The age-herald., 1901-08-23
NEW RAILROAD FROM
 ENSLEY TO BROOKSIDE

The final legal steps have been taken ito complete the organization of the Steel City's Railway company, whose purpose as declared in the declaration of incorpo- ration Is to operate a dummy or electric railroad between the southwestern lim- it's of the city of Ensley and Main street in the town of Brookside
 The Board of Revenue of Jefferson County has granted the company permis- sion to construct, operate and maintain a dummy or electric road along the ter ritory described in the declaration; pro- vided that the road shall be begun within six months and completed within eighteen months from date.
 Permission has also been granted the road to construct it's lines through the 
 at him. The jeers that greeted him were not reassuring to the officers. The crowd fingered as though 10th to go. They de- manded that he again stand on the table and he did so. Confusion was becoming rampant. Sheriff North's appeals to the crowd to depart could hardly be heard above the din He announced again and again that court had adjourned and there was nothing more to be seen. The good humor which prevailed at first turned to sullenness. The crowd would not budge
 A Pathetic Appeal.
 MT. Garrett mounted the table and made an appeal which carried the throng through the door without a murmur. He thanked his friends for their loyalty in this trying affair, which had been brought home to every father and moth- CT in the county. He had been asked as to his desires in the case and he coun- seled his friends to uphold the law.
 "I had rather see the law take it's course,' said he. Let us return to our homes, feeling that we have done our duty and that our consciences are not stained by the blood of any one. Let 1t go out that St. Clair County can hold trial without a military guard. If you have any respect for my feelings; if can have any weight in your hearts, let me urge you as good citizens to go home and obey the law. and I will never cease to thank you from the bottom of my heart from this day to the day of my death."
 MT. Garretts emotion was as pitiable as his courage was heroic. Every sentence brought a sob and every word tear.
 Thought Danger Passed.
 The crowd passed out in silence, and the guards thought the danger passed. The doors were locked and Brown was sur rounded in one corner of the room The feeling of security was soon dispelled. There was an uproar at the front of the building. Curses could be heard above the appeals of the conservative citizens. An elderly member of the guard was telling funny story which he thought appropri- ate to the situation.
 It was the story about the minister who was aboard a ship during a storm. He was very much frightened and asked the captain if there was any danger. The cap tain took him to one corner of the ship where group of sailors were swearing in most indecent manner.
 Parson. as long as you can hear those sailors cursing there Is no danger" said the old seadog.
 A short time afterwards, while the storm was at it's height, the minister drew near the same group of sailors, whose flow of profanity had not lessened, but had grown more voluminous.
 Thank God" said he; "the sailors are still cursing."
 That about fits the situation here" said the elderly guard, there's nothing but wind"
 The laughter following the. story had hardly died out, when the first shot was fired. man rushed up the stairs with a revolver in one hand and a scabbord in the other. He was firing as he came Then several shots were fired by the guards, and he retreated. One guard became so excited that he discharged his gun &C., cidentally and the load of buclshot tore a hole in the ceiling
 Two Men Shot
 There was no more firing for a few minutes. In the next melee Arthur Blan- kenship was hit. The shot was fired from one of the front windows. He fell in his tracks. His brother Walter drew his re- volver and ran around the side of the building, pulling the trigger as fast as the muscles of a strong man will respond to excitement. He ran behind the well house and reloaded his weapon. As he came from under cover a shot fired from one of the windows felled him. A gray-haired man, veteran of the civil war; rushed from the crowd waving a white handker- chief
 Give. time for the removal of the wounded" he yelled.
 The firing ceased, and the two men were removed. one to a drugstore and the other sto hotel across the street Arthur was placed on a stretcher on the front veran- da of the hotel. Miss Garrett sat in a room where she could have seen the wounded man had 1t not been for the crowd
 The wounding of the two men threw a damper on the mob and the men stood about the half dozen stores, while driv- ing rain was drenching them. Then it was that the clever ruse vas put into execu- ton whereby Brown was landed safely in Birmingham.
 Three newspaper correspondents were in the front of the building when the fir- ing began. They beat nasty retreat to a rear room and watched developments.