Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-19
CONDUCTOR KILLED
WARREN BALDWIN OF A VALLEY
TRAIN SHOT DOWN
SUNDAY.
Slayer Was O. j. Allison. Section
Foreman and Was Witho1.
Provocation.
SAID THAT ALLISON WAS DRUNK

Warren Baldwin, one of the Oldest
passenger conductors on the Iron
Mountain railroad, was shot and killed
by o. J. Allison "a section foreman. ON
| his train just as it was pulling into
McGehee about 2:3O O'Clock Sunday
morning. The shooting was the result
| loe a dispute over the payment Of a.
ci.cent fare from Dermott to Nc
gehee.
Baldwin died about ten minutes at.
ter he was shot, without regaining
consciousness, and his remains were
taken to Little Rock Sunday morn
| ing at 1O:40 o'clock
Allison, the man who did the shoot
| ihg, gave himself up to the authorities
| at McGehee and a corOner's jury held
| him to the grand jury without bend
He was taken to Arkansas City. the
couny scat of Desha county, in which
McGehee is situated, and placed in the
county jail Allison maintained that
! he shot Baldwin in self-defense. but
other witnesses testified at the inquest
that he shot Baldwin down without
provocation,
How the Shooting Occurred.
The shooting occurred in the com
| bination baggage and negro coach Of
the train in the presence Of several
railroad men and crowd of negroes,
but was done SO quickly that no one
could interfere and the man jumped
from the train before the crowd real
ized what had occurred.
/ Allison boarded the train at Der
r,ott, seven miles from McGehee He
was the foreman of an extra section
gang which had been working at Nc
Cohee, and after drawing h;s, pay Sat
urday afternoon went to DermOtt 1t
is stated that he was under the infiu
ence of liquor when he started back
to McGehee and that he had declared
that he would kill someone before
morning.
According to the statements made
| by several of those who witnessed the
shooting. Allison and Conductor Bald
Win became involved in a dispute over
the payment of the fare from Dermott
|th McGehee Baldwin asked Allison
for his pass and when the latter failed
to produce ii he told him he would
have to pay the fare, which was TWEEN
t. one cents. After some dispute. AL
lison paid the fare and demanded q
cash fare receipt. The conductor had
no receipts with him and telling Alt
son that he would give it to him later,
he proceeded through the remainder
of the train. Returning to the negro
car he secured his cash receipts, when
Allison followed him into the car and
shot him down, it is said, without
warning. Only one shot was filed.
The bullet entered the left cheek and
6assed out of the back OF the head
Baldwin fell without utterng a word.
Will Mason, the newsboy on the train,
who was standing at Baldwin's side
when he was shot, caught him as he
fell to the floor. Baldwin died fifteen
minutes later before medical aid could
arrive, and without regaining con-
sciousness
Before those in the car realized
what had occurred Allison jumped
from the train which was Just pull.
ing into McGehee There he gave
himself up to Deputy Sheriff Fitzhugh,
who held him in custody until he was
taken to Arkansas City.
Allison made a short statement at
the coroners inquest, declaring tha.
he shot Baldwin in self-defense. He
declared that Baldwin was about to
shoot him and that he shot to save
himself. Other witnesses declared
that Allison shot Baldwin down with.
out provocation. One of these wit
resses was James D. McGehee, an
Iron Mountain conductor, who resides