Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1910 — JURY LOOKS IT OVER; VISITS SCENE OF FIRE. [ARTICLE]

JURY LOOKS IT OVER; VISITS SCENE OF FIRE.

Court Sends Jurymen to See the Land Damaged by Fire and on Which Testimony was Conflicting. The J. J. Lawler vs. the C. & E. I. railroad suit has occupied the court since Tuesday and it is probable will hardly be completed today, Saturday. The plaintiff introducted about fifty witnesses, largely people who saw the fire, helped to fight it and who were acquainted with the land and the probable damage to it. The defense introduced forty-four witnesses, trainmen, section hands, office men, civil engineers and experts of various kinds. The evidence was conflicting and Judge Hanley decided that the jury might learn something that would aid them in arriving at a conclusion if they would visit the scene of the fire. Accordingly they were all taken to Parr this Saturday morning and from there to the scene of the fire, which occurred in November, 1908. None of the interested parties were allowed to accompany the jurymer and they were in Charge of Deputy Sheriff Robinson and Court Bailiff True Woodworth. They returned on the 2 o’clock train, which made s special stop for them. The cases are being argued this afternoon.