Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
DAMAGE CLAIMANT
WATCHED BY Girl
Pictures Taken in West Town.
shend Shown in Court
Miss D'Montigny Had Sued Railroad In
Springfield, Mass, which Sent Employe
to Get Evidence.

When Miss Josephine DeNIontigny of
Ludlow went to West Townshend, VT, to
rest and recuperate, June II, she met,
among others, charming and dashing
young woman, Miss Marguerite Tyson OF
Philadelphia, said the Springfield Rcpub-
lican Wednesday. They became fast friends
and went on several outings together,
They waded in pools, negotiated steep hills
and on one occasion Miss DeNlontiguy rode
horseback. Miss Tyson had camera
with which she was always glad to take
snapshots of Miss DeMontgny, particu-
larly when the Ludlow girl was show.
ing special activity.
Yesterday Miss Tyson, as charming and
dashing as ever, occupied the witness
chair in superior court for long time
during which she reeled off page after
page Of a typewriter history which she
had written of the parties on which she
and Miss DeN1ontigny had gone. For il
appeared that Miss Tyson was working
for the Springfield street railway com
pany, against which Miss DeAiontigny had
been awarded damages of $1,000 by jury
for injuries received, March 81, 1915 wher
she was a passenger on a street car which
ran off the tracks at Birdham Bend
crashed against a tree and caused inju
rfcs to Miss DeMontigny which, it wat
alleged, had resulted in her showing signs
of epilepsy. Miss Tyson had also kept the
snapshots which she had taken on The
outings, and some of these were shown
The evidence brought out during tue
hearing, which was on motion for a
new trial filed by the company, showed
that Miss Tyson" i" an "ihVesHeator" iii
the employ of the railway audit and in
spection company of Philadelphia, which
furnished the quota of young men in
vcstigators who got the goods on tw'
conductors accused of Knocking down
fares while in the employ of the Spring
field street railway company two year.
ago. Miss Tyson was accompanied b,
another young woman on her trip to Yves
Townshcnd for the purpose of becom
ing acquainted with Miss DcMontign,
and learning how she was getting on il
health, The company claims that her ties
timony, offered to show the good physca
condition of Miss DeNlontigny during las
month and this, has bearing on tn
question of whether or not a new tria
should be granted Judge Henry A. Kin
reserved decision 1t will probably be al
nounced within 10 days.
Miss Tyson was not to come out o
the imbroglio unscathed. Miss DeMont
igny had her innings later in the heal
! ing and she took sharp issue with tn
agreeable Investigator from Quakertown
And at the proper moment she put owe
something well calculated to even up par
of the score. Miss Tyson had dilated oil
the steepness of certain hill which Mis-
DeMontigny had been alleged to have ne
gotiated with scant effort Miss DeNlont
| igny testified that the hill was YER
| slight affair and not at all the FORMIDABLE
eminence that had been verbally painted
| by the investigator. She added, however
that Miss Tyson had experienced grea
trouble in climbing the hill, because sh
was not much of hill-cimber, anyway
and walked as if she had stiff legs. Whel
this came out Miss Tyson and the othe
investigator exchanged highly shocked
| chances.
William G. McKechnie is the attorne!
for the plaintiff, and Charles w. Bos
| worth is for the company.