The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
NEWS OF GENERAL CITY
KILLING OCCURS ON ExuURsroN
 TRAIN.
Louis Phillips Shot to Death While Attempting to Rob Fellow Passenger--Preparing for
 Encampment.
Adv,ertlser Rureau,

Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma, June 30.
 Saturday night last an excursion was run from Selma to Pensacola, and, as usual, the great bulk of the, ,excursionists were negroes These big negro excur- sions are scarcely ever run without row occurring and this one was no ex- ception to the rule. There are always lot of worthless. drunken negroes who go on these trips for the purpose of beating the other negroes in a game of craps, ana if that does not work, to take money from their victims by force. There were a lot of these disreputable characters on the excursion from Selma to Pensacola and one of them was killed.
 The particulars of the Killing are meager but from the best information that can be gathered 1t seems that Louis Phillips. alias Sanders. better known around the negro sluns as ''Chickadee." went in with three other negroes, whose names could not be ascertained, and their in tention was to reap a rich harvest on the excursion. The train had not been gono an hour before they spotted their first victim. They watched the different negroes who paid their fares to the con. ductor, and this negro that they had their eyes on had a good amount of money. One thing. however, "Chickadee" and his companions had overlooked, and that was. the negro with the money also carried forty-four caiibre pistol in his hip pocket. and although he was from the green as he looked.
 F"Chickadee'. gave the tip to his three pals and they went down the aisle to where he sat. and engaged him in con versation. They talked to him long time, telling anecdotes and laughing. oc- casionally taking drinks out of a bottle of whiskey. Finally "Chickadee'' thought the time had come to make the raid end he put his arms around the country negro's neck. looking him straight in the face. and talking to him all the tune. The country coon was standing up at the time, his new found friends put his arms so affectionateiy about him. The other negroes commenced to go through his pockets, searching for the wallet that contained the big roll of money.
 But the country negro reached In his pocket and got out his revolver and fired on 'chickadee.' .' Two of the bullets went into ''Chickadee's" body just below the heart. These two balls were not half an inch apart. The barrel of the pistol was then lowered few inches and two more bullets entered the body near the center of the stomach. while the fifth ball made d NOuIaQ III S3iS Ot0C. <AAAy SEC of the first four bullets would have proven fatal and .Chickadce'' loosened his hold from around his companions neck and sank to the floor.
 ''Chickadee'sr three companions in the robbery, seeing that their victims pistol was empty. dragged him out of the car and pitched him backward in the dark ness of the fast flying train. and whether he was killed is not known. Knowing that they would be implicated in the robbery all three of them Jumped or the train, and tho supposition is that they went back to where they threw their victim off and dragged him out in the bushes and murdered him, If he was not able to get away after the fall from the train.
 All of this occurred in Dallas County about seven miles this side of Minter Station. The conductor was in one of the front cars and did not know anything about the shooting until he came back into the car. where everything was in the widest confusion possible. 'Chickadee" was picked up and placed on two seats, where in about an hour. he breathed his last. His body was taken from the train at Snow Hill and was placed in a coffin by the railroad authorities. and last night 1t was brought back to Selma.
 'TShfckadce' was well known negro character about town and had served enc term in the uenitentfary