East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-21
Testimony Shows Marks on Pave.
ment May Have Been Made by
Other Than Thompson Car.
YOUNG GIRL STAR WITNESS
Miss LeOna Grigsby, Called Here With
Her Mother From California 70 Tes-
tify Remains Unshaken Under Cross
Examination Defense Attacks
story Of Plaintiff.

W. l. Thompson. defendant In the
$4,000 damage suit brought by shar-
on Arnold Twitchell for personal in.
juries. is having his innings in the
trial today and is attacking the foun-
dat!ons Of the plaintiffs case with
testimony that is directly contradic-
tory to that Of some OF the boys wit
nesses and which casts a doubt over
other OF the evidence.
Opposed to the testimony OF John
Play. who claims to have been an
eye witness to the collision and whose
testimony was a strong support OF the
contentious Of the plaintiff, the de-
fendant has introduced the testimony
OF several persons who claim to have
seen the ccident and whose version
Is very different from that Of Play.
They all state that defendants car
was running slowly either down the
center Of the street or on the west
side and testify that the bicycle. pro-
PEELED rapidly and apparently under
poor control. struck the automobile
rather than being struck by the car.
Much stress was laid by the plain
tiff upon the auto tracks on the east
side of the street as observed by no
less than eight or ten witnesses. Yes
terday evening and this morning. the
defendants attorneys weakened the
effect Of this evidence by showing by
as many as three witnesses that an
other car. that Of Ernest Temple. had
been driven up the east side OF the
street just a few minutes before the
accident clearly indicating that they
will contend in their arguments that
the tracks on the east side were made
by this machine.
1t is doubtful whether the defense
viii complete its testimony this after
noon as there are number OF i'm
portant witnesses yet to be heard.
None of the occupants Of the Thomp-
son. car. except the defendant, have
Yet testified. There are four Of them
yet to be heard Rebuttal testimony
will doubtless be put in by the plain
tiff The arguments will undoubtedly
be long and no one expects the case
~ ut SuhLlilttu u Nit JUL until Aato
tomorrow.
Another large crowd is gathered in
the court room today to hear the case
and much interest is being manifest
ed
One Of the first witnesses this af-
ternoon was Mrs Mustard. who testi-
fled that she was in the immediate Vi
cinity Of the scene of the accident al
though she did not witness the coll
lision. She was crossing Lee street on
Court. she said. when the Twitchell
boy rode in front Of her. his bicycle
being about in the center Of the
street. He was riding at a pretty
fast pace she said, but she did not see
the collision for the reason that she
was not looking in that direction.
She heard the crash and a scream.
however, she said. and hurried to the
side of the PROSTATE boy Mr. Thomp-
son. she said. was the first to raise
the boy, her testimony in this respect
contradicting that of John Play who
stated that he was the first to reach
the boy. She declared she did not
notice Mr.. Play present at all but up
on cross-examination admitting that
most of the people there were entire
strangers to her.