New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
CAL WAGNER ANDCAB BEAL.
AN INCIDENT IN WHICH THESE MEN
FIGURED YEARS AGO.
wAGNERs FAMOUS VIOLATION OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS LAW AND HOW HE ESCAPED
THE PENALTY


From The Chicago Times Herald.
cal Wagner and Cab Beal have met again. Every:
body in North has heard Of Wagner there are but
few in the South who do not know s9menns apos
flag on the high seas. This was back In the days
6fn S9n bss 1 10y a aS Sns ASs
his flag was not adopted by the Conf Scs ~
s SsMesn e ss SUE so
tired Of the arsument In the senate oeto s seces
the muddy streams in the southern part Of his
State. He didn't want any more talk; he wanted
Is"1 week he got them He served in the army and
ay w9sm n nd eme ne and he
has been at it nearly ever since: But his weapons
with these have not 5een sao,sans ana
For than quarter Of century ne R Rss
road at Montsomery. He looks as young now as
most boys do when they arrive sf ma, age Tssn
the house occupied by Jefferson Davis when first
elected President of the Confederacy. and when
The meeting between Wagner and sesl the other
day was one Of warmth They shook hands hand many
stand off few feet and size each other up smile.
shake again and then arm and arm n they s vent
rwenty-on years ago the two rode on an ensin:
over the mountains Of Alabama when the n,snt
deemed unsafe. TIE throttle was wide open, the
steam augs was at the h.v ps fna .oa 5s
70 each other for more than two hundred miles:
ro h we're ma sHS p s dark and
shrill locomotive whistle woke up the natives.
but little about the track or the country through
which it penetrated. But he was reckless, and
his only passenger The Federal authorities were
! after him. and TO have been caught meant harm.
cry and the Tennessee line Then the two got
down from the cab smiled satisfactorily, went to
bar touched Sp the han Sasn q
anything stronger than cider since that night And
wagner and his Ministries we're in MONTGOMERY
They had paraded the streets and when the sksS
seats for the evening performance there were hum
S SsSs 20 s
| local manager was afraid TO deny them. Inc
M de Rsns to U do nyh is that would
ton OF the law He reluctantly named tskeas on,
rose Elm in the evening ali the ana orchestra
seats occupied by colored people men an; snd
the negroes that their places were in the gallery
and that they mus, go there else the play would
arose &c and advised his African friends remain
they rhsy SSe se espse
which time Wagner stood alone on the stage. Then
ne went oenT t wi,b two lag horse pistols one in
| each hand. 49,. 1880.
ha You seem 10 prefer 10 stay where You
Now will give you Just two minutes to leave the
ievelled them at the audience Then he commenced
He sas h that had se so S0S to sSa ses
sre eolored man or woman IN the house The play
| then went ~
The following day. Wagner was arrested He
! Emerged from the Commissioners ofiice than some
| 81 the incensed negroes began making threats A
| each 90 and swear out warrants. Wagner was
nnr,ssd ~ thi. but before other warrants for his
ap raa, co,jd he served Beal had him engine
and was hauling him northwsrd as fast as steam
! SnnnS Wagner by sight and often looked at him
Will. the engine was dying through space - II
! he would ike to throw him overheard. But he
| HH,dn', Tor Wagner never released his hold on q
six-shooter all during the trip. Meantime teie-
kram % STOP IeaI and Wagner but the operators
never delivered the MESSAGES u They were safe
w wns left at Montromery bu. was well taken care
| o. oy Sir u,Isrv A Herbert ex-Secretary OF the
S SV~e' wagner never returned to Alabama until
ai. s.a III" mrconstitu,onaL His hrst appearance ct
Warfeomery after this was the occasion Tor pup
lie reception. at which the en'e OF 'ne q" Wv
present