Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1915 — HILL LOSES DAMAGE CASE. [ARTICLE]

HILL LOSES DAMAGE CASE.

Against Monon Railroad for Alleged Injuries in November 1012. —Dan AVaymire Indicted. After several hours deliberation the jury in the Newton circuit court Thursday, in the ease of Frank Hill vs. the Monon Railroad Company for damages for alleged injuries received at Rensselaer in November, when William Washburn and Noble Peacock were killed by the northbound evening train while loading stock at the stock yards here, returned a verdict in favor of the railroad. In speaking of this case and other cases of interest to Jasper county readers, the Newton County Enterprise says: The headliner in the circuit court this week was a personal injury damage suit brought here from Rensselaer. Frank Hill is the plaintiff and the Monon Rairoad Company the defendant. Moses Leopod of Rensselaer, Judge D'arroch of Kentland, and C. C. Hine of Chicago, appeared for the railroad company, and Attorneys Parkison and Halleck of Rensselaer and Davis of Brook for Hill. In November, 1912, Hill and two men by the name of Peacock and Washburn, were loading cattle at the Rensselaer stock yards. A passenger train struck the three men killing Peacock and Washburn and Injuring Hill. A large number of witnesses were placed on the witness stand and the case was bitterly contested. The jury was empaneled Tuesday morning, and all of Tuesday afternoon and yesterday was consumed in hearing evidence. The pleas of counsel were made last night and the case given to the jury about 1 2 o’clock. Up t the hour of going to press they have not agreed on a verdict. The first jury trial of the term, and the first case for the new prosecuting attorney, was heard Monday. It was an action brought by the State against Clarence Messenger. The plaintiff was Frank Fross, an old man of questionable mentality. The affidavit charged that Messenger and another young man assaulted Fross, took the old inan Into the corn field, raised his shlrtr'and rubbed his bare back in the hot sand, and then robbed him of $7. Messenger was present at the trial with his wife and baby. Some evidence was introduced showing That the other felow probably had more to do in the case than Messenger, and the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. The case came here .. Jasper county. Daniel W. Waymire of Jasper county, indicted by the Newton county grand jury for perjury in a case heard In this court some terms ag<j, appeared and gave bond in the sum of SSOO. Ed Hersha, indicted for sale of mortgaged chattels, also appeared and gave bond. The third indictment returned by the grand jury last week was against Henry Granger on the charge of grand larceny jn the case heretofore reported of the burglarizing of a house in the north end of the county some months ago. Granger gave bond and the hearing of the case will come later.