The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-03

yt,dx> Denson and nc saw me pieiniy. He did not. however. address me in any way" at the eating house at the depot in S,nefi,ra waiting for the Western tra,n was sitting on the porch of tbis aatinr house reading a newspaper ana had no warning or intimation that | wac to be made the object of an ate tack My attention was first attract. ed by sheriff walton, of Chambers county. hurrying up close to where I was sitting with his hand thrown back on his. pistol pocket. At the same instant MT. Hefiin rushed up in front of me while a third member of the party took his stand close to me, on my right, with his hand on pistol in
 .Hefiin said to me. You have been ehafeirg me with d-d lies, and you have got to take 1t back. or will kill you right now.
 arainst you were made by your own party. and will not withdraw any statement that have made.
 "The man to my right called out,
 .As turned to look at this man, Hefiin struck me. He struck me in the temple with the back of his knife which he held in his hand. The men had crowded me 50 close to the bench that could not defend myself. and while in this position. pressed over on the bench. Hefiin struck me several times, hands on their pistols. There were i've of them In all
 Captain Walker was accompanied 90 Montgomery by c. J. Smith. citizen of Eufaula, but who has been engaged in the oil business at Opelika. Mir. Smith said that the statement of the dificuity made by Captain Walker was correct. and that he saw it from the be- ginning to the end.
 Consresnman's Statement.
 Congressman Henin was called up over long distance telephone in Tuske- zee last night~b by an Advertiser repre- sentative for his side of the dificulty.
 .Captain Walker" said Congressman f4efiin over the phone. "has been slan- dering and viiiifying me over the dis trict. I met him and asked him to re- tract the lies he had been telling on me and he refused. then attacked him and was administering a good beating when some of the bystanders came up and interfered. Captain Walker was 'hollering' to be let up when they stop ped the u8nI
 while waiting for the Western train l saw Walker sitting in front of the eating house. Two men were sitting on either side of him at the time. but I did not know who they were. As soon as saw him the islanders that he had been circulating about me came to my mind and it flew all over me. I walked over to where he was sitting I want to say right here that nobody went with me. Messrs, Walton and Hollingsworth were some distance off and they knew nothing about the affair until the fight had begun.
 T told Captain Walker that he had siandered me and had caused islanders and lies to be published about me. told him that he would have to retraet. He rnumbled something about retract- ing nothing and threw his hand behind him under his coat. Before- he could withdraw 1t struck him and knocked him down, I hit him twelve or nf- teen times. I was administering a good beating when they stopped me. He 'hoilered and begged to be let up.'
 ''SheriR Walton did not appear until the light was we'll under way. He did not know who in the crowd were friends of Captain Walker and he only warned members of the crowd that no outsiders should attack me-"
 Congressman Hefiin will speak in Tuskegee today when he will answer the statements made by Captain Walker in his campaign speeches.