The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
.ENSLEY CITIZENS
 INSPECT LIBRARY Committee Visits Selma to
 Take Notes BRUTAL NEGRO IS KILLED Was Beating Negro Woman at Demop- oils, When Member of His Own
 Race Secures Pistol and
 Shoots Him Fatally.

Selma, August 2.-Special)-A commit tee of citizens from Ensley, consisting of J. W. Minor, P J. Rogers, N. W. Scott and w. H. Sherman, have been in Selma today visiting the Carnegie library, hav- ing come here in the interest of the pub lie library that is to be erected in the Steel City.
 The committee was shown over the library by the librarian and viewed with interest, not only the building itself, but the system employed in caring for the books and loaning them out. They left at 4 o'clock for Montgomery, from which place they will go to Atlanta, and then back home. They will then take the good points of the three institutions and put ting them in composite form, untilize them in the erection of the Carnegie H. brary in Ensley. for which MT. Carnegie has donated $10.0O0
 Brutal Negro Met Tragic Death.
 The following special to the Journal was received this afternoon:
 Demopolis. August 25.-(Special. )-There was a horrible tragedy enacted near the passenger station of the Southern rail- way in this city last night. The scene was where the street crosses the railroad track The attention of people In the vicinity was attracted to the scene by the agonizing screams of an old negro woman. She was one of those old time negroes known about the town as type Of the "black nanny" of the days be- fore the war in the south.
 Her screams were caused by a big burly negro man, who was beating her viciously with large hickory billet. He struck the woman at least fifteen times with the big stick, fracturing her skull and breaking both arms and several ribs A large crowd gathered but not single person had gun and the negro dee ed them at the same time continuing to beat the woman. A Southern railway brakeman, a negro by the name of Mon dolphes, ran to the car of the Wrecklng train, about a hundred feet from the scene and secured a pistol, returning to the scene in few seconds. He called out to the negro to stop beating the woman or he would shoot him. The only reply was for the negro to lunge at the brake man with his big stick, knocking his hat off. Several of the trainmen, who had also come. yelled to the negro to shoot which he proceeded to do empty- ing the six shots from the pistol into the negro's body at close range.
 The negro staggered to his house, which was near by. and barred himself in. The police broke open the door and found him lying on the floor in a pool of blood. He died in about 20 minutes after he was shot.
 Everybody who saw the shooting com mends the action of the negro, and among his own race he Is looked on as hero" today. He gave himself up and will have preliminary trial as soon as it is pos- sible to arrange for the same and will be acquitted.
 The old woman who was given such a terrible beating and whose life was only saved by the timely action of the negro brakeman was still alive when this telegram was sent.
 Local and Personal.
 Misses Annie Bill. Elise Jones and Es- teele Love and Allen Atkins, John Creagh, Will Dugan and Louis Merkle. talented Selmians, will give a concert at the pavilion on Tuesday night of next week
 M. R. Jones was fined s45 for disorder ly conduct by tho mayor this morning and a peace bond of $500 made on March last was set aside by the mayor as not being of sufficient surety. The mayor further ordered Jones held until peace bond of $10O0 was approved by him.
 Miss Marion Melvin has returned from Rome, Ga, where she was attending the house party of Mrs. Freeman
 A. G Paris, president of the City National bank, returned to Selma yes- terday afternoon after a visit to Tal- ladega.
 Mrs. J. j. Thomas has returned from brief visit 10 Montevalo.