In the United States Court for China on July 27 in the morning and afternoon Mr, Charles Raven, Jr, was the. defendant to the complaint of Mrs. Chen Wong-shih, personal representative of Chen Shan, in a damage sult, for U.S $10,000. The plaintiff allege that the defendant was driving car recklessly and negligently in Avenue Haig on the night of April
'Chen Shan, her husband, Mr, Myron 27,3836, causing. fatal "Injuries Wiener, of' H. Rodger & Ca, represented the plaintiff, and Mr, J, B. Davies represented the defendant before Judge Milton J, Helmick, Chen Wong-shih, the frst witness, told the Court under examination by Mr, Wiener that she had been mar: ried to Chen Shan for ten years, that she was not at present working, and, that she had two children. She stated that her husband was a wheelbarrow coolie whose business it was to take female workers to and from colton mills. Later, under cross-examination, she told Mr, Davies that he made four trips a day, carrying the girls not only for the' day shift, but also others for the night shift, Each girl, she said, pald her husband $1.80 0 $2 a month for the trips. Carying Atteen or sixteen girls a day." she went on, brought her husband a little over $30 per month, She stated that her husband was. healthy, of good habits, and did not smoke opium, Mr. Wiener, in questioning her, brought out' that_her children were a boy, four-years-old, and a girl of two. In addition her father-in-law, 84, lived with them, while the mother, 75, lived In Kompo. Chen Shan, the "deceased, supported them all, Aller telling how much money her husband made a month and how, she went on to tell of her household expenses. The rent was $2. month and the cost for food was $10. When asked what was done with the rest of the money she said that they used it to buy land in Kompo. She took care of all the expenses of the household, she said, Other evidence that she gave was that before coming to Shanghai from Kompo her husband had been farmer, He had pushed a wheelbarrow all during his seven years slay in Shanghai. She stated that when he died he left no money.
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