. The street railway review . so tie the hands of equity that thisextraordinary remedy can not be used in the extraordinarycircumstances which unfortunately have of late so frequentlyarisen. NEW KIND OF FAKE DAMAGE. Removes Screws From Hand Rail Then Tries to Fall and GetHurt. In these latter days the life of a manager is being short-ened by a multitude of schemes to rob his company andspoil his good record. Last month there was a woman inthe case ; this month there is a screw loose ; if the screw hadcome out things might have been different as between oneKrause and the Joliet, 111., railway.
. The street railway review . so tie the hands of equity that thisextraordinary remedy can not be used in the extraordinarycircumstances which unfortunately have of late so frequentlyarisen. NEW KIND OF FAKE DAMAGE. Removes Screws From Hand Rail Then Tries to Fall and GetHurt. In these latter days the life of a manager is being short-ened by a multitude of schemes to rob his company andspoil his good record. Last month there was a woman inthe case ; this month there is a screw loose ; if the screw hadcome out things might have been different as between oneKrause and the Joliet, 111., railway. The scheme is quite anovel one, and out of the multitude of fake claims whichare brought to our notice, seems to be the first of its kindand original with Krause. In some respects the plan was open to detection ; in othersit would have made a bad case to defend in court, which wasevidently part of the program. It was on the pleasure resort line which runs out to thesuburbs, and there is a laying time of several minutes at the. Trolley day at I^aFayette, Incl., was not a financial suc-cess, the Young Mens Christian Association, which wasthe beneficiary, receiving but $i6o. The conclusion drawnV>y one of the local papers is that the people are not inter-ested in the V. M. C. A. AUCiUST KKAUSE, ALIAS JOHN CRAMER, ALIAS JOHN MILLER—THECiRAIi HANDLE MAN. park terminus. While the conductor and niotornian weretalking on the front platform, Krause removed two of thescrews which fasten the grab handle to the car, using ascrew driver, which he had brought for the purpose. Asthe hour was late the result of his work did not show. When the car reached a populous corner near the city theman motioned the conductor to stop. As the car slowed upthe man stepped forward, gave a strange pull at the handrail and rolled off upon the pavement, when lie lay in anunconscious condition. Apparently he had been badlyinjured, and as soon as possible he was rernve<l to hospital and physic
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