Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-07
SUIT IS PRESSED
AGAINST RAILWAY
WOMAN SEEKS DAMAGES FOR
ALLEGED INJURIES RECEIVED
IN WRECK.


Taking 81 testimony was finished H.
the case of Jesse Lamar w. the Pan
handle and Santa be railway late yes
tcrday evening and both the plaintiff
and defendant closcd It's case. Thu
charge ~ now being prepared by Judg;
Bishop and vii be- delivered 10 the
jury this morning. Mr.. Lamar Nks
$4,000 for personal injuries which the
plaintiffs wife In alleged to have sus
tanned near I.ariet. on the Lubbock cut.
az on December 22nd, 1918, while rid
ing NJ passcnged on n train which
collidcd head on with u freight engine.
The collision resulted In the death 81
one NJ the fremcn. AMI. II is claimed
IN injuries 20 Mrs. Lamar.
Thrown From Seat.
II appeared from the testimony OF
the various witnesses that Mrs. Lamar
was thrown from her seat 10y the force
If the collision. and deposited In the
aisle between the two rows of seats. She
WAS picked up. II Is stated. los T. G.
Mitchell. and seemed at the time to be
suffering ard groaning. She was re-
moved from the coach where she was
riding at the time Of the accident, and
taken 10 n sleeper. where she was cared
fog by lady passenger.
Witnesses testified tina, several hours
were spent on board the train after the
wreck. and that. while Mrs. Lamar was
still ON board the sleeper. railroad
employee named Gentry. induced he
90 sign release. Called to the witness
stand Gentry testified that he went C
her and told her that In his opinion 10
would be- better Tor all concerned " she
would sign the release. stating that
had signed one. when questioned ~
90 the state 81 the injured womnn's
mind az the time she signed the release.
Gentry testified that she seemed T.
think that he Gentry was her hus
baud. calling him Jesse" he admitted
that she was groanlng and seemingly In
distress az the time. but stated that ~
an cmployc ~ the railroad. he dccmcl
Il his duty to get the release signed by
her II he could.
Admitted Was Discharged.
When cross. examined hy the lawyer
for the defendant. Frank Ryburn, oI
MAIDEN. TruloVc. Ryburn and pipkin
Gentry admitted that he had been dis
charged 10y the Santa Fc since the time
~ the accident. about two times. and
that b. was not now working for thu
railroad. when questioned regarding
the cause OF his discharge Judge Reed
CT. Tor the plaintiff objected. his 90
lection being sustained.
The final witness called 10 the stand
was Weldon Lamar. a son of the plain
tiff. who appeared a. be- about ten ycars
old. when questioned regarding IN,
signing ~ the release by his mothct,
he stated that she signed IL, but that
two men helped her 10 do u. lie test
fled that one man held her hand Will,
she signed the paper. and that ht
(WoldCm told the other man how Ia
spell her name. and that that man tod
the one who was holding his mother
hand how to spell Il.
With the conclusion NJ this testimony
the case for both plaintiff and defend
ant was closed and Judge Bishop I'd
journed court until nine o'clock this
morning.
The law firms of Rccdcr and Bccdcr
and Barrett and Childcrs acted for the
plaintiff. and MAIDEN, Truloye. Ryburn
and Pipkin appeared Tor the defendant
the Santa Fe railroad