The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-25
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p Money 81 Mississippi had aid alter
cation with condnetsrs on a stree
car Thursday. whikA reaulted Il ii
senator receiving two severe blow
from the conductor and the conductor
being cut quite severely in the RICH
land with a knife. g
The affair was caused through a mis-
understanding about transfer. Sena
tor Money said he was going from his
home to the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot to take the train on that road fol
Baltimore. where he goes frequently
for medical treatment of his eyes. He
had taken a car on the Fourteenth
street branch of the Capital Traction
company line and had boarded a car
which stops at the Peace monument
half dozen short blocks to his destina-
ton. He failed to notice this circum.
stance until the car began to turn
around the monument The car bound
for the depot was Immediately behind
the car in which he was seated, The
senator says that he had only three OF
four minutes time In which TO make
his train. but after he discovered he
was on the wrong car he called to the
nd him N N
fer ticket to the car bound for the de
pot. He does not remember what the
conductor replied. but failing to re
cetye the ticket, but realizing he had
no time to lose. he jumped from the
car he was on and boarded the other
He had no sooner taken bis seat. he
SAYS, than the conductor OF that car
approached him and asked for his
ticket. He tken told the conductor
that he had not had time tn secure
transfer. and reminded hin that he
the conductor, had been witness TO
the circumstance Of his change from
one car To the other.
The conductor replied that the ssns"
tor would either have To pToduce
ticket or pay his fare. whereupon the
senator told him that he had paid one
fair and was entitled 10 transfer
which he had asked for. but had not
received he would not pay another.
Thereupon the conductor told hEn thar
IL he would not pay his fare he would
put him OF the car. and Immediately
proceeded to carry his threat into exc
cutfon. This the senator resisted by
grasplng an upright post and engaged
In a struggle with the conductor. whe
was not making much Roadway. when
a passenger, who had been sitting next
to Senator Money. volunteered TO assist
the conductor. BY their comnanen
strength they contrived to break the
senator's hold upon the post and TO
force him from the ear.
The senator says that wheR they nrst
undertook TO eject him the car was IN
full motion. and he feels that 10 they
had succeeded at that time he would
have inevitably been badly hurt
The name of the streetear conductor
VIII whom Senator Money had the
trouble In O. H. Shaner, vigorous. but
boyish-l looking man. He says that be
did not see the senator leave the car
preceding his. and that he did not
strike the senator until the latter drew
his knife, and that be did not make
an effort To put him OF the Car while
II was in motion. His wound ID slight
cut across the ball OF the thumb.
a warrant has been issued for the
arrest OF Conductor Shaner ON the
charge of assault 1t was sworn out by
Senator Money,
xwavvap& waa aiao sworn ons hy
the Mississippi Senator against JAMES
E. Hooper. foreman of truck A OF the
District fre department. Hooper 10
the passenger on the car Who assisted
the conductor