The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-01
TERRORIZE TRAIN
BIRMINGHAM ToUGHs RUN TRAIN
 OWN WAY.
Beat Railroad Out of Two Fares to scIma and Caused Passeneers 4
 to Fear for Their Lives.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma. Jan. 31.

Advertiser Bureau. Selma, Jan. 3f.
 Passengers on train No. 21 between Birmingham and Mobile on the South- ern Railway last night were In con stant dread of being shot to death oy three rowdies who got on the tram just before it left Birmingham.
 The three men began to misoenaVe soon after the train had passed bes- semer and kept up the disorder untii inc train reached Selma at 4.25 O'CLOCK this morning.
 At the union passenger station the train was met by Police Officers camp bell. Hutchinson and Logan. who 4dep- utized pr. T. W. Jones or Camoen. MT. S. J. Reynolds of Southside ana Mir. Charles Marshall of this city 10 assist in the arrest of the three men. At police headquarters the three men gaye their ames as Harry Rose, w. n wenett and T. J. Davis. the iatter on the train gave his name as Jen tuings and had woman traveiins With him as his wife.
 Against Davis warrants were made out for disorderly conduct, cursihs III the presence of females and for try ing to defraud the railroad Against Wenett three similar warrants were made out. while Harry Rose was charged with trying to defraud the railroad. No warrant was made out against the woman, although passeh- gers on the train state that she was the boldest of the four when things came to a crisis
 When the regular, session or poiico court convened at 9 o'clock this morn ing the three men did not appear in court and the case was continued un- til II o'clock The man David had put up a $l00 for bond and for feiture was taken against this. Al Ii o'clock they appeared in court ana gave several excuses for not appear ing at the regular hour and the for- feiture was dismissed.
 As the court had no Jurisdiction up- on a technicality the case was contin- ued for a hearing until tomorrow morning, but soon after adjournment Chief of Police Walters received & telegram from Justice of the Peace Reynolds at Montevallo, saying that warrants had been sworn out against the three men in Chiffon county The prisoners were taken to that place this afternoon and will probably be tried there tomorrow morning.
 Passengers on the train say that never before have they witnessed such conduct in public place as was car-. ried on by the three men. The train crew was power1ess to quell the dis turbance and the three men practically ran the train between Birmingham and this city. At more than one time it looked as if there would be some shoting done. but fortunately there was not and it was with relief that the passengers got of the train when 1t reached this city.
 At one time on the trip a passenger stated that the three men tried to raise a fight with the express mes- senger. The messenger got gun and was going to make things lively for the three hoodlums. when they had sense enough to quiet down and leave him.
 Gu the train as passengers was MT. and Mrs. Gordon Cleveland of Ram dolph, the latter with a baby in her arms Tn the coach near where Mir. and Mrs Cleveland sat the three men stood and cursed and drank whiskey from a bottle. Finally Mir. Cleveland, tired of this and reaching under his seat, he picked up his grip, and, open ing 1t. got a pistol. The wife with the baby in her arms begged her en- ranged husband not to do anything. and. as she began to cry, he put the pistol in his pocket and promised her that he would not harm the three row : dies unless they molested him.
 Mir. and Mrs. Cleveland finally, to get out of the hearing of the cursing of the three men. went to the smoking compartment in the rear of the coach. They had not been there long before the man Wenett followed back to that compartment. and, standing in front of 1t. began cursing and drinking from a bottle.
 Finally. the conductor persuaded them to return to the coach. where they stayed during the remainder of the way to Randolph. Things had pro- ceeded in this way for a couple of hours, when the passengers on the train finally took a hand in the matter. and the three rowdies were quieted and soon fell into & drunken sleep. from which they were not aroused until the train reached the union passenger sta