| Show I DAMAGE SUIT AT PROVO I Alma Ca r aTjjm7 By a Rio Grande Train I Special to The Herald Provo Sept 2Before Judge Johnson In the distrct court this morning was begun be-gun pt Qf ie qiot Important lawsuits S marked down on the calendar for the present Rib Gramle term Western that of Alma Carter vs the Grnde Railway company In which the plaintiff sues for the sum of l O Plaintiffs cause of action is based acton on An Injun brought upon Jiln by the defendant one dark night In the month of May of the present year It appears p1esent yea I that plaintiff who lives west of appear laid ocdasion to go to Lehl at nleht and his home being nearer to the poInt called the Crossing where all trains have to It belng the stop the poInt where both cross each other than It was to the Provo do pot l P cidcd to board the train at de point as he lad done before and as oth ers had done At the usual time the train came along and he boared tme I I seems that as there I no depot at this place passengers were In the habit of payIng theIr fare upon getting on the tan but this night a brakeman stopped Mr Carter crter on the platform of the car and requested him to get off again Plantl fused to do so whereupon TS plaintiff state the brakeman threatened to throw him off and was about to assault him when he 5 > r jumped from the moving tan which by that time was speedIng rapidly along As a result of plaintiffs he aong rsult plantts jump was thrown heavily to the around his left arm Iround broken h face and side of hIs boy a lacerated and he left upon the ground In an unconscious condition till goud hour when he regained consciousness and with the help of a man who found and in this wounded condition wenped his way homeward Prom the consequences of this fall plaintiff was confined ui his bed for some weeks and besIdes haying to pay a largo doctor bill Is now unable to do heavy work as he once was Plaintiff when called to the witness stand cave his statement the above be ing substantially he same Other witnesses in the plaintiffs behalf stated that passengers were in behal thehait of getting on and of at the point in ques tion tionWitnesses Witnesses for the defendant gave the testimony that the train which plaintiff boarded wa a through train and dId not stop at Lehi that he was told so by the brakeman of the train that said brake man did not assault plaintiff and that he jumped of his owp accord The attorneys on both sides present an array of the ablest lawyers In the state Warner Houtz for plaintiff Thuran Cortman Bennett Harkness Howat Bradley Richards for defendant Public sentiment is for the plaintiff and many an utterance has expresse the bE le that he will get a judgment for a neat little pie of golden nuggets |
