Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-24
$4,000 FOR LIFE
OF Her HUSBAND
Mary F. Lambertson Brings
Suit Against Peoples Pow
er Company.
iELECTRocUTED AT WORK
&C. H. Pope, Elected from Car, Asks
Large Sum of Moline, East Mo-
line g. Watertown Line.

Today being the last day Of SER
vice for the January term of the cir
cult court, the clerk was kept busy
filing praecipes and issuing summons
and the sheriff's office was occupied
all today and until late last evening
serving summons which were issued
today and yesterday. The praecipes
represent an unusually large number
of damage suits, the total amount or
claims running up into many thous-
ands of dollars. They include dam
ages for injuries received for death
and for injuries to team and
wagon struck by a railroad train.
Power Company Sued.
Mary F. Lambertson, widow Of
Raymond S. Lambertson, Of Moline,
/ has filed the praecipe in a suit against
the Peoples Power company for the
sum of $4,000 on account of the
death of her husband, who was cleo
, trocuted while at work trimming
electric lights for the company in
East Moline. Attorney G. A. Shall
berg, who represents the plaintiff,
states that the death of Lambertson
was due to careIessness on the part
of the company.
Lam bertson was employed as a
trimmer for the company and it was
h., his duty to put new carbons in the
electric lights. On Sept. 10, he was
killed when he touched the carbon
of a lamp in which the current had
been turned on from the power
house. 1t is claimed that it is a
rule never to turn on the current
without first locating the trimmer
and letting him know that it is to
be done. The employees of the COM
pany at the power house made an
effort to locate Lambertson by tele-
phone to his home, but after several
Intellectual attempts it is charged that
the current was turned on any% ay
and the death resulted.
Elected From car
Charles H. Pope Of Moline. presi-
dent of the Midland Motor company
and president of the East Moline
Land company. is the plaintiff in a
suit for $4,000 against the Moline,
East Moline & Waterfowl railway
company. Mr.. Pope got on the car
several weeks ago on his way to Mo-
line from East Moline, and as it was
very crowded, he remained on the
rear platform. When passengers got
on or off the car he was compelled
TO move and his continued moving
made the conductor angry and he
ordered Mr.. Pope to get inside of
the car. The latter refused to do
so. Thereupon, it is claimed, the
conductor ordered him off the car
and d tussle took place which ended
in the conductor calling upon the
motorman for aid in ejecting Mr.
Pope. At this stage Mr.. Pope decid-
ed to get off without further trou-
BILE, but he requested permission to
get back on again and ride into the
city, even If he had to get inside the !
car because, as he said, he had an
engagement to fill He /
claims the conductor refused to al |
low him to do so and that when he |
tried to get on the car as it started |
he was showed off. He was bruised |
in falling off the car and a ring which |
was on his finger severely lacerated !
it when he struck the ground. At
torney G. A. Shallberg represents Mr.. |
Pope.
Train Killed Horses.
Ludolph & Reynolds filed a prae- |
cipe in suit against the Milwaukee
railroad for the sum of $500 on |
behalf of John G. Scheuerman. The |
damage suit is the outgrowth of an |
accident several months ago. Mr.. /
Scheuerman had his team. tied in the !
rear of building on First avenue !
and Nineteenth street. It was on the /
right of way of the Milwaukee road
and when train came along it
struck the wagon and team. The