The age-herald., 1901-01-10
A MIDWAY SCENE
 AT SELMA FAIR Curtis King Draws His Gun On
 Snowman Davis. HE DEMANDS HIS SISTER A Young Girl of Eufaua Had Gone Away From Home to Join Pal ace of Beauties-Excting
 Incidents.
HE DEMANDS HIS SISTER

Selma, January 9.-(Special) )-The first sensation of the street fair occurred this morning when a tall, angular young fellow wearing a souch hat walked up to Mont gomerys French Palace of Beauties, one of the midway shows here, and presenting a pistol at a MT. Davis the ticket seller for the show, demanded his sister. MT Davis jumped down from the stand and grabbed the pistol, and with the assistance of others the young man was disarmed and carried around to the council chamber where between passionate sobs and execra- tions about the man Davis, his story was learned by a representative of the Age Herald.
 The young mans name was Curtis T. K James, and his home was in Eufala, where is mother is proprietor of the James' boarding house. During the past week several of the street fair men now in Selma stopped at this boarding house, and among the number, according to the young man s story, was Davis. There is a sister by the name of Carrie, who James states was l6 years of age on the 5th day of June last, and when the carnival people left Eufala she went with them. The young nan fol- lowed them to Montgomery, but cid not succeed in stopping his sister, and he clems she was put into carriage and car- rjed out to the first station where she join ed the show people again.
 James reached the city at Il 80 o'clock last night and about l o'clock met Captain Walters of the police force To him he told the tale of his sisters disappearance and as the young man had been drinking and the hour was too late to dn anything the. captain advised him to go 10 bed and wait until this morning.
 Pistol in Hand.
 |. This morning, so it is stated, be walked around the streets with the pistol in his hand and made more than one boast that he was going to kill Davis on sight. This James denies and he states that when he went up to speak to Davis he did not do so dn a threatening attitude, but simply to ask where sine was.
 MT. Davis and Mir. Montgomery, who runs the Beauty Palace, were seen and they state that the girl is about 22 years of age; that she came here with MT. Mont gomery and his wife and of her own free will MT. Davis states that E1e boarded at the James boarding house about three weeks ago and on going back there last week young James insisted on his coming down and taking a meal at his mothers S which he did not find time to do.; that irl Montgomery he offered the young lady, Miss Carrie James, the money to pay her fare back home, and that he had nothing to do with her coming to Selma, not know ing she was on the train until after it had started.
 Mir. Montgomery states that before leav- ing Eufaula somebody came to him and stated there was young lady who wanted to go with his show. He agreed to take her and if there was any place he could use her would pay her, He left Eufaula ahead of tGhe show and did not know the young lady was coming.
 The young woman over whom the con- troversy has arisen has taken no part in the show except to stand upon the plat form in front of the tent and help attract crowds The chief had the girl brought to the council chamber where a touching scene occurred between brother and sister. and the girl promised to return to her home. This closed the incident and the Beauty Palace will continue through the week one beauty short.