Show HURT IN A COLLISION Trial or a 50000 Damage Suit Before Judge Marshall and Jury CONDUCTOR J W WEDEL THE PLAINTIFF And the Union Icino I and Oregon Short 4 Ine Date darstN mber ot Prisoners Arraigned Uefor JudfsXorrcl The 55000 damage suit of J W We del against the receivers ot the Union Pacific Itvvy Co and the Oregon Short Line llallroad Co was being tried before be-fore Judge Marshall and a jury In the Federal court today with Powers Slmur and LlrJman nppcnrlng for the plaintiff and Williams I I Van Colt huI Sutherland I and Young Moyle anA an-A W Agee Esq representing the de fendant companies The complaint alleges that on the 22nd of March 1897 plaintiff was In the employ of the Oregon Short LinDa as conductor ot a freight train On the day named he had charge of a train running from Montpeller llaho 10 Granger and Matz n liver Wo As the train Dproachcd Oren Ithoe station a couplr 01 one 01 the Cars tire cousin the train to Part and rh 10glhe with sreat i violence and bringing the caboose ea the Iraln 10 a is udden hat throulng plaintiff 10 the ODor ot tile car bruising him Shout the head find body The ncel ano dent Is I attributed to the negligence of innegru bilIng the defendant comimn > In furnishing the car with a weak and defective coupler uefor the train could be recoupled the Union Pacific Atlantic express No 4 I Is I laclOc came along ahead of Its ichedule time and ran Into the freight train knocking plaintiff sense Irss I In which condition he remained for two days cutting his head and running a piece ot Iron Into Ills left leg and smashing both his legs and feet necew ltftting the amputation of both legIt leg-It Is I also alleged that tho latter accident ac-cident wan due to the Union Pacifics carelesn In running its train In all vance of schedule time and altogether nt too high a rate of speed Wedell Is I a married man and Is I 44 years of age He has been railroading since ISM He goal judgment In the sum of g5m and also for costs of action I The Oregon Short Line denleti In Its I answer the allegations of plaintiffs I tl complaint The Union Pacific receivers In addition to a elenlal allege contributory con-tributory negligence on the part ot plaintiff The case has been on trial the Whole of tolaj and It Is I thought will con ume tire Whole ot Monday before I 10 submitted to the jury |