Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1903 — Sues Warren Springer. [ARTICLE]

Sues Warren Springer.

Frank Bricker, by bis attorney, 0. E. Mills, bas brought suit in the circuit court against Warren Springer, the Chicago millionaire, for $5,000 damages. Bricker is a Walker township citizen and was working on Springer’s big ranch in that township, helping operate a corn shredder. Acting under order of Springer’s foreman Bricker attempted to clean out the machine, which had become clogged, when a cylinder in the machine burst and mangled one of Bricker’s hands so badly that he lost some of the fingers and a portion of the hand, so that he is maimed for life. Bricker claims that the machine was in a dangerous condition, and that bpth Springer and hie foreman knew that it was unsafe before they started tq use it.