Evening journal., 1915-12-29
HIS ACCIDENT TALE
Leads TO court
Fellow Who Tried TO Get
So Loan From City So
licitor Is Held
is VETERAN
RAILROAD WORKER


man, who gives Cincinnati as his home.
was held in $500 bail for the Court Of
General Sessions By Deputy Judge
Garrett in City Court today ON
charge OF attempting to obtain money
under false Dretense from City Solicit
tor Dailcl Q. Hastings John Kelley.
of Baltimore, who was arrested with
1 Howard. was dismissed. as there was
no evidence against him. There was
a miX-up In the names OF the TWO men
and when Deputy Judge Garrett dis
missed Kelley. Howard started TO walk
out OF the court room He had gotten
only as far as The door when Captain
Kane discovered the mistake and call
/ ed Howard back Howard was then
/ bound over for the upper court
According TO the statement made by
! Olty Solicitor Hastings in City Court
today. Howard came into his law Of
lice on last Thursday morning and
stated that his name was O'Neill. that
his home was in Middletown. Del. and
that he wished TO have Mr.. Hastings
bring suit against the Pennsylvania
Railroad for injuries received by his
cousin.
u asked him who sent him to me"
said Mr.. Hastings.
u have known you all my life" an
swered Howard, and added, every one
told me to come TO you"
Howard said that he and his cousin.
John O'Neill, were both freight brake
men on the main line of the Penn
/ sylvania Railroad Company. and that
the cousin was injured i'm an acci-
dent near Newport, which is twenty
miles from Harrisburg, Pa. He
stated that the accident was caused
by a defective ladder on box car
built by the Jackson and Sharp Com
/ pany- here I'm 1890.
O'Neill stated that he was the rear
I brakeman of the train and was in
the caboose. They started TO pickup
several Of the old box cars and while
his cousin was climbing mp the ladder
on one Of the cars. the ladders pulled
/ out because of the screws not holding
any longer in the rotten wood.
The cousin fell against a sign post
and rolled onto the rails The man
! had presence OF mind to quickly pull
, himself between the rails but did not
the rails and as a result the cars pass
ed over his hands. cutting OFF all
the fingers on both hands, leaving
only the thumbs.
O'Neill said that his cousin was 81
years of age and the insurance tables
We're consulted to ascertain how Ions
the man would likely live. He stated
that two claim agents OF the company
had ylaffnI lifo f.fttrff, o,.I ,Ff,r,I a. H..
$1,000 and a life job. which offer wai
declined. Il was stated that the in
iured man was widower with two
children. O'Neil said that he haC
just come from Middletown. where he
had arranged with his sister to take
care of his cousin
p Mr.. Hastings said that ONeill asked
him what he would charge for tn,
conduct Of the case and terms were
quickly agreed TO. O'Neill then ask
ed for some OF Mr.. Hastings cards
saying he wanted one for himself, an
. other for the cousin and a third for
the doctor.
O'Nelll asked Mr. Hastings If he
had any blank prOmissory notes and
later asked him II he would give him
Sc on promissory note.
Mr.. Hastings sand he was not ac-
customed TO lending money to clients
but would let him have tho money u
he could get anyone who would bs
; able to identify him. O'Neill seemed
to know no one i'm the city. H.,
said his sisters address was R. 4. ID
No. 2, MiddletOwn, hut said she hat
no telephone O'Neill said he want
ed the money TO pay the fare OF his
cousin 20 this city.
Mr.. Hastings said he intended to gC
\ down the state that afternoon ant
y would take him along and they coul,
: then see his sister.
O'Nein got angray at this and lef
/. Mr. Hastings offices.
y Cecil Mahoney. a claim agent Of thu
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. hap
pened to come into Mr.. Hastings
;, Office later that day and said he knew
of no such accident told by O'Neill
o About l30 o'clock in the after
y noon of the same day. Mr. Hasting
+ saw Howard I'm company with Kelle.
/. on Market street opposite the Forl
+, Building. O'Neill stopped a messen
!, ger boy at the time and asked him
p there were any good lawyers" in tha
10 building.
4 ONeill, seeing Mr.. Hastings, said hl
% would be ready at o'clock to taxi
/ buggy ride with him down th'
q state Howard and Kelley then sep
+ arated M. Hastings told Sergean
Devenish about the matter and he ar
4 rested Howard Kelley attempted 4
make a getaway and was ARRESTED
q on East Ninth street. near Market
b after a short run.
D. Court officer Jolly said that bot
n men claimed TO be from Baltimor
after being locked up.
!, ~ am from Cincinnati and neve
saw Baltimore said Howard.
lie pleaded guilty and said he ha
: nothing to say. He stated that h
1 was on his way to Baltimore 10 b.
treated for a double rupture. He ad
4 mitted the truth of what Mr. Hasting
had said
: Howard appears 20 be over " year
y a. age and says that he has worked oi
= the railroads in the southwest
'r STORM CAUSES INCONVENIENCE