The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
BETWEEN SENATOR AND STREET
CAR CONDUCTOR
SENATOR MONEYS CHARGES
a..auIted by n street Car Conductor
who Attempts tn Put Him on q
Car. Assisted by n Member OF the
CITY Fire Department-The Sena-
tor Receives Two Severe Blows.
The Conductor Cut in the Hand.
The senator Prefers Charges
Against Both-Statenent~ of the
Two Sides.

$500 80
ton with o. II. Shaner. a conductor
on a Fourteenth street car today.
which resulted in the senator's receiv-
ing two severe blows from the conduc-
tor and the conductor being cut in the
right hand with a knife As Senate
| Money relates the circumstances. he
was proceeding from his home TO the
Baltimore and Ohio depot to take the
Q O'Clock train on that Dad for Balti-
more where N goes frequently for
medical treatment OF his eyes. He had
taken a car on the Fourteenth street
branch of the Capital Traction Com
pany line and nad Glanced to board a
car which stops at the Peace monu-
ment. half a dozen blocks short of his
destination. He had failed TO notice
this circumstance until the car began
10 turn around the monument. The
car bound for the depot was immed-
lately behind the car on which he was
seated.
The senator says that he had only
three or four minut time in which
10 make his train. but that after he
discovered hat he was on the wrong
car he called 10 thu conductor and
asked him for d transfer ticket to the
car bound for the depot. He does not
recall What the conductor replied, but
failing to receive the ticket and recog-
nizing that he a no time TO lose. he
jumped from the car he was i'm and
boarded the other. He had no sooner
taken his seat. he says. than the con-
ductor of that car approached him and
asked for his ticket. He then told the
that he had not had time to
secure a transfer and remainded him
that he, the conductor, had been a wit
ness TO the circumstance of his change
from one car to the other. The conduc-
tor replied that the senator would
either have to produce a ticket or paw
MS rare, WhereppOn the senator told
nam that having paid one fare and be-
ing entitled to a transfer which he had
asked for but had not received. he
would not pay another. Thereupon the
told him that if he would
not pay his fare he would put him off
the car, and Immediately proceeded TO
carry his threat into execution. This
me senator resisted by grasping an M
rlsnl post and engaging in a struggle
Win the who was not max
IN much Roadway when a passanpe,
Mho had been sitting next to Senator
money volunteered to assist the con-
ductor. ~"
BY their combined strength, they CON
rived 10 break the senator's hold upor
the post and to force him from the car
ihe senator says that when they frs
undertook to eject him the car was II
iuii Iiolon, and he feels that if the,
mad succeeded at that time he wouII
L GlekllaDlV nave haon hn1 I L,. mn
conductor and his assistant did NOT
however, succeed in their design unit
the car stopped at the next crossing I,
let off other passengers.
Inc senator says that both the con
ductor and the passenger were. YER
gruI and abusive in their ~anguag
and that after he mad reached tn,
street. the conductor hit him a sever,
dow over the heart with his clenche,
INST. The blow. the senator saws. wa
very painful, and in order to protec
himself he took a small pen knife from
ms pocket and opened it. This weapon
the conductor grasped and In doing :
cut his hand so hat It bled very freely
After this proceeding other person
stepped between the two, but notwith
J LANDING their presence, the conducto
. VINO is a very tall mar, struck him an
otner bloW over the shoulder of a ma
stand1ng between them. This blow wa
Will liz CtIIuuClOTS DIDO0
hand n 1T hit the senator squarely O
| the jaw. He was. as a @
l THIS blow.c covered with blood from tn
. conductors wound n this circum
1 stance was responsible for a rumor tina
the senator himself had bsen seyerel
injured. The senator adds that ther
were three or four policemen presen
: but that nom OF them took any steu
to prevent the alteration He say
also that both the conductor and tn
passenger who assisted in his ejectmer
refused to give their names. The sena
= tor was not madly hurt. but his trip [
= Baltimore was prevented He. how
ever, proceeded with his customar
duties about the capitol during the da
as II nothing unusual had occurred.
Conductor Shaner Is a vigorous bu
e boyish looking man. He says that h
ala not see the senator leave the ca
d preceding his; that he did not strik
I the senator until the latter drew h
knife and that he did not make an ei
d fort to put him off the car while IL va
o in motion. His u is a slight Gu
s across the ball OF the thumb.
A warrant was issued this afternoo
for the arrest of Conductor Shaner O
$ the charge OF assault. 1t was sworn OF
by Senator Money.
A warrant was also sworn out by III
Mississippi senator against James
Hooper, foreman of truck A, OF III
District fire department., on the sam
n charge. Hooper Is the passenger on th
a car who assisted the condutor. Late
e Senator Money called on President No
Farland. Of the board Of commissions
d Of the District OF Columbia and prefer
4 red verbal charges against Hooper. NJ
d Mcfarland told him Hooper would h
n brought before the trial board and III
case thoroughly Investigated.
Senator Money also wrote TO III
president Of the Capital Traction Con
pany demanding the Immediate dismis
u sal OF Conductor Shane and threaten
. ed to sue the company for damage
such action was not AIKEN. The CON
q pa1y several years ago dismissed a cor
q ductor at the request OF a Massachr
> sets senator who resented the condus
tors polite offer OF assistance Will
e leaving the car on an Icy day. TT
a eompany's action resulted I'm yigorou
g DrofestS at the time