The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-11
WHISKY BARRELS HAD DISAPPEARED Officers Are Working on 0nuS- uaI Case at Selma ONE BARREL WAS EMITTED Negro Is Killed By Peculiar Collision at caIera While Standing on
 the Pilot of an En-
 gIne.
ONE BARREL WAS EMITTED

Selma. October 10-(Special )-Saturday and yesterday officers from Selma and special officers of the Southern railway have been engaged in ferreting out the finding of a quantity of barrel and case whisky which had been thrown on the train some time during the early hours or Saturday morning. Saturday morning sec tion hands of the Southern found an empty whisky barrel about hal1 mile this side of Evansville. Closer inspection showed traces of where a full barrel had been rolled Into the swamp and close search revealed the full barrel The car In which the whisky had started to Sel- ma was checked two barrels and hve cases of whisky short. The five cases were found yesterday; three of the cases were found untouched, one case having been emptied and one emptied of all but three bottles. The barrel of whisky had evi- dently been knocked in the head and the fluid taken off in buckets. The other bar rel was left with the intention, no doubt, of coming back for it. A watch was kept last night but none of the thieves came for the booty.
 The whisky had evidently been thrown off the car by some person who secreted himself in the car for that purpose and confederates secured the booty. The au- thorities have not found any clue to the thieves.
 Negro FIagman Killed.
 The collision of a freight train on the Southern at Calera on Sunday morning with a Pullman sleeper is considered one of the most unusual accidents recorded in railroad circles.
 A St. Louis sleeper on the Louisville and Nashville train going north was stopped across the Southern track at Calera-
 Engineer Cot Freeland, pulling freight from Selma, ran into the sleeper, his en- zine barely creeping along. So confident did 1t appear to a negro hagman riding on the pilot of the freight engine that the engine would stop before it struck the sleeper that he did not step off. and the the result was that he was jammed be- tween the drawhead and the sleeper and killed.
 Engineer Freeland states that his brakes failed to work and he could not stop his engine. The passengers in the sleeper felt the bottom rising and has tened out of harms way.
 In the New City Hall.
 
 The city council held its first meeting tonight in the new city hall. Temporary lights had been put In and the city ia. thers found their new quarters very much more comfortable than the olc shacks on Washington street. Mayor At. kins recommended that some kind of cele. bration in honor of the dedication of the new building be held.
 Local and General.
 meeting of the Ladies auxiliary oi the Elks will be held tomorrow morning to take action in the matter of the house warming which will open the new home on October 26
 Dr. A. L. Andrews went over to Greens boro this afternoon to assist in reviva which will be held in that city. In about three weeks it is proposed to hold re- vival in the Methodist church here. Al present the Presbyterians are holding g revival conducted by the Rev. J. A Bryan of Birmingham.