The evening world., 1909-02-08
Husband of Emily Park ReQua
Sues New York Central
for Like Amount.
HELPLESS, SHE SAYS.
Dozen Specialists Unable to
Restore Her to Health,
She Tells Jury.

Frederick Requa, Of No. East Eighty
fourth street, retired and wealthy, und
daughter OF the late Charles Park, OF
the Arm VI Park & Titord. is the plain
TN I'm a suit against the New York Cen
,ral and Hudson River Railroad COM
pany for $50 c)0 damages, and her hus.
band demands as much more IN another
quit FOR he loss OF her services and
romuanionsh.p. Both suits are being
ried together to-day before Justice Yer
non NJ. Davis and Jury In the Supreme
Court.
Tie suits grew out Of the deralment
" the Montreal express In the Adlron-
dack region In the early morning OF
oct. 81, 1897, when two Pullman seepers
we're turned over, and Mrs Requa was
pulled out in her night attire TO sit and
shiver on cold bank FOR half an hour.
william A. Jenner appeared for her.
He told the jury that the Requas had
had a camp on Loon Lake In the Adj
rondacks for ten wears, and were going
ID when the accident happened
Month In sanitarium.
She was taken from the scene OF the
wreck to Stoney Void San!tarium. at
lJushaoua, where she lay for twenty
six DAYS. and was attended by physI-
.lans from Saranac, Montreal and New
York, after which size was brought
home to suffer for months. In spite OF
the skill and best efforts OF q dozen
specialists. Her collar bone was broken,
several ribs were bent, her right arm
and hand were crushed and made prac-
tkcally helpless for life. and she does
and will drop things from her hands
involuntarlly because OF sort Of par
alysis resulting from her injuries
Mrs Requa testified: My husband
and left for Loon Lake by the Mont
real express on the evening OF Dot. %,
due to arrive at 5,2S next morning. We
had a section In the Pullman. I awak-
ened before It was light next morning
| was train-sick for the first time In my
life. put on my shoes on my bare
feet and essayed to go to the toilet.
took three steps, when the car, which
had been swaylng badly. plunged wildly,
and then came the most awful crash and
grinding and glass breaking. ana was
thrown forward to the end OF tho car.
and then ! was thrown up to tho top
of the car. And then at one time
found myself near the top OF the car,
near the gas Jet. which was burning.
objects to "Terrifc."
~ was thrown from side to side. We
bumped mere and there. and then all
over. up and down. 1t WIS perfectly
awful, Mr.. Jenner. can't describe It. 1t
was perfectly terrific"
Robert A. Kutschbock, counsel for tho
New York Central objected to tho de-
scr!ptiye adjectives used b. the witness
and Justice Davis struck them out,
well, Mr.. Jenner," size resumed, Il
was hurled forward and the train
swayed, and ! Was pitched forward and
| yack and from side 20 side. and hurled
o tie top and then down. The car went
| - and down and II seemed 10 leap INTO
| me air, and 10 tip FIRST Oh one SIDE ana
EN- on the other.
when the car stopped what was the
situation
Il was In n heap in the forward end
| the car was Oh It's side
"Ny husband and the porter !elped
ne out OF the end Of the car. | got TO
| mem BY crawling along groove MADE
| Dy the root and one side or the car
was suffering 80 much dent know how
It was done. Tie porter had told me
it was done VAS put on the bank. II
was sieety and gray and cold. sat on
the bank twenty or thirty minutes.
Then was helped to the smoking car
some Ave or SIX city blocks ahead.
Can't KneeI to Pray.
"NIy husband and the porter tried TO
make a chair for me with their hands,
| but Couldn't | could not lit my arms
~ so as to put my arms around their
p No. So they shulrled me along to the
smoker. | was In the most awtul
agony: pain in my chest 80 ! could not
breathe, only Just one gasp had
awful pain in my knee and In my arm
and ali over my right side. thought
was going To de and ! wanted to be
left alone, They took me TO Kushaqua.
Dr. Goodall and nurse were In walt
ing. They put me in rolling chair
and wheeled me to Stoney Void SAM
tar!um / was brought home In that
chair Nov. ~.
Describing her aches and pains and
weaknesses and disabilities still trou-
bling her, Mrs. ReQua said
My knee hurts and pains a good deal
Of the time, but especially | can not
kneel on 1t. and ever since | was lit
tie girl have always said my prayers
night and morning, and I can't do
hat"
gain was she hurt to see the stenog-
rnpher strike out all about her Now
! lay me" on the motion OF the lawyer
for the company.
But she got even with him when he
cross-examined her, for he did not
weaken her story, aud her husband,
and Drs. Henry Goodal, Frank f.. Mil
Ter. Frederick NJ Townsend and Charles
c. Tremblv, and Florence Mexican, a
masseuse. 'orroborated her about her
hurts and Their results. and told how all
the sciences " the earth, and every
style Of healer had been applied In the
effort 10 restore ler 10 health, Including
electricity. massage, bone hitting, este
opathy and EmanpeliSm.