The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-15
HOLD-UPAT McGHEES
FOUR NEGROES CHARGED WITH
 WHOLESALE ROBBERY.
Rival Gangs of Black Railroad Work CTS Have Pitched Battle and
 Four Of Them are

Four young roustabout negroes. Hen dcrson James. otie Parker, Cooley Ba . ker and Joe Jackson. are confined in cells at the city, jail with four charges each of them on the police docket. The four negroes created trouble at Mo- Gehee's Switch. in Montgomery Coun ty. shortly before noon yesterday. use Western expression. shot up, the to shoot up"
 The four negroes, 1t is said, had been working on the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad along the Gulf Coast. repairing those sections of track that were washed out by the recent storm, and were on their way to northern di- visions of the railroad.
 Their train was switched for a time at McGehee's Switch. and while there another train bearing northbound track repairers was stopped for a time at the switch. It was then that the trou- ble occurred.
 Lining up the newly-arrived work men. :t is said. they commanded them to turn over the surplus clothes that were contained in their grips, togeth- CT with whatever cash might. be con- tained in the pockets of their trous- CTS. From four of the workmen. who swore to complaints before Police ser, in Montgomery. they obtained g! and clothing and pistols valued at $43.
 During the course of the game one of the negroes who was heinz neld up ducing his belongings to suit the mas ters of the situation, and he was cut on the hand with knife. just as q reminder that time was passing. not like this manifestation of dispIeas- ure. and one and all they broke into run. This called forth another pro test in the shape of volley fired rom -A~I- L. A~ ho~ e of the negroes who were experiment. ing in the business of road agents. One of the bullets was fired so true that 1t passed between the legs of one of the fleeing negroes.
 AS soon as the robbed negroes ar rived in Montgomery they repaired to story. Four of the men. Jack Tinsey. CTS McDuffy. all of whom claim Le- Grand as their home. were selected to swear to complaints against the high waymen, and turned in lists of the stolen property as follows:
 Jack Tnseyhas s tou sS .brt ps
 Lewis stokesPistol. 3s.5o; hat. .l.5o; cash. s; total, $13:
 Jack smith-Pair pants. sS: top
 Rogers McDuffy-suit clothes. SIS; cash, SIP; total. $27
 Will Davis of Letohatchie, also a me- gro. was named as witness by the complainants, in addition to them selves.
 The sixteen warrants. four each against the four holdups. were placed in the hands of Patrolmen w. F. Payne, F.. w. Jackson. J. P. Avant. D. T. Loe and E. P. Smith. who went to the Louisville and Nashville yards, where they found the defendants and placed them under arrest between and o'clock in the afternoon. within few hours of the time their crime was com mitted They were taken at once to headquarters, where they were posi- tivly identified by the complaining wit. nesses as the men who had held them up, and taken their property from them. .
 When arraigned before the police sergeant, the four negroes gave their ages as follows: James, IS; Parker. IS: Baker, IS, and Jackson. 25
 A second warrant was sworn out for Cooley Baker. charging him with car rying concealed weapons.
 The men were confined for the night in the city jail, none of them being able to make bond. They will have preliminary examinations this after noon before Recorder Baber.