Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-16

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tend Mrs. Hanning Monday, August
8. He had found no fractures, but
a severe bruising of Mrs. Hanning's
body at the left side OF the chest.
Her temperature was 80 2-10 degrees
and her pulse no. DR.. Davies stated
that Mrs. Hanning's condition indi-
Gated nervous shock. The doctor
described the treatment he had
recommended for the patient, he told
of the numerous calls he had made
and stated that his bill against the
patient amounted to about 800. He
testified that he made later examina-
lions of the patient and had advised
an X-Ray examination in the case.
DR.. Herbert w. Hall of HalloweE..
X-Ray specialist at the Augusta Gen.
eral hospital. testified regarding the
X-Ray examination he had made of
Mrs. Hanning. March %. 1922. He
had found the patiently tenth rib on
the left side fractured. He had
found the patients spine negative.
In the fracture the bones were in
perfect opposition. The X-Ray
plates were shown to the jury by DR..
Hall. Cross examined, DR.. Hall tes-
tilted that the X-Ray showed the
fracture to be an old one and that 1t
might have occurred as early as Au-
gust 1918.
Other witnesses for the plaintiff
were Stephen Hanning and the son.
Wendall Hanning and Miss Annie B.
Daggett. district nurse from the Au-
gusta' General hospital who treated
Mrs Hanning during her illness.
The Defense
The contention Of the defense in
the cases was in substance that any
negligence that might have occurred
at the time was contributed by the
plaintiff, Mrs. Hanning. The claim
of the. defense was that the car did
not stop at the regular Greenville
street stop. but that as it was going
by there slowly Mrs. Hanning came
out on the platform and made a
sudden jump from the car. Her act
of jumping from the car while it
was in motion was negligence on her
part, according to the defense.
First witness for the defense was
w. L. Corson of Waterville, who gave
brief testimony regarding certain
photographs of the locality which he
had taken May 16. 1922, and which
were introduced in the case.
John A. Mcintosh, who was motor
man on the car referred to in prev
ious testimony, testified that as the
car was coming toward Greenville
street. he did not get the bell to stop.
On the platform with him was Vim
cent Huntington, a motorman on the
road, whose home was on Greenville
street. Witness stated that he slowed
the car down to three Niles an hour
so Mr. Huntington could jump off
there, hut he made no stop at that
point
Vincent Huntington gave testimony
corroborating that of Mr.. Mcintosh,
and testified that after he got off the
car he saw Mrs. Hanning standing
near the tracks. He said to her did
you jump off that carr" to which she
replied, Yes, I did" He had asked
her if it hurt her, to which she had
replied that it did not. Mrs. Hunt
ington who was at Greenville street
at that time to meet her husband.
testified that Mrs. Hanning jumped
from the car while it was in motion.
Miss Mary Weston of Hallowell gave
testimony to the same effect.
Mrs. Minnie A. Yeaton of Hallowell
testified regarding calling at the
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ing the house over in view of pur-
chasing it. This was on a Monday.
She said that she saw Mrs. Hanning
dressed and sitting by the window.
About 10 minutes later when Mrs.
Yeaton went upstairs to look at those
rooms, she saw Mrs. Hanning in bed
in one of the bedrooms.
The conductor of the car, Wilbur
a. Casey testified that as the car
had approached Greenville street the
Hanning hoy had given him the sig
nal to stop. He thought he had given
the bell to stop the car. Mrs. Han
ming walked out on the rear platform
and stepped off as the car slowed up.
The car did not stop for some little
distance beyond Greenville street.
Witness said that there had been
trouble with the bell signal on the
car and on previous occasions when
he had tried to give the bell to stop
the signal had not been received by
the motorman.
Mrs. Hanning gave testimony in
rebuttal. With that the testimony
in the case was closed.
Attorney Maher asked the court |
that view he given in the case, and
so the jurors will probably visit the
scene Of the alleged accident Mon
day morning. There will be no ses- !
sion of court today on account of |
the Kennebec Bar field day. The
arguments of the attorneys will be