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January 25, 1896
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Chicago court awards Herbert B. Gehr $40,000 in damages against Mexican Central Railway for false imprisonment after a 1895 robbery in Mexico; company seeks new trial and appeal.
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Damages for False Arrest.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Forty thousand dollars damages was awarded to-day in the case of Herbert B. Gehr against the Mexican Central Railway Company. Gehr went to Mexico in 1893 and the next year obtained a position in the office of the company. He had been there two years when the robbery occurred which caused him to be locked up until he was released on demand from Washington. The attorneys for the defendant moved for a new trial and the case will be taken to the highest court.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Forty thousand dollars damages was awarded to-day in the case of Herbert B. Gehr against the Mexican Central Railway Company. Gehr went to Mexico in 1893 and the next year obtained a position in the office of the company. He had been there two years when the robbery occurred which caused him to be locked up until he was released on demand from Washington. The attorneys for the defendant moved for a new trial and the case will be taken to the highest court.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
False Arrest
Damages
Mexican Railway
Robbery
Chicago Court
What entities or persons were involved?
Herbert B. Gehr
Mexican Central Railway Company
Where did it happen?
Chicago
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Chicago
Event Date
Jan. 24
Key Persons
Herbert B. Gehr
Mexican Central Railway Company
Outcome
forty thousand dollars damages awarded; attorneys for the defendant moved for a new trial and the case will be taken to the highest court
Event Details
Herbert B. Gehr went to Mexico in 1893 and obtained a position in the office of the Mexican Central Railway Company the next year. He had been there two years when a robbery occurred which caused him to be locked up until he was released on demand from Washington.