The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-24

lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic rail road and Brunswick Steamship Com the Birmingham Iron Company and the Birmingham Coal Company. Attempt at Train Wrecking. James Moore and Lave Jeffries. two negroes. are in jail at Columbiana.
 ing to wreck train No. 4. the fast Northbound passenger train on the
 Louisville and Nashville railroad near The arrest of the parties is the result of the work of Special Agent Pair of the railroad company and Deputy 3her- in Falion. of y Shelby county. Moor, Moore ing to Special Agent Pair. made a confession of the attempt at train | wrecking. On the night of June 2Sth
 large steel rail was laid across the
 tracks of the company in order to | wreck No. 1. coming from New Orleans. All that saved the loaded train from | expected train going at the low rate l of speed of about six miles an hour. | This heavy train. on account of its slow speed. knocked the steel rail off the track Had fast train struck the rail it would have meant terrible wreck
 Special Agent Pair said that the two negroes had been discharged rom sent off they are said to have made the remark that such action would cost the Louisville and Nashvillee rail road a great deal of money From this statement IS clue the officers worked persistently on the case until the ar l rests followed.
 Monday night, and the officer imme- diately put him in the sweat box. Jeff fries refused to talk of the matter. maintaining a strict silence.
 In his confession, according to ofh- cer Pair Moore indicated Jeffres The arrest of the negroes has caused much feeling in the neighborhood of Longview. it is said. The negro Moore was very calm when he made the con- fession, according to officer Pair
 Train No. on that night was de. pass at the schedule time.
 Plank Was Used as Weapon, Thomas Hollums Is in the county jail on a charge of assault with intent to murder and Henry l.. Brown, we'll
 knoGn conductor on the East Lake electric car line, lies in a precarious condition at his home in Woodlawn from the effects of blow over he
 head wit ha plank. Brown. in addition
 to being a conductor. owns brick yard, and Hollums wa sat one time in his employe.
 There was some business misunder- standing between the two and consid- | erable i'll feeling aroused. When the
 two men met near the home of Brown l the difficulty came on and Brown was | felled with a blow on the head. Po- | liceman Fowler arrested Hollums a it.
 tie later and sent. him to the county | iail, as the physicians express very | little hope for the recovery of BroH~.. | The Rainbow Killing. c. S Miller. the young white man
 who stabbed Frederick " RamboM
 bw Rainbow Brothers, well known and
 well liked people, was today trans
 ferred to the county county jail Ramho% "nS
 this morning and warrant charging | murder being sworn out.
 In statement made to newspape,
 he had people of standing in West Ten | nessee and that they would come tt | his assistance at once. He said tha'
 he would not lack funds with whicf
 Ewing gR ne' his side of the difHcuity He
 says that he drank three bottles oi
 to the lavatofy While back there 2
 negro porter in the place laughed a | him and made remark which he re
 ported to the man I,i behiad adni the bar, & Free
 asked for the discharge of the negro
 and says that when he mentioned
 something about Rainbow being me
 gro lover" the latter came from be | hind the bar. Miller says he struck
 Rainbow and afterwards pulled hi:
 knife and began cutting He says tha | ii was done so quickly that he car
 hardly remember how he cut Rainbow | He expresses regret at the affair. H.
 says further that he made off imme l diately after the cutting because ht
 was afraid that Rainbow had gur
 and he was unarmed except for th' | knife.
 Ohio. but while vet one year old Wal
 carried by his parents to Cullman
 Ala, where he was raised; Some year
 ago he married Miss Clara Behrens | daughter of B c. Behrens, and tw'
 children and the widow survive him | The funeral will take place Wednes
 day afternoon. The deceased was | member of the Improved Order of Re- | Men. Concordia Society. Turn Vereil
 and other organizations His brothe
 was at one time alderman in this cit
 and was well known and liked. Mile | declines to make known his home tow | nor what business his people are in
 He has been out of employment O late