The evening world., 1912-03-14
THIS LUCKY AXEL
GETSS12,0OOFOR
EIGHT LOST TEETH
Not the Cartoon Hero, but
Brooklyn Man Who Was
Hit by B. r. T. Car.
JURY FINES THE PRICE.
Eleven Do the Work Because
Twelfth Is Excused to Nurse
Teething Twins.
JURY FINES THE PRICE.

Axei Homestead. twenty-five years old.
Of No. @ Herkimer street. Brooklyn. got
sAWo for eight teeth to-day. which
seems 10 BE- q record In these parts. A
Jury before Justice Maddox In the Long
Island City Supreme Court determined
Ne value Of Axsl's teeth and COM
manded the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company to settle.
The young man 10 an insurance agent.
but that has nothing to do with the
value Ct HE teeth. 1t 10 doubtful II he
could have insured his full equipment of
thirty.two molars. incisors. CANNES. BIZ
cuspids and wisdom teeth for anything
like $1,000. On that bright October day
on which he sacrificed eight incisors to
the B. r. T. juggernaut. as his counsel
~eioqueutiy put Il. he might have been
Willing to take out said eight incisors
ana sell thsa for ar even thousand.
Ash.
BY Q strange anomaly OF fate Axel's
teeth didn't begin to find their splendid
market value until he lost them. They
were good. strong white teeth-those
eight incisors-when that Brooklyn Jug
gsruaut" walked up and swatted them
out Of Axel's maxiilary grips.
TRAGEDY OF THE TEETH AZ
AxEL SAW IT. ~
The costly (for the b. II. 10 tragedy
occurred at r%wenty-ninth street and
Fifth avenue. Brooklyn. on Oct. 30. 1910.
Axsl was taking due care to cross the
street when . furious trolley car ieaped
.. him and smashed him. lie was /" sad
mess - TO teeth when he was picked w.
BY several good samaritans. who. after
they had deposited him In a drug store.
huatsd for aud gathered up the elgh,
tssth. which were presented In the case
- exhibit A.
The youth Of that dentine or,st played
no small part In the award. for tho eleven
1urees -WAss sntoinsd to aauesy ea tho
probable length OF life Of tho teeth aud
tie emOuut Of pain. chagrin and an
guish thsir loss was apt to inilict upoa
A1sl aus3ag The probable remsindsr Of
tis NE.
Z v0e thoae who ina wonder why only
eleven Jurors tried the case let Us ex.
plain that the twelfth Juror was excused
yesterday and the attorneys agreed 20
tnish the trial with eleven men In the
boz.
Said twelfth Juror came TO court
yesterday in . decidedly wabbiy con-
dltioa. He had been pacing the floor
Of his homo all night with a pair of
testhing twins. He slept not. neither
ala the twins. when he advised Jus.
tioe Maddox Of the fact that he had
resisd on some nifty odd miles with
q testhing twin On each arm the night
before the learned Judge decided tina,
II was better to drop him out OF the
box.
NOT IN RIGHT STATE OF MIND
AZ TO TEETH.
He did not seem to be In a calm
state Of mind as to teeth. lie con-
leased that such was the case. and
asked II the plaintiff. Axei Homestead
had ever been n teething twin. Axel
replied In the negative, and added tina,
ne was nearer to a toothless orphan
than . teething win. Juror No. ]:
thereat was bowed out and went home
The verdict In favor of Mr.. Home
stead sets an average value ON hi,
teeth OF ei.3S2.33 per tooth. or "A tota
value OF ti2.63t.56 for his mouthful
And none of those eight teeth that tn
3. X. r. 10 likely 20 pay $4,000 10
had ever been allied. bridged o
crowned.
In other words. they were perfect!
rood outstanding teeth.