The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-15
HELD CAR WITH GUN
CRAVE CHARGE PREFERRED
 AGAINST STEVE sCHUEssLER.
Young Mnn Accused of Attempting to Kin Motornan After Having a Row With Street Car Con-
 Conductor,

encounter with Conductor H. c. sulli- van of Cloverdale Street Car No. Il, about 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon Steve Schuessler. young white man leveled a double -barreled shot gun at Motorman C. H. Hancock Of Incoming Cloverdale car No. sfs at the corner Of Hull and Grove streets. terrified the surrounding neighborhpod, snapped the
 trigger of one barrel of the gun at
 the motorman and walked away. He was later arrested by Patrolman Crossland near the intersection of De- catur and Grove streets. . A warrant was sworn out by Motor
 man Hancock charging Schuessler
 with disorderly conduct.
 the trouble started on his ear which left the city a few minutes after eS o'clock for Cloverdale. There were only three passengers on the car, a negress, whose name he did not know. Schuessler and another white man. name unknown.
 About the time the car turned from
 Dexter Avenue into Hull street, Con ductor Sullivan demanded fare of the negress. She rendered him transfer.
 He Informed her that the pass was one hour and thirty minutes old and she would either laaveTto pay her fare or get of the car. She was about to open her pocket book and pay her fare
 when schuessler sat down by her SchuessIer insisted that the woman
 should be allowed to ride on the transs fer, acdording to the conductor, and
 at the intersection of Adams street.
 Schuessler asked this question
 'Is this car going to run?" Yes" the conductor says, he an-
 swcred.
 Then, she'll go." exclaimed schues-
 sler, according to the conductors sto- ry. With these words the conductor
 says Schuessler struck him in the face with his fist. An encounter followed. Motorman A. J. Bexter stopped the car Immediately and the conductor fi- nally succeeded in flooring the unruly passenger and putting him off the car. On the ground, they had .scuffle but | the unknown white man on the car acted as mediator and it was thought the row was over. The car moved on and the. negress
 paid her fare and got off the car at her destination.
 | Conductor Sullivan said he was con- vfnced that Schuessler was drinking. The second but worst chapter of the |. trouble happened a few minutes later when the incoming Cloverdale car No. i s1, in charge of Conductor l.. c. Mo Milan and Motorman c. H. Hancock, was brought to a standstiil about 100 feet from the corner of Hull and statement:
 'Tne man was standing near the corner and as I rounded the hill to | town, was forced to come to halt.
 The man had double barfeled shot l gun leveiied at me and the conductor, | and he exciaimed. T am going to kill both of you. He snapped one
 barrel at us but the gun did not fire. 1 A number of ladies in the neighbor- hood saw the man and the gun and they were frantic with excitement.
 They begged the man not to shoot and he finally left us and, went east down
 Grove street to saloon, on Decatur
 street. The man didn't. seem to-5 be drinking. went into residepce and
 called up the police station" Immediately on receiving the infor- nation, the police station dispatched
 Mounted Patrolman crossland to,s tht
 Decatur street saloon and, he arrested l Schuessier.
 In his cell at police headquarters I early last night 6chuessler said tho
 trouble ne had with the conductor ,ol l car No. n was not connected with the transfer of the negress referred to tby | Conductor Sullivan Schucssler Said l he offered the conductor ten cent piece which had been given him in dime was smooth and the conductor ! declined to receive 1t as fare, Schuess- Ter says he demanded that he be all l lowed to ride on 1t. The conductor he says thereupon struck him with Q
 controller handle, and the personal l conflict ensued. In anger he secured a shot gun and stopped the incoming car which he thought was the same
 car in charge of the same crew He
 said he did not curse Motorman Han
 cock or the conductor on car No. 7i.
 schuessler admitted that he had ta-
 ken about two beers" but did not
 think he was drunk.
 He made bond later for his appear
 ance in the Recorders Court this af-
 ternoon.