The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
MOBILE MAN
 IS ROBBED 5. s. Davidson is Victim
 of HighWaymen. OCCURRED IN WEST END Held Up by Four White Men
 and Stabbed. one-Lesged Visitor to Montgomery Suffers Twenty Severe Wounds
 and Loses sss to Sup posed Friends.

Solen S. Davidson, a one-legged white man. was held up. robbed and stabbed almost to death at o'clock last night by two unknown white men who claimed to be his friends.
 The hold-u occurred in the vicinity of West End. near the forks of the Wire and Washington Ferry Roads, just outside the city limits. The men escaped after infiicting about twenty dangerous knife wounds in the back and right arm of Mir. Davidson. The population of West End was incensed and every effort is making by the po- lice to apprehend the guilty men.
 MT. Davidson has been in Montgom- cry but a short time. Yesterday morn ing he had S100 and, together with three men, who were operatives at the Peoples Cotton Factory. he visited number of saloons in West End, where his friends helped him to spend part of his money The crowd is said to have drank a great deal, and almost to excess, throughout the day. They had all given up their positions here and had decided they were going to Mobile last night
 At o'clock last night the four men were together and they were walking near the forks of the Wire and Wash ington Ferry Roads when Mir. David son was grabbed by two of the men. who attempted to go through his pock- cts. Seeing their object, he resisted and a desperate struggle ensued, the fourth man not taking an active part | in the encounter.
 The one-legged man fought bravely and offered stubborn resistsnce until one of his assailants drew large knife l from his pocket and instantly began T | series of vicious stabs. MT. Davidson ! sank helpless to the ground and the | two men hastily rified his pockets. se-
 curing. it Is believed, about ss5. They | left their victim lying prostrate on the ground and made their escape in the direction of the Mobile and Ohio Rail- | road yards.
 | The fourth man was walking of 'n a hurry in an opposite direction when | he was accosted by several citizens who had gained knowledge of the
 crime and had hastened to the scene. They held this man in custody and, in | the meantime, MT. Davidson was car | ried to McLain's store nearby. where d | physician was summoned. Upon ad-
 vice of the physician, MT. Davidson was | removed to the city infirn1ary where | twenty thrusts from the knife of his ! assailants. They had evidently decid- | ed that they must kill him in order to satisfy their greed for the money | and each stab of the weapon was meant as a death blow. There were eleven wounds in the back and nine on the | right arm
 l At a late hour last night, Mir. Da | vidson was resting well and the att | tending physician spoke encouragingly
 of his chances for recovery.
 | Immediately after the hold-up and | attempt at murder, the police station
 was informed and Mounted Patrolmen l Avant and Partin and Bicycle Patrol | men Evans. Williamson, Russell and 1 Mitchell were despatched to the scene with orders to abandon all other work | and use every possible means of ar resting the assailant& The patrolmen
 searched the entire vicinity for the
 men and. at late hour last night they
 had not succeeded in bringing them to | justice. Patrolmen Evans and Williamson ar
 rested the fourth white man, but at a
 late hour last night. they were using | this man as guide in search of the
 assaflants. The man, at this hour, had
 not been brought to police headquar-
 ters, but 1t was said that the man had made a statement that the other men
 had planned the act and invited the
 fourth man to join in the murderous | work, but that he had declined.
 The police have secured a descript
 ion of the men and they are scouting
 the country in the hopes of arrestine
 the men whose crimes are, capital of | IenceS py the statutes OI Alabama. It was thought probable that the,
 were intending to go immediately |,
 Mobile and a close watch is being kep
 on South bound Louisville and Nash
 yille trains.
 Mir Davidson said at the infirmar. last night that his home is in Mobile. The name of the man arrested, wh'
 has not been brought to police head
 quarters is being withheld by the DO | lice.