The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-17
Senator Moneys Statement
About the Street Gar Affair.

7. THEN opened my knife. He thu
seized my hand with the OPP
knife in 1t, and in his struggle
take the knife, and my effort
prevent it, he cnt his hand. Cal
itol Policeman Murphy was part
Q standing between Gus while Il
struggle was going on. Shane
then walked back to the car, an,
melted by Hooper, he returned
and the head Of Murphy, (wh
is small man) struck me bio,
on the left side of the head. Some
body was holding me then. Shane
held his car until cars came al
from tevery direction, he bein,
there about fifteen minutes. l de
manded from Hooper land Shanel
their names, and they would no
give them: l asked each one sep
arately. Afterward / told MUIR
ply to ascertain their names.
said to Shaner: Give me your
name, and he would not Then
said; 4 have Your number anyway,
that willdo me.'
AT the preliminary hearing 81
the matter in the Office of Mr.. Null.
lowry, assistant U. 8. Attorney,
when confronted by Hooper / said
I believe this is the man. Hooper
said: You said the man had ON
Gray clothes l replied: You can
change your clothes, but you can
not change Your face'' / asked:
Were you on the carr He said
Yes / asked, On what bench p
He replied, Same with YOU
Then said, You are the man
who took hold of me and wrenched
my hand from the post tHe said.
No, l did not. You are mistaken. !
"A few moments afterwArd he
and met before the head of the
fire department, Mr.. Dutton. l
then made complaint against him
to Dutton, saying, among other
things, that Hooper :had denied
before MIR. Mullowny that he had
taken hold of me on the car. When
| said this, Hooper said: 'You are
1 did not deny IT,
The statement of Senator Money
is corroborated by the sworn state
ment Of Mr.. John Hollingsworth,
, man of umimpeachable charac-
Ter, who was on eye witness to the |
unfortunate affair. From these
statements it will be seen that Sem
'tor Money was brutaly attacked |
or merely insisting upon his
lights.
When the cases against the SEN
tor, the fireman and the conduc-
or we're called, the assistant dis
riot attorney. with the consent Of
court, entered a nolle prosequi
n the grounds that the witnesses
Or Money directly contradicted
he witnesses for the other parties
nd vice versa, and in his opinion ,
10 trial would entail useless ex-
ense by resulting in the acqural !
all parties.
1t was the earnest desire of the !
'nator as expressed by his course T
the open court that the court !
lould not sustain noIIe prose- Il
ii, but that trial should be had a
WILLIAM RAY TooMBs.
atement of John Hollingsworth, fl
Head Page of the House of Rep t.
rentatives: 81
On the morning of April Oath | &c
Is Standing on the southeast cor n
r of Fist and B streets, N. W. a
out twenty feet from the b ~
'eet side, -that is, on First, about W
enty feet south of B street, talk hi
TO S.J.Murphy. had walked ~
wn through the capitol grounds n
ew minutes beforehand, ard had til
IN standing there probably five sN
nutes when Itook out my watch !
told Mr.. Murphy that it was -
. minutes of nine and that L ri
uld go on to the capitol. was do
t in the act of doing SO when / WI
iced this car turn the corner at ht
zee Monument, coming along 49, 49,
toward me, and | SAID wi vi
Mr.. Murphy, II guess | will an
i and see the people get off the to
''By the time | had flushed my fire
lark the car had reached point WI
bin fifty feet of me, between Ne Ne
hundred and seventy feet from sIa