The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-09

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Few people have had as exciting
and humiiiating experiences in as
short while as those which befell
Frank NJ. Eldredge. erstwhlle owner
OF the Alberta Gallatin company,
which played at the Huntington the.
ater last Thursday night.
After hot scene with the star OF
the company. Miss Gallatin, at Ports.
mouth, Eldre,lge announced that he
had taken as much as he could stand
In the way OF treatment. and draw.
Ing from the box office the price Of
his fare and Pullman to- New York,
plus two dollars for incidentals, ne
caught the midnight train at South
Portsmouth.
Assaulted on Train.
/ AL the station he says two Of the
actors of the company. John P. Con-
sidIne and Arthur Young. who took
the part Of cowboys in the play, at
tempted to assault him at the station
but the station master here, with the
aid Of gun, kept them at bay until
EidFedge had gotten In the sleeper.
The t%o men boarded the car, going
in the day coach.
Word was sent to Eldredge after
the train was under way that he was
wanted in the forward car. When he
stepped inside the two actors jump.
cd in him and, before the train crew
could prevent it. Eldredge had two
fingers broken. was beaten about the
face and had his left knee injured
severely.
Put IL jail Here.
After this Ellredge retired to his
compartment and when the train ar
rived here shortly after four O'clock
Sunday morning was sound asleep.
tlc was awakened by some one shak.
Ing him roughly and In the dim
light saw two men in blue uniforms
who turned out to be Officers Kirk
AMI Clingenpeel.
He was told that he was under ar
rest. and protesting the whole time
that the proceeding was totally IN
warranted. was taken to the city jaIl
and there thrown into the tramp
cell, and later released and told that
there would be nothing done to him.
How Arrest Was Made.
There are many explanations or
rather tales of how this indIgnity
came to be worked, Night Sergeant
Gilmore says that he received tele.
phone message from C. and o. Detec.
tive Jack Bingham shortly before
No. 4 was due at the station. inform.
Ing him that there were train rob.
bers on the train. and asking that
The sergeant send him all the avail.
able policemen he could. Officer Kirk
was told by the sergeant to go to the
station and going there told oMcer
Clingenpeel of the circumstances and
asked him to aid.
The train came In and the officers
accosted train employee who told
them that they could not board the
train without consent of the con.
ductor who was running the train.
Officer Jack Bingham liscreetly kept
on Of the train, but Officers Kirk and
Cltnsenpeel went in the Pullman and
told E!dredge that he was under ar.
rest. Eldredge states that he asked
TO be shown the warrant for his ar.
rest, and was told that no warrant
was necessary.
Realizing that he had already been
beaten up, and that resistance was
useless, he accompanied the officers
to the jail. and again protested on
being placed behind the bars without
iormality of law, or the charge he
was being arrested on being read to
him. III the tramp cell where Ed.
redge was placed was the usual us.
sortment of Saturday night drunks.
Others Not Arrested.
Some while later Lieutenant Car.
ter, who was ignorant Of the whole
proceeding, ordered the release Of
Eldredge. His property. consisting
OF two dollars In cash. and books con.
tanning data concerning the Alberta
Gallatin company, together with
facts of an entirely private nature,
which had been taken from him at
the time he was thrown in the cell.
were returned to him.
On his way from the station he
was followed by the two actors who
had assaulted him. He called on