The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-16
poIrce Hunt Nceroes.

police force of the city were for sev~ eral hours engaged in man hunt this morning. They roamed the woods North of the city in search of a mum Der of negroes who early this morn ing attempted to rob a freight train just before it left the city and before the train crew had taken charge; The attempted robbery was in broad day light and was one of the ooIdesl ever attempted in the city. -
 Last night the yard crew made UP train No 64 to leave here early this morning After the train was made where 1t was set on a side track until fhe hoifr for it's leaving the city ar rived. After the train had been switched on the side track and Jus1 ed it about daylight this morning a number of negroes were seen to jump from one of the freight cars which they had opened.
 for some distance. they going in the direction of the strip of woods Jusl North of the city Finding that they could not catch the negroes the crew to the tran rand and tbat dpVRh fhe Fob bers had been scared away before they succeeded in getting any or the goods. The attempted robbery was reported immediately. to police head ried to the scene. They tracked the thieves to the woods and spent sev- eral hours searching but were una ble to capture any of them.
 The police force think they know the Identity of several of the negroes Several Head of stock Burned. At late hour last night the barr belonging to Colonel F. M. Abbott just North of Elkdale Park, was ols covered on fire How the fire origi' mated is a mystery and there IS ou little doubt but that it was the wort of an incendiary. The ire was pc yond the city limits and as tneI' was no water plugs in that neighbor hood the department would have beer | unable to have extingufshed the blaz' | if they had gone to it. An acciden to the chemical wagon caused the oe partment not to go to the scene.
 Tine barn and It's contents were to | tally destroyed by the flames. In th' | barn at the time of the ire were SE mules, two horses and COW ana calL | All of these burned to death. On' mule got out of the barn but was s' badly burned that 1t died. One of th l horses in-the barn was a very Nalu | able one and belonged 10 NeWtof Price. who has several horses at th race track which Is nearby. and whicl are receiving their winter tralnlnl l here. The horse was valued at abou SsgS Besides the Stock there was store, | in inc barn about fifty bushels o corn and between four and five ton of hay Several wagons which Wer also in the barn were burned.
 KIIIed Fly Bursting Wheel.
 w. G. Payton was accidentally kiiie' at | I. smiths saw mill, sixteen mile
 across the river from here. this after | noon Payton was working around th
 mschinery when suddenly a big whee
 hurst. one of the pieces struck hin | in the head and fractured the skull | Other pieces broke his right arm an, leg besides injuring him in the chest | A physician was quickly summoned ' l attend the injured man, who. afte 1 lingering for about an hour, expired Payton was a highly respected cltizel of Dallas County, and moved here som l wears ago from Indiana, He leaves
 wife, son and daughter.
 Committee Meets.
 The City Democratic Executive Com
 mittee met in the Council room o'a,on 9a 1n
 The purpose Of the meeting was to SC
 a date for the holding of primary !