The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-10
.RESSLAR
DAMAGE
CASE UP
AFTER DELAY OF THREE
YEARS TRIAL OF SUIT
BEGINS MONDAY.
Was Scalded in Accident at Ply.
mouth Canning Factory
Asks $1,000 Damages.

the damage suit, of VIM. Res
STAR versus the Plymouth Can
ming anil Manufacturing Packing
Co., for damages i'll the amount
OF $4,000 was begun before a
jury in the Marshall Circuit
Court Modnay afternoon. Resslar
and another employee, Margaret
Cole, were working in the can
ming factory, when the floor up
on which they were standing
gave way, and "a vat containing
scalding water was empited upon
the two employees. Both were Sc
riously injured, the Cole girl was
not expected to survive. The
company settled with Miss Cole,
and Resslar brought suit for dam
ages. The case has been docketed
through many terms of court and
has been continued. Attorney
Kellison represents ResSlar and
the defendant Canning Co., is re-
presented by Attys. A. f. Wise
and S. N. Stevens. A jury was
selected, and the opening state
ments of attorneys heard Monday
afternoon. A number of witnesses
have been summoned.
VIM. A. ReSslar was given dam
ages to the amount Of $3.50
against the Plymouth Canning
and Manufacturing Packing Co,
of this city, for injuries received
by being scalded in an accident,
which occurred at the Canning
Plant. in October 1906. The case
went to the jury at noon Wednes-
day anA a verdict was reached at
2:15 Wednesday afternoon. The
only question to be decided by the
jury practically, was the amount
Of damages. Resslar sued Tor
$4,000.
The accident was caused by
the floor upon which the work
men were engaged, giving way,
and a vat containing boiling
water, was spilled upon ResSlar,
and other workmen. Miss Mar
garet Cole, was also injured in
the accident and received COM
pensation by settlement with the
company. Whether the Judgment
against the company, is pald in
null to Resslar is a question, az
the plant is now in the hands of
receiver, Herbert f. Hess, and
is msolvent. Resslar will prob
ably receive a per cent of his
Judgment, eventually. The injrt
ries which he received, from the
scalding water, confined MIN to
his bed, during the entire winter
of 1906.
Bigamy Case On,
After the completion OF the
Resslar case ednesday after
noon, the case Of State OF Ind VS..
VIM. Waymire, for bigamy was
called. The case Is an unusual
one because of the personnel OF
the participants engaged in the
case. The chief witnesses are
Christopher Lolea,augh and wife,
Theodore Erastus Eugene Lin
coin Soulee, old Mrs. Hill, the
Hite family, and almost all of the
kith and kin of what is known
as Jamestown. The question to
be decided by the jury, is Whose
husband is Bill Waymire?" If
he is the husband of the two wo-
men who claim such relationship
the chances seem that Waymire
will take short journey to
Michigan City, for violation OF
the state laws, which limit the
number of mems wives to the
unit scheme. Perhaps ShakeSpear
would call our friend Bill, an Tx
orious individual. which means
of wiley disposition. Mrs. VIM
| Waymire Of some place in Mich.
igan, is present to enter first
claim upon the affections of Bill
while Number Two, OF Plymouth
Ind, formerly Mrs. Mary Harris
says, "the best kiss of all, Is from
the last girl you love-" quoting
from the popular song. Anyway
Bill, has to prove his innocence
OF having so many wives. or, as
our friends Jim would put it, "his
name will be Dennis" The case
is amusing and worth hearing.