The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-03-18
CLAIM TITS A HOLD-UP
Paul Schook Comments on Suit For Damages
Started by Mrs. McNabb.

Started by Mrs. McNabb.
The following item telling of a dam
age suit instituted against Paul SchooK.
the local liveryman. by Mrs. MoNabh.
the agent for the Good Will farm al
Houghton, is taken from the Menomi-
nee Herald Leader.
Ida M. McNsbb, solicitor for the
Children's Home. or the Good Will
Farm at Houghton. while in the city
recently ARRANGED for Attorneys Power
and Opsahl to take care of damage
suit she has instituted against Paul
Schook. liveryman at Crystal Falls.
She is suing tor $40 600 for alleged in
juries received in December when a
horse she had hired for the day ran
away. throwing her out Of the buggy
and into barbed wire fence
MRS. MoNabb claims that she was
soliciting at Crystal Falls last Decem-
ber and in performing her duties called
at the liverv stable to get a horse and
driver TO take her to some OF the mines
in the surrounding territory. On their
return journey the horse is alleged to
have become frightened and ran away.
''Sbe alleged that the horse was a
vicious one. addicted to running away.
therefore was not a proper one TO use
In driving woman. or for tDat mat
ter, anyone about the country. 1t is
also alleged that the horse was impro-
perly hitohed. The grounds for this
allegation are said to be In the fact
that when the driver pulled mp on the
lines. 1t pulled the cutter ahead so that
it ran up against the horse, causing
il to become frightened and run away.
The driver is also charged with care
lesspess.
THE woman is said to have suffer
ed a broken rib; decorations from the
barbed wire on the forehead which will
mar her for life; broken ankle bone !;
decorations on the left arm. as we'll as
a sprain; decorations and cuts on the
temple, the neck and about the body.
The driver fell on top OF her and was
not injured.
when the woman was in this city
several days ago she had not entirely
recovered from her experience and had
to use orutch in going about She
is we'll known here. coming to Memo
minee at least once year in the iu-
terest Of the Good viii Farm.
MIR. Schook was served with the no.
tice OF suit two weeks ago and but for
the advertising given the action at the
other end nothing would have been
said about 10 here as the sympathy OF
the community Is solidly with Mr.
Schook In this case and the less said In
such matters the better.
Mr. Schook. when seen regarding
this suit. was very emphatic in his de.
claration that the suit Is an attempt
cd "hold-up' for which he will not
stand.
Mr.. Sohook claims that he has do
mated the services of his livery barn
to the agents OF the Good Will farm
for years and says that the services
OF the horse which was carrying Mrs.
McNabb TO the Dunn mine 1T the time
of the accident were donated as he
knew the woman was on mission OF
charity and he actually assisted her by
advice as to when to &c and what
mine to go 10 so as to get the best re-
suits from her canvass.
He says that he paid every item OF
expense TO the woman Mt the time, such
as her hospital and doctor bill and
offered TO pay her time lost. He says
that IL was agreed that before sne left
town that she should advise him and
that they were TO hx up all differences
then and there.