Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1915 — DEFENDANT WON IN HILL DAMAGE SUIT [ARTICLE]

DEFENDANT WON IN HILL DAMAGE SUIT

Jury at Kentland After Long Deliberation Brought in Verdict In Favor of the Monon. The suit of Frank Hill vs. the Monon Railroad for damages received when William Washburn and Nable Peacock were killed by northbound passenger tjain No. 30 on Nov. 26th, 1912, just two days before Thanksgiving. The men had been loading cattle in the stock pens. Mr. Hill was injured, one of his arms having a slight fracture. Only the good fortune of not being on the track, as Mr. Washburn and Mr. Peacock were, saved he and the others (from sharing the fate of the men who met their deaths. It is understood here that the jury was out all night and brought in the finding in favor of the railroad this Thursday morning.