The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31

gers so riding on said trains
 And in the exercise of such reason and might then and there have en- ployed competent and careful engineers to run said engines; and in the exer- else of such reasonable and proper care and there have provided and main tained crossOvers of sufficient length to permit said engines and trains to pass to and from the tracks of said railroad company in safety.
 Nevertheless, the said Henry J. Horn, Benjamin R. Pollock and Clayton N. Woodward, as such offic- CTS of said railroad comp ny, on said 3rd day of October, 1912, in Westport aforesaid, well knowing the premises and their said duty in that regard, but being wholly unmindfu1 of and disre- garding the same, feloniously, wilfully and with force and arms, with gross and culpab1e negligence, did then and there wholly omit and neglect to keep the tracks Of said railroad company in proper condition and repair for safe travel; and wholly omitted and neg 1eeted to furnish and provide suffi- cient number of brakemen on said trains so running said track of said railroad company for the safety and preservation of the passengers riding and neglected to furnish and supply a sufficiency of proper implements for the protection of the lives of said pas- sengers riding upon said trains and did wholly omit and neglect to use and exercise every care and precaution in their power to prevent accident, and the injury or death of any of said pas sengers so riding on said trains.
 And wholly omitted and neglected to employ competent and careful engi- neers to run and operate said engines provide and maintain crossovers of sufficient length to permit said en- zines and trains to pass to and from the tracks of said railroad company in safety; and on said day and year aforesaid, at said Westport, while cer- tain passengers were ridfns upon certain train known as the second No. 53. propelled by certain locomotive so in charge of an incompetent and careless engineer employed by the said defenda nts anad running at an excess sive rate of speed, the said locomotive nd certain of the cars a tta ched there to passing from track 3 to track of said railroad company over certain crOSsOVer, said crOsSoVer being too short and not Of sufficient length to permit said engine and cars to pass over the same in safety, left the tracks of the said railroad company and in consequence thereof one of the cars of said train in which said Jane Doe wa sthen and there riding was thrown in and upon the locomotive of said train and said ear thereupon caught fire and was consumed; and the said Jane Doe did then and there endea- and attempt to leave said car burning as aforesaid and escape there from but in attempting to escape therefrom, she, the said Jane Doe was caught and held by the leg and foot by a certain portion of said car so burning and. but for said gross and culpabIe negligence of the said Henry T Horn, Benjamin R. Pollock and Clayton N. Woodward. as such officers of said Railroad company, in not fur nishing and providing a sufficient number of brakemen in and upon said train running on said track of said railroad company for the safety and preservation of the passengers riding upon said train, and in not furnishing and supplying a suffiicency of proper implements for the protection of the lives of said pa ssen gers riding upon said train, she, the said Jane Doe, could then and there have been leased and have escaped from said car so burning.
 And the said Jane Doe as she so