The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-17

the senator, and AS 1 approaches
HCoper,iwho left tho place wheI
~ he was sitting on the same benc
N to the right Of Mr.. Money, got a
o and walked over and catching hol
o of the senator's right hand an
, pull 1t loose from the back of th
y seat.
70 Then the senator and the conduc
n tor, with Hooper, were all tire
!, standing, AT the time | starte
!, around the rear of the trailer, an,
Q by the time | had reached the real
' left hand corner, / saw Hope
( pull the senator's hand loose from
: the seat. Istood there a few sec
? onds and watched them, and al
! three men were standing; Hope
was simply standing in the aisle
in front of the seat and behind thu
conductor, who had turned hi
back to him when he (Shaner)
arose. The conductor had taken
his arms from around Mr.. Money,
and had caught his coat with both
handle near the lapel. The senator
was standing near the edge of the
car, with his face to Shaner and
bis back toward the left side of
the car, Hooper standing behind
Shaner, as stated. At the moment
the car stopped Shaner forced Mr..
Money backward, and Mr.. Money
grabbed Shaner in the coat collar
with his right hand and they both
went out together, neither falling.
AS they touched the ground
they released hold of each other,
when the conductor struck at the
senator and hit him in the chest a
hard blow, and turned around to
get on the car. Shaner was angry.
Mr.. Money reeled when he was
struck but caught himself, land said
to Shaner, ,"You banded rasc al !"
and put his right hand in his right
trousers pocket, and pulled out q
pocketknife and attempted to op-
en- it. Someone cried, Look out
he's got a knife" and Shaner
turned around and grabbed hold
Of Mr.. Moneys hand, but Mr.,
Money ierked loose, stepping
backward; Shaner followed him
up, Mr.. Money opened the knife
and had it clinched in his hand, II
grabbed the arm of the hand hold
ing the knife, and Shaner grabbed
the open blade and cut himself.
Shaner again turned round to 90
to the car, when Hooper and sew
eral others in. the crowd said they
let any man draw a knife
on them. At this point Policeman
came between where the
senator was standing, and the con-
iuctor. Then Shaner turned around
ooked at his hand, which had
blood on it, and started toward the
senator again, but Murphy made |
very effort to keep him away, but i
'hanerreached over Murphy's head Q
nd slapped the senator on the side t
# the face, bloodying his face and |
ollar. Then they called each 2
Their names, and the senator G
tarted towards Shaner again, but o
hid hold of him, and Murphy il
'as between the two, preventing Il
le conductor from striking him
gain, which he was about to do.
| told Murphy to blow his whis- pl
9, which he did, standing there D
'r a few moments, keeping the re-
70 apart. No policeman or as n
stance coming, and the conductor =
I'd those present urging Murphy On
arrest Mr.. Money. ] steted that H
, could not arrest him as he was ge
United States Senator, where i,
Jon Shaner said he did not give e.
INN if he was a U. s. Senator or Ia
ho the s. of b. was, he w
let him draw knife on m,
m. Then Hooper told Murphy an
give him the whistle, he would ia,
ow it. He took it and blew it -
rec times in succession, By this ~
ne quite crowd had gathered, "
'elled by the blockaded cars, and It
persuaded the senator to walk to da
capitol grounds with me, to the nv
RIB. r
Before got him to leave, i took pc
wn the conductors number. un
itch was TT, and we asked lie
'oper for his name, which he re- Oh
sed to give. / then asked If
're was any one in the crowd ,
10 knew his name. No one an
swered. The senator then said on
Hooper; You have been too cot
SD all along, and Til find ont isel
o you are:v After that we cot
liked away. When l asked lar,
oper for his name he said; 'I'll ~
P your face; what business have al