Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1919 — FLU DELAYS RAILROAD CASE [ARTICLE]

FLU DELAYS RAILROAD CASE

SQIT AGAINST THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD AGAIN INTERRUPTED. When the last day of the regular term of court here was reached a case which was sure to take a considerable amount of time was begun, the jury selected and then thecourt The jury was convened on Monday, but a brother of one of the jurors was very sick and an adjournment was taken until today. Today the juror’s brother is not expected to live and another adjournment was taken until'Monday, January 27. Hiram Crawford is the juryman whose brother, Albert Crawford, who lives near Kersey, is not expected to survive an attack of the influenza. The case in question grows out of a railroad accident which (happened at Enos in Newton county August 8, 1917. Ameddie St. Peter was killed by a New York Central train on this date and suit was brought to recover damages. x, Judge Henry Vinton, of Lafayette, is in charge of the court. Attorneys John A. Dunlap, of Rensselaer, Milton E. Graves, of Morocco, and W. H. Parkison, of Lafayette, represent the plaintiff. The defendant railroad is represented by Attorneys Abraham Halleck, of this city, and S. C. Hubbell, of South Bend. St. Peter was at the time of his death forty-four years of age and is survived by a wife and three children. The case will be a hard fought Ond and will possibly attract considerable attention. • • The suit is brought by Joseph Law, administrator, and the sum set out in the complaint is $10,000.00.