Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-06
UNIQUE Damage
SUIT FOR $4,000
FRISCO BRAKEMAN WANTS PAY
FOR A LEG.
MANY SUITS ARE FILED
Three Divorce Suits and One TO quiet
Title Makes Record In the
District Court.

A unique damage suit involving a
railroad company, one industrial plant
and contractor, was filed in the
District Court yesterday by b. T., Ca
-ruthers. The action was brought by
W. T.. Caruthers, best friend of the
plaintiff for $4,000 damages for in
juries alleged to have been received
as a result of neglect and carelessness
on the part of the three defendants
Caruthers, on the second day Of
April, 1911, was working for the St
Louis and san Francisco Railway in
the capacity Of brakeman and switch
man, and was on duty in the freight
yards at Tulsa.
The Bessemcr Gas Engine Company
and j. II. Myers, contractor and mill
owner, are named as the other two
defendants in the action. The plants
Of both defendants are abutting the
Frisco right-of-way and the buildings
are alleged 10y Caruthers to be very
close to the track.
In the construction of an addition
to one of these plants, a wire was
stretched from one building to the
other, across the railroad track, and
just about two feet above the top Of
an average box car.
Caruthers, in the performance Of
his duties as switchman, was ridir
on top of a string of boXcars that
were being switched about the freight
yards, and in coming in contact
with the wire above mentioned, he
alleges that he was swept from the
top of the train and thrown beneot
the wheels. According to his petit
tion, he received injuries that result
ed in the amputation of his leg at the
knee. For this disability and other
injuries received in the accident, Ca
p ruthers asks damage in the sum Of
$4,000
A friendly suit was filed in the
District Court yesterday to quiet title
to an eghty-acre farm in Tulsa
County. The plaintiff in the action
is Luella Palmer and the defendants
are Luella Palmer, p. j. Richards,
trustee; j. Paschal, j. W. Hickok,
and Margaret Hickok
Three divorce suits, in every one Of
which the wife was the plaintiff, We're
filed in the District Court yesterday.
Neva Graves asks for a divorce from
her husband, John n. Graves, on the
grounds of abandonment and neglect.
The couple were married September
10, 1910, and, according to Mrs.
Graves. she was deserted on November
/, 1910. Mrs. Graves alleges in her
petition that her husband taunted
her with stories of his in6dellty to
her.
Lillian Mcclure seeks n legal sep
aration from her husband, Bert Nc
CURE, on the grounds Of abandon
ment. She alleges that he deserted
her on August II, 1908, and has since
lived away from her. The couple was
married June 2S, 1905.
Another divorce suit was filed by
Elsie Grafton against Homer Graf
ton. The papers were withdrawn i'm
mediately after the suit was filed, and
It was impossible to ascertain the
grounds upon which the plaintiff
seeks a divorce.
Alleging that the defendant has
failed TO pay for the furniture, Min
ME II. Adams yesterday brought suit
in the District Court against NJ. Il.
Gull for the possession Of the equip
ment In the Cheyenne Roomlng
house on First street. Mrs. Adams
says $12OO.95 is due her on the pur-
chase price Of the rooming house,
and she asks for $500 damages sus-
tanned by the unlawful detention of
the property