The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
SENATOR MONEY USES KNIFE ON
AssAILANT.
DISPUTE OVER TRANSFER
Passenger Helped Conductor to Eject
the Mississippi Statesman
Outsiders Interfere.

Washington, April Ex-senator II.
D. Money Of Mississippi had an alter
cation with a conductor on a street
this morning, which resulted in
the senator's receiving two severe
blows from the conductor and the con-
ductor being cut quite severely in
the right hand with a knife.
As Senator Money relates the cir
cumstances, he was riding from his
road for Baltimore, where he goes
to take the 9 o'clock train on that
road for aBltimore, where he goes
frequently for medical treatment OF
his eyes. He had taken a car on the
Fourteenth street branch OF the Cap
ital traction line and had changed to
board a a which stops at the Peace
monument, half a dozen blocks short
Of his destination. He had failed to
notice this circumstance until the car
began to turn around the monument.
The a bound for the depot was ina
mediately behind the car in which he
was seated.
Asked for Transfer.
The senator says that he had only
three or four minutes in which to
make his train, but that, after he dis
covered 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 con-
ductor replied, but, falling to receive
the ticket and recognizing that ne
had no time to lose, he jumped from
the Ear he was on and boarded the
other. He had no sooner taken his
seat, he says, than the conductor of
that car approached him and asked for
his ticket
He then told the conductor that he
had not had time to secure a transfer
and reminded him that he. s(the con-
ductor) had been a witness to the
circumstances Of his change from one
car to the other.
Must Pay Fare.
The conductor replied that the SEN
ator would have to produce q ticket
or pay his fare. w%hereupon the SEN
ator told him that he had paid one
fare and, being entitled to a transfer.
which he had asked for but had not
receivel, he would not pay another.
Thereupon the conductor told him
that If he would not pay his fare ne
would put him of the car and imme-
diately proceeded to carry his threat
into execution. !
This the senator resisted by grasp.
ing an upright post and engaged In q
struggle with the conductor, who was
not making much Roadway, when a
passenger, who had, been sitting next
to Senator Money, volunteered to as
sist the conductor.
BY their combined Strength they
managed to break the senator's hold
upon the post and to force him from
the a
The senator says that when they
first undertook to eject him the car
was in full motion. and he feels that
II they had succeeded at that time he
would have inevitably been badly
hurt. 4
Conductor Was Gruff.
The conductor and his assistant did
not, however. succeed in their design
until the car stopped at the next cor
uer to let of other passengers.
He says that both the conductor and
1 the passenger were very gruff and
abusive In their language and thai
after he had reached the street the
conductor hit him a eve blow ovel
the heart with his clinched fist.
The blow, the senator says, was
very painful, and, in order to protect
himself he took a small pocket-knife
from his pocket and opened 1t.
This weapon the conductor graspet
and in doing SO cut his hand SO tina
1t bled freely. After this proceeding
other persons stepped between tn
two but Notwithstanding their pres
ence the conductor, who 70 a very tai
man. struck him another blow owe
the shoulder Of a mar standing be
tween them.
Senator Hit on Jaw.
This blow was struck with the cor
, ductor's bloody hand and 1t hit tn
senator squarely on the jaw. He wa
: as a consequence of this blow covel
ed with blood from the wound OF tn
: conductor. and this circumstance wa
responsible for a rumor that the SCI
ator himself had been severely in1u'
ed.
The senator adds that there wei