The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-12
BATTLE WITH TRAMpS
The Second Time in Week Trainmen
Fight Fence Jumpers at KIIby.
A FRANKLIN FELLOW BROUGHT TO EARTH

Lively EHcHUiatfrr WITH Only one
Casually The EuErrnI ar he In,e
Mrs. Erb0-Bi- Eclcuac Drch The
spoil Is 0T-tommit,rd 10 Sail.
Suffolk. Va, March 1I.--(SpeclaD-
the second time this week there has
been pitched battle between armed
Migrants ana Scaboarti .Alr Limo train
men at Kiiby Station. Which IS becoming
Il terror to the engine l:irn who have TO
pass there In exposed positions. At
9:40 O'Clock last night the tramps at
tackled the South bound express. and for
q time the lurid glare of flashing .lre-
arms almost dispcilcd the in tense dark
ness. The attacking party ratrnated in
adjacent shrubbery ana All but one es-
capped. George Ilasty, Il bright mlllatto
OF FRANKLIN. who says lie was trying 10
get home by riding the engine pilot was
relied TO the earth, twice wounded and
captured. lie will recover. The train
men escaped without injury. There
were more than twenty shots exchanged.
BULLETS THICK AND FAST
The train had stopped al llilby 10
GOAL. When Engineer r. y. Clark
stepped In his cab to START he saw
Hasty, who had secrete1 himself during
the stop, plant his person on the cow
catcher. Clark ordered him OFF, rhe
train had gone 4 few PAGES, but was
fStopped in order that IIasty might get
down from his roosting place. At this
.1uncture some one fired ul the engineer
The first shot was followed by two
more In rapid succession. They came
from ambush. Clark saw lIasty put
mrs hanu around to his hip pocket and
run for cover.
REINFORCED ny DETECTIVES.
The preliminary skirlnish was quickly
followed By relnforcements DETECTIVES
3. %. Brubakcr hurricane Branch ana
conductor Wilson rushed from the
coaches to take q hand III the fireworks
l'hey We're heavily armed and ready for
lie fray. Combining their forces lhesa
three, with the brakeman ana engineer.
made rush for the enemy, ana then
guns belched out not lead almost a t
every step. The tranps scattered and
uisappeared IN The underground. but
ohelr bullets could be heard rafting
against the engine ana tender.
FELL LIKE BEE,F.
;Ihc detectives kept on Hasty's trial.
and continued to follow and lire lie
1nnncd a fence and started through an
adjacent field, but n couple Of lcaden
nslls stopped him. He fell to the ground,
SraaninG. lie was picked l,p ana an
examination revealed The fact that he
was wounded in the side ana leg All
the others escaped
Tasty was carried to Franklin, where
if. r. IL. Cobb rendered surgical at
moved, but the probe failed 10 get the
one IN the leg.
iASTi'S CASE CONTINUED.
ne was brought back to Suffolk to-
Gay anu committed in the county Jail
~ 1:jo This afternoon Justice Elcy gave
min? hearing on the charge OF shooting
with intent to kill! Engineer Clark d.
tectivn Bruhnkcr ana Fireman George
Davis testified us recited aboS G. ,rhcy
sWore The shots were begun ~ tra!ilpS
put none OF them could assert positively
that TASTY Was one OF those did the
shooting. Clark said he told TASTY 10
stop and he wouldn't be hurt
DIDN'T HAVE a GUN.
Hasty took the stand and acknowl-
edged he WAS trying 10 beat n ride
home, but said he had nothing to do
with the Migrants who made the at
tack lie had no gun and ran because
ne thought he would be fined If caught
lie lived In Franklin. where his father
was an Ice and coal dealer ana had come
here yesterday on business He had
spent all his money but2 cents and tried
TO ride free.
Hasty Is a tall, well dressed mulatto,
aumost white. He has a pleasant race.
put to-day 1t showed signs Of suffer
Ing. He doesn't look like 4 criminal.
justice Eley continued the case and held
him tonight, but will likely let him go
nome Tomorrow II no further evidence
be adduced.
HELL SOON LEARN.
Engineer Clark says nasty is evident
~ novice in beating trains. or he
wouldn't have tried the cow catcher.
II the train had acc!dently overtake en-
q hog or sick COW 1t would have been
all over with him
Mrs. TEEO'S FUNERAL.
The funeral Of Mrs. T.. NJ. Tebo, whose
death in Norfolk was announced in TO-
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