Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1911 — Judgment Given For $25 Against Brook Reporter Editor. [ARTICLE]

Judgment Given For $25 Against Brook Reporter Editor.

Orie B. Stonehill, editor of the Brook Reporter, owns an automobile, and one day last fall while sallying about the country enjoying the bracing atmosphere- while thinking up a Peterson editorial, he ran into the rear end of a vehicle in which John Rosenbrook, an aged citizen, was Beated. There was a spill that resulted badly for Mr. Rosenbrook. The testimony seemed to show that the editor was driving carefully, that he tooted his hopi loudly and made an effort to pai-.s the driver of the horse, but that the driver swerved to the right just as the suto did. The testimony also showed that Stonehill took his victim to his home, and showed him every consideration, offering to pay his doctor bill and have the buggy and harness repaired. Rosenbrook, 1 however, sued him for $2,500 damages.- The jury cut H down to $25.