| Show SALT LAKE NEWS the rio grande western sued for A damage suit tor for against the D R Q G AV ity camo came up before jad andge go zno zeno this morning the alleged injured roan man ia Is chris who ia Is judicially being taken care of by attorneys dickson and mr the plaintiff who la Is a la laborer borei claims that on NOT nov 6 5 1890 be he was crossing croe ein the rio grande western track on fourth street when be he was struck by a locomotive and train of cars running at a high rate of speed cutting his head severely verely ee and also seriously his spine arm and shoulder Bh the allegation is made that the defendants servants neglected either to blow the whittle whistle or ring the bello bell by way ol 01 warning on approaching pro aching the crossing and that it wa was in consequence of this negligence th the accident occurred the case me is being laid before a jury and baa has occupied occa pied the whole day judge marshall appears for the railway company the case of the people vs arthur pratt charged with assault with a deadly weapon came up before commissioner greenman this morning at 10 i a m but owing to a delay it went over until 2 p m it was nearly 3 before the peo pies iss attorney could be beard heard from when hallivan Eal sullivan livan the famous was called to testify ue he know of any trouble till after pratt struck him his ilia cane he said struck me on the hand and left left a mark he made no other effort to strike me I 1 only struck wells once it was a heavy cane that pratt struck attack with I 1 was not striking when pratt struck judge henderson then took the witness nessin in band baud the trouble with wells was gone into as also the witness recent doings witness detailed the challenging and questioning at the polls leading up to the rejection of bis his ballot and the striking of the election judge howasz he was a littlee excited at the time and struck wells on purpose case was still in progress at 6 p m |
