The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
MISSISSIPPI SENATOR HIS
FIGHT WITH A CONDUCTOR
is lit Twice and Cuts Street Ga!
gmeiaI in Hand lNita a Knife
Demands His Discharge.

Washington, April 24-senator
Money of Mississippi had an alter.
cation with 0. II. Shaner, q conductor
an 2 Fourteenth street car today
hichw resulted in the senator's receiv-
ing two severe blows from the conduc-
tor and the conductor being cut IN
The right hand with knife. As Sen
ator Money relates the circumstances,
be was proceeding from his home to
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot
80 take the @ o'clock train on that
road for Baltimore, where he goes ire
tsnently for medical treatment of his
ewes. He had taken a car on the
Fourteenth street branch OF the Capl-.
tai Traction company line and had
CHANGED to board car which stops al
The Peace monument, half a Dozen
blocks short Of his destination. lie
had failed to notice this circumstance
T1ntii the car began to turn around
the monument. The car bound for the
depot was Immediately behind the car
on which he was seated. Ihe senator
saws that he had only three or four
minutes time in which to make MS
rtain. but that after he dlscovereo
that he was on the wrong car he call
al 10 the conductor and asked him for
transfer ticket to the car bound for
fbe depot. He does not recall what
The conductor replied, but failing to
receive the ticket and recognizing
that he had no time to lose, he Jump
sed from the car he was on and board
ed the other.
DEMANDED HIS FARE.
He had no sooner taken his seat,
ne asvs. than the conductor OF that
ar approached him and asked for his
+icset. He then told the conductor
that he had not time to secure the
fransfer and reminded him that he,
the conductor, had been a witness to
fbe circumstance of his change from
one car to the other.
The conductor replied that the sena-
Tor would either have to produce q
ticket or pay his fare, whereupon the
senator told him that having pald one
faresand being entitled to a transfer
which he bad asked for but had not
reeeiyed. he would not pay another.
.Yhereupon the conductor told him
,fSfnat If he would not pay his fare ne
WonId put him of the car, and lmmedl-
ately proceeded to carry his threat
INTO execution. This the senator resist
Cd bv grasping an upright post and
engaged in a struggle with the coz
ductor. who was not making much
beadway when a passenger who had
beer sitting next to Senator Money
volunteered to assist the conductor.
By their combined strength they con-
trived to break the senator S hold upon
the post and to force him from the
In the struggle the Senator was
struck twice, and drawing a knife to
defend himself the conductor grasped
st in his hand and was cut on the
shumb.
A WE'LL KNOWN PATRON.
Senator Money ssid tonight that he
had been riding on the line 2! winters
and today was the first trouble he had
,aver had. He had been very friendly
with the employees OF the road and
! luavs had been solicitous about their
sraslfare and he advocated many changes
yreafly TO their benefit. When he left
fbe ION car today the conductor, he
said. waved his hand toathe conductor
e,f The other car indicating that nit
Was ali right. He declared there were
three separate and distinct assaults
eornnnitted on him. He drew his knife,
he said, to protect himsela, but not
mil he had been elected from the car
and then not until after the conductor
na5 continued to attempt to assault
him after the ejectment. Foreman
Hooper did not strike him, he said,
bnt, Tugeed at his wrist to jerk his
hand loose from the post beside his
seat thus assisting in the first assault.