The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-25
Mississippi's Statesman Declined to
Pay Fare and Was Put Of with
Aid of a Passengers.
KNIFE USED BY THE SENATOR
WHO SAYS HE WAS STRUCK THRICE
BY THE CONDUCTOR.
Latter's Hand Cut While Trying to
Secure Mr.. Moneys Weapon-Sen-
ator Clark Also in Trouble.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Two Demo-
cratic senators -Hernando De Soto Money
Of Mississippi, and William A Clark. the
multi-mllionaire of Montna-were in trou-
BILE to-day. Mr.. Money had a fight with
street-car conductor and Mr. Clark was
accused of automobiling faster than the
law allows Sergeant-at-arms Ransdell also
had trouble to-day, but of different kind.
He had scarcely reached his office this
morning before the news arrived of the
unfortunate escapede OF Senator Money
He at sent his captain of police to
investigate the facts. Mr.. Money was not
on the Capitol grounds at the time. and
the case does not come under his jurisdic-
ton, although he saw that some action
was taken which prevented unseemIy SEN
sationalsm. little later it was reported
to him that Senator Clark had been in
formed against for driving his automobile
the black dragon" too fast i'm the Capitol
grounds. Mr.. Clark had been warned be-
fore that the high rate of speed was dan
gerous. This time the officer said the sena-
tor was moving too fast, and the senator
said he preferred TO have a court determine
the question. and a trial will take place
was of a more serious nature. AS told bv
himself he was proceeding from his home
TO the Baltimore & Ohio depot TO take the
o'clock train that road for Baltimore
where he goes frequently for medical treat
ment of his eyes. He had taken A car on
the Fourteenth-street branch of the Capt.
tai Traction Company's line and had
chanced to board car which stops at the
Peace monument, half a dozen blocks short
of his destination. He had failed to notice
the circumstance until the car began to
turn around the monument The car bound
for the depot was Immediately behind the
car which he was seated The senator
says he had only three or four minutes
time in which to make his train. but that
after he had discovered that he was on the
wrong car he called to the conductor and
asked him for a transfer ticket to the car
bound for the depot He does not recall
what the conductor said, but failing to re-
ceive the ticket and recognizing that he
had no time to lose. he jumped from the
car he was on and boarded the other. He
had no sooner taken his seat, he saws. thai
the conductor Of that car approached him
and asked for his ticket He then told the
conductor that he had not had time TO Sc
(the cOnductor) had been witness 10 the
circumstance of his change from one car
TO the other. The conductor replied that
the senator would either have to produce a
ticket or pay his fare, whereupon the SEN
ator told him that. having paid one fare
and entitled to transfer which he had
asked for but had not received he would
not pay another Thereupon the conductor
told him that if he would not pay his fare
he would put him off the car and immedi-
ately proceeded 10 carry his threat into exc
SutiOn This the senator resisted by grasD-
Ing an upright post and engaged in a strug-
gle with the conductor. who was not max
ing much headway. when a passenger who
had been sitting next to Senator Money
volunteered 10 assist the conductor BY
their combined strength they contrived to
break the senator's hold upon the post and
10 force him from the car
The senator says that when they first un-
dertook TO eject him the car was i'm full
motion, and ne feels that If they had sue
ceeded at that time he inevitably would
have been badly hurt. The conductor and
his assistant did not. however. succeed in
their design until the car stopped at the
next crossing TO let off other passengers
He says that both the conductor and the
passenger were very gruff and abusive In
their language, and that after he hac
reached the street the conductor hit him "A
severe blow over the heart with his
clenched fist. The blow. the sena tor says
was very painful, and in order TO protect
himself he took small pocket knife from