The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-16
SHAMEFUL CONDUCT
or A ouARAHryNn OFFICIAL AT BIRMINGHAM.
Man Driven Out of the State-Refused te Even Look at His Certin- cates--A1 Investigation
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Louisville rier~JournaL
 While in Alabama last week on urgent buaihess, T. Smith Milton was treated outrageously. insulted and vir- tually driven out of the State by D. Frank Toe, State and County Superin- tendent of Quarantine at Birming nam, said yesterday Robert M Cunningham. with whom Mir. Milton Is engaged in the lumber business.
 Mfr Milton was well supplied with papers. which were properly made out and properly indorsed, but at Birmins- ham he was refused permission to en- ter the city or even leave the train py Toe. who not only followed him on the train. but refused to look at the papers. As soon as I can, I shall report the matter to the Alabama authorities and in justice to those who do business in the State demand that an investigation be made"
 MT. Milton went to Alabama the hrst part of last week to buy large amount of lumber for use in the reconstruction of the Louisville and Nashville station at Tenth Street and Broadway. He es- abolished his headquarters at Birmins- ham and made trips out from there to the points he wished to visit. The Ala bama people are greatly excited over the danger from yellow fever and have hedged themselves in with stringent quarantine laws. Wherever MT. Milton went he was very careful to see that his papers from the quarantine officers of the different towns he visited were made out accurately. but in spite of all his precautions he was refused admit
 tance to Birmingham after trip to Mobile, by an ofiicer who refused to look at the papers.
 Mir. Milton Is out of the city, but when MT. Cunningham was seen yester- day he said:
 "Mr. Milton had occasion to go down from Birmingham to Mobile. Birming- ham is not quarantined against Mobile although 1t Is against Montgomery Mobile is quarantined against New or leans and trains from that city are not allowed to stop in Mobile. With some other men, who wished to come North Mir. Milton entered sleeper at Mobile and was taken to Montgomery on the local passenger.
 Although persons can pass freely between Mobile and Birmingham, there is a strict quarantine between Mont gomery and Birmingham. But while waiting at Mont somery for connections
 MT Milton did not go to the city. and l had a statement to that effect placed on his papers by the quarantine off, cials there, who said that his papers were all right, but suggested that when he got to Birmingham he should see Mir Toe and explain the situation to him.
 Seized by omcer. When the train reached Birmingham Mir. Milton alighted, only to be seized | by Toe and ordered to get back on the train. MT. Milton was justly incensed
 at the treatment accorded him, and forcibly removed Toes hands from his person. He told Toe. he said to me that he was not resisting, but that he | was not going to let himself get hurt | or be treated in that way by anybody I who had no cause. Then he got back | on the train, and was followed by Toe | Again Toe took hold of him, and. il
 is said. made a motion as if to draw e
 revolver. Then Mir. Milton held Yoe's
 arms again. and repeated his remark: l of the time before Toe, Mir. Milton | says. then threatened to have him ar. rested, and refused to again look al
 the papers. MT. Mirton. rather thar
 make trouble, remained on the trair
 and came home. week sooner than ht
 wanted to. Since then we have beer
 buying the rest of the lumber for the
 station in the best way we could by
 telegraph and letter.
 l Tt Is not so much the trouble tc
 ourselves that we care about. although
 that is by no means pleasant, but tc | think that by the authority of an over
 oficious health officer firm could
 easily be placed in an embarrassing po- | sition Is too much for us to stand. | Writes to YOe.
 | 'T wrote to him soon after Mir. Mil. ton reached home, Friday of last week
 and have received a reply in which
 he tried to throw the blame upon MT
 Milton by making several insinuatins 1 allusions that are not true in the least
 As soon as get time, shall take the
 matter up with the Alabama State
 governmental authorities, make a wig
 orous fight. and find out If a health
 ohicer can insult a lawabiding bust.
 ness man. whose time is money, and possibly cause the loss of a large
 amount of money through his inexplic.
 able actions.
 If Mir. Milton has time. he will gc
 and demand an investigation in person We have witnesses to swear to all we
 say. one of whom Is J. A. McCluskey { of Sylacauga. Ala, who has written to
 me saying that the officers treatment
 of MT. Milton was shameful. and that
 he Is willing to leave his business al
 any time to help push the investiga- | tion."