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Show I ACCIDENT WITNESSES TESTIFY IN COURT Walter Atkinson was on th wltm stand today In the dlslci court In the damage case of Leslie Taylor, against ' the Bamberger Electric railiM.ul i -pany In which he seeks (0 000 for; injuries a lleged lu h.i. bei-n ?.i inr -j when he fell from a train CO IP Ing from iagoon jn the etimmer of ifitt. Taylor alleges that the train was rowded and he was compelled to' "land on a step. He complains that 1 the train fuddenly lurched and threw! him off, draKging him ulong and ln- Juring his lepa so tbat nmputaflon of one limb was necessary, permanent I; crippling him. ' Atkinson testified as to having been' on the car with Taylor hen thr- " V -dent occurred. He said that a few I days following the accident he wrnl to, the scene and examined the track at B uolnt where the train luri lud He leailfled i hat he found several loose! lies which jumped up iind down." At! point further south he declared he, found other loose and lotted ties-Ray ties-Ray Roller testified yesterday afternoon after-noon that he stood alonc-slde" Tavlor on the car step, but that he had a trip on a support of the : h. that nt a point Just north .,f LayfQii the train suddenly gave u violent lurch and It was with difficulty that he remained re-mained on the car. Taylor, he said' fell, and was dragged along for some nlatance Reller said he tried (0 gel to the bell rord to stop the train but the cord was not hooked Up It Is estimated that the case will be' ninprted tomorrow or Monday -oo . |