The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-20
Damage Suit Brin gs
Amazing NJ as S of
Contradictions.
CASE FILED AT
LAST MOME NT
plaintiffs Husband Flatly De-
MES Having Made Statements
[, Before Stenographer and
Witnesses-Car Company
Denies That Any Acct
dent Occurred.

argument was concluded late vcster
nay afternoon IN the sui of Mrs IN,
L Woody against William Northron
and Henry T Wickham as receivers .,
h"e Virginia Passenger ana Power
Eofnpany, which mas been on trial 10,
thc rast week in tho Law ana Enui,v
Court. Tho case was s,ibni,,od 80 ~
Jury. which had not agreed. after being
eut about half an hour. The iurv w..
Lhch adjourned until this morninp q,
40 o'clock Mrs. Woody seeks to re
cover So,"oo. alleging personal injuries
IN street car accident
The case is In many rcsnorts ,,o
xhc most remarkable which has come
before Richmond cotr, in ycars ana
INC Jury Is called on 10 nick lis ,.,y
throuSh an amazing mass Of directly
Gohtradictory evidence. sworn state
ments having been given In the pres
hied.
Den, Alleged Accident.
Attorneys for tho street car coun,ny
neny mat any accident occurred. ana
characterize the whole transaction as
nm chort To nulrt the corporation They
nave produced largo amount Of owl.
ucnrc In support OF This contention. in
Guiding contradIcto y statements OF
me plaintiffs husband. MIR Woody who
Volunteered statement 10 the Virginia
ANYWAY and Power Cofnpnnv la Tx,
effect that his wife mad never been on
the car, and that she had instructed
MN and others as 10 what testimony
they were 10 give as TO the alleged oc-
rurrence. The accident is antpcd 10
have occurred On October S. 1905 since
thcn the Woody family has figured In
one or moro ncjgLhorhood rows IN
Guiding AN incident on a street car
Whcrc Mrs. Woody took n scat beside
uerore II. Jonesson, Broad Street
merchant, and. according to her own
account, entered into some CONVERSE
lion with him about furniture her
daughter had purchased. Mr.. Woody
boarded the ear, and seeing his wife In
conversation with another man made
personal attnok on Mr.. Joncsson. ana
was arrested by the car crew This
happened on October 81 last
Suit Filled MT Inst Moment
The alleged accident IL said to have
taker place At Laurel and Canal Streets.
just in front Of the Laurel Street Fire
Engine House. Southbound cars turn
west on Canal Street at that point. 10
form loop II is alleged that the
plaintiff was thrown from the rear OF
a northbound Laurel Street car. be-
fween and O'Clock IN the afternoon.
Oiiicials OF the street car company tes-
titled that they knew nothing of any
accident Whatever or Of any delay TO
cars, and that none was reported to
them until "A few hours before the time
aimlt OF one year for bringing such a
Euit had expired, when notice Of SUN
Was hled on the afternoon of the iG..
day by Attorneys e h. English and L.
q. wendcnburg. No claim had been
MED with the company by Mrs Woody
her family or her attorneys. and 81 was
not until twenty days later when the
acciaration was fled that the company
knew the ground OF the action. Rec
pids were searched. and every man
working on the Laurel Street line de-
hicd that there was an accident at that
Former. Every fireman from the Laurel
Street Engine House was called as a
witness, and none knew of any accident
pm that corner.
Nature OF Injuries.
Although year had passed, the COM
Pany asked repeatedly for a medical
examination OF the plaintiff, and was
repeatedly put off. She was finally en-
Rmined by DR. Stuart Mcclure, who tcs-
hifcd that internal troubles from which
She suffered might have been caused in
pthcr ways than by a fall.
Claim Agent aIulford, of the car com
pany. took the stand yesterday morning
and testified that shortly after the
suit was filed, a mai who said he was
MIR. Woody, husband of the plaintiff.
game TO his Office amd said he wanted
TO see some one connected with the
company. Mr.. Milford said that. the
suit having been brought. he had moth
ing TO say TO him, and referred him 10
thc attorney for the company. Captain
a. h. Guigon. AIR. Milford said lie had
never seen the man before and did not
know him. Mr. Woody brought with
him a Mr. Goodwin. Mr.. Moody told
the attorney ana claim agent that he
had not seen the accident and would
not be a party to the suit. Mr.. Good
win said that he also had not seen
The accident. though at Mrs. Woody's
request nc had given her lawyer a
Statement saying that he had wit
messed it,
Attorneys Give Up Case.
Later Mr.. Woody went to Mr.. Wen
1enburS and told him substantially tho
Same thing. Mr. Wendcnburg wanted
no know why the two men had given
conflicting statements, and both he and
DIR. English retired from the case. The
Ease was called OIL June 81 and con-
tnued to November IA. when James
Gordon and Hill Carter appeared for
Mrs. Woody They had just been re-
tanned, and the case was again contin-
ncd to give them time to prepare their
evidence. 1t was brought into the
evidence that Mrs. Woody was married
ut the age of fifteen, and at twenty
kcven was the mother OF ten children.
DR.. Mcclure testified that he couldn't
say what was the cause Of her trouble.
and her own physician, DR.. Moseiey,
had found no bruises or scratches.
Mrs. Woody. on the stand, said she
was knocked unconscious by her fall,
bnc tooth being knocked out. Wit
nesses differed from i've minutes 10 n
half-hour as to the length of time she
was unconscious. Mrs. Woody said
shc had left her >homc. at 12i South
5.ombardy. with hers-husband and mar
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