
elevator accidents and Miss Toner'S was
a refinement OF the trolley car method.
Miss Toner'S Speciality.
The usual method % getting hurt IN a
trolley car is 10 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 10 The
ground.
( Leonard never bothered with trolley
cars except once. He practiced the pro
fessiOn OF getting Ou> OF elevators when
the car was not quite level with the land
ing and tripping over the casing. His
record for the year 1905 was as follows:
Sued American Fidelity Company March
Is. Travellers Insurance Company. same
day; Employers Liability Company. April
8. Travellers Insurance Company. March,
Boston and Worcester Street Railway
Company. May 1; Casualty Company OF
America June Is
In his case against the Employers LEa-
bility Company he gave the name of Johr
Thurman. and n the second OF his suits
against the Travellers Insurance Com
pany that OF William Ward All were
elevator accidents except one trolley CA
suit and one case where he was ''struch
/ by a team
But the most remarkable speciality Z
that OF G. ". Mcdonald. alias Daniel
who gets hit IN the eye with an incandes-
cent light He is operating IN the Wes
now. His method Is 10 enter a trolley CA
and quietly unsCrew one OF the incandes-
cent lights. When the car starts OF gives
a jerk the globe falls AS II does so Nc.
/ Donald gives a cry Of pain ard claps hi'
hand 10 his eye IN his hand is a com
I
the eye and making IL water Then, o.
course, he sued the road.
He IS known 70 have muIcted the Lftti
Rock tArkl Railway and Electric Com
pany on July 2. 1908. and the Birmingham
tAla-) Light and Power Company OF Au
gust Of the same year Five days after
ward he was in iOklahOma City and IN
dertoOk 70 play his usual game on thl
Oklahoma Railway Company. be failed
The Oklahoma being too sharp for him
and moved on 10 Guthrie. where he trie,
II again The Guthrie people had beel
forewarned and he failed, but on Novem
Der ne played the game successfully OF
the Memphis CTenn.) Street Railway Com
peny. As a result. the Memphis eompan,
has Joined the Alliance.
Attacking the Department Store.
Another specially IS that OF a Brooklyn
woman whose health is not verr good
She visits department stores on bargain
J DAYS. when the shoppers are pulling bolt
of cloth and other goods around She ha.
with her 4 confederate. II there are n
} bolts Of cloth projecting over the edge
OF counters. the confederate pulls on
over, and the principal manages 70 strfz
against Il. and then falls 90 the groun,
screaming. She actually does fnfiict
real injury on herself. though. Of course
: not a dangerous one, and as il Is SmpJs
sible 20 prove that she has not sutfere,
J injury she always forces the firm 20 SET
tlement or gets q verdict.
Another ingenious specially consists Il
turning out the light This is never use,
solely as a specially. but Is a side issue
employed IN moments OF leisure from fail
ing OF trolley cars and out OF elevator
and under trucks. The practitioner rurn
out the light Then he cor usually she
stumbles on the stairs, falls down, an,
begins screaming. The neighbors rus
, out and lift the groaning woman. VIII
says feebly that she has broken her lei
or sprained her ankle Everybody cal