Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1913 — NEW TROUSERS LEAD TO WOE [ARTICLE]

NEW TROUSERS LEAD TO WOE

Motorman Falls Downstairs In Hallway “Dressing Room" —Gets Damages of $125. Chicago.—A new shit of clothes almost led to the death of Martin F. Barry, 707 South Forty-fourth court Limping and bolding his hand to bls back, he appeared before Judge Martin.

Wishing to visit his mother in lowa in some of the glory ascribed to Solomon, he first joined a “suit club.” He drew a suit and went to the tailor shop. Later he made a second visit to the shop to try on his new suit. , The coat and the vest caused no difficulty. He could see they had the correct lines without inconvenience. But he wished to try on the trousers. There was no vacant room for the accommodation of particular customers. So the tailor shoved Barry into a dark hallway to disrobe. No sooner had Barry thrust his right foot into the right leg of his new trousers than he lost his balance. He fell down stairs leading to a cellar and lay a bruised, crumpled heap on a hard cement floor, one foot in his new trousers and one in the old. Fifty-six days passed before Barry could take up his work as a motorman, and his visit to his mother in lowa was postponed. He nursed his back and his grievance until he appeared in court craving SI,OOO in damages from the tailor. . The jury returned a verdict awarding Barry $125.