The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-04

fetted by these waves the driftwood crunched and ground together.
 The horse startled by the moving and rroanin1 drfftWood threw his head in the air and. backed. away. His terror grew and the buggy wheels rolled dangerously near the edge of the deep lake. The horse reared back and the buggy with its human. freight slipped, on the mar row isthmus into the still waters Of the lake. Man. lad and brutc sank beneath the surface For brief second they disappeared and then they all rose 10 oo battle for life. They were never more than ten feet from life and safety.
 Captain Allen bravely struck out for the, road He would have made it ano saved his brother. although weighed down. by his clothing and heavy shoes, but the frenxied horse, roaring backward and struEgiing. to- free. Itself from the buggy and harnes, plunged about. ane beat the water into foam with iron snoc hoofs and in his struggles Captain. Aiies came within reach and was struck down Tom Allen, . strong lad continued tc fight his way towards the road, but ex. haustion dragged him down within q yard of safety. .
 Helpless Witnesses of Tragedy.
 Fifty yards away two negroes were helpless witnesses of the terrible scene The appalling tragedy was wrought out before them, with every detail outlined in the clear spring sun light Squire Wil- lis a boatman and fisherman was one wh1 witnessed the pitiful scene. He sa Captain Aliens courageous fight .agains' overwhelming odds. beating the water not in the steady strokes of practiced swim mer,' but as a strong man face to face with death and fighting for his life" Wil- lis saw the cruel hoofs flashing in the air and Captain Allen go down under them. He heard Tom Allen cry help and then he ran with all speed to his boat which was drawn. up on. cape. Willis rushed the boat around the cape with swift, hurried strokes, but when the swept into sight of the lake the waters were stin.
 Squire wiliiss story of the awful ac- cident was told a few minutes after It occurred. :.
 II was sitting said he '.in front of the fire In Tena Wares house. She was standing by the window. a. little before IL happened. She said to me a few minutes before the accident There's a lady ana gentleman driving a horse across that road, They stopped awhile. but drove on across I'd, be afraid te ride. across that place - A few minutes later she said Here comes another. buggy across. Oh. the bores is scared. Oh Lord. they are zone" With that 1 ran to the win dow alna saw the horse and bugggy top ple over I saw the horse hit Captain Alisn with his hoofs when he was try ins to swim out The boy kept trying to swim after Captain Alien had sunk Fran to my boat, but it was all over be- fore | could get to the road. ~
 Tena Ware gave the same account or the double tragedy.
 Recognition, of The Bodies.
 As soon as they realized the full import of the awful scene, the neSross gave the alarm. Engineer D. B. Dodson of the l.. and N. heard the cry and ran down to the cuivert from hts cnsine. He..s helped : Sdb1tre Willis bend a gas pipe which was hting over the end of the boat as an tmprov .grappling hook. This hook first caught the buggy and if was pulled out Tns bcdy of the horse was located before tns remains of the young men were pulled out .-.-.l+ ..---, s
 In the meanwhile a telephone message had been Sent to Coroner Tice. and he rushed out to the scene. A small crowd had, gathered, as the word had beer passed that two men were drowned. but rone iE the crowd knew whose bodies lay underneath the waters. Coroner Tice arrived shortly before the body Of Cap tain Allen was drawn to the surface. AS socn as 1t was lifted out, the Coroner ex- claimed. Why, it's Charlie Allen.
 Mason Allen, brother of the two who were drowned. was among the first who rushed to the scene. When he hurried there he had no premonition that his At> pfr1H{ n appalling disaster. -t 2. The bodies were carried t, Tice'ss un- dertaking establishment immediately af- ter they had been recovered. It was Then nearly two hours after the tragedy.
 The members of Captain Aliens com pany. the. ontgomery True Biues.l on hearing the dreadful news, gathered in the armory, silent and grief-stricken. Uniforms we're put on and, under com mand of Lieutenant E. F. Baber. the company marched to Tice's to pay honor and respect to the dead, Captain. A de- tail was left on duty for the night as a guard of honor. f
 The local Lodge of .Elks. of which Cap a called meeting at o'clock. Over fifty members were present The Lodge marched in a body to Tice's and viewed the remains. Members of the Elks. with the soldiers. kept vigil over the remains.
 Saddest of Home Comings.
 At II o'clock the bodies in two hearses were carried to the home of, C. A.. Allen. the ,doubly bereaved father. A few hours before his boys had left this home. light hearted, and to all appearances secure in health and happiness The hearses ,iere stopped and the two bodies were carried into the grief-stricken home. It was the saddest of home comings and those who witnessed the scene will never forget 1t, The Elks and the Blues formed an hon. orary escort to the remains.
 Captain Allen was perhaps the best known young officer of the Alabama Ma tional Guard. He served as ordnance of ficer and clerk under Col. R. F. Ligon when he was Adjutant-General. and he retained the place when Col. W. w. Brandon was appointed AdJutant Gen eral He remained in the office from 1896 until last year. His duty brought him in direct contact with all the officers of the Guard and he was universally popu- lar with them. His was q peculiarly warm-hearted nature, a nature that al- ways won friends and kept them. His office was public position. and he had wide acquaintance and large circle of friends among the public men of the State. He was sunny-hearted and a true friend.
 Grief of Montgomery Friends.
 Tn Montgomery his death shocked the young men as no other has in recent years. His best friends were here among those whe knew him best. He was a prominent figure among the younger men of the city and he was popular with all
 Captain Allen served through the Span