Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-28
Representative Hef|ia Of Alabama
Drew q Gun When Drunken
Black Cursed Him
HAD DEMONSTRATED With HIM
Most Unfortunate Part of the Affair
Wac That Mr.. Helms First sho.
Went wild and Hit an Innocent
Hystander = Negro Was Drinking
F.Om Bottle in Car.
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WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March q -
III desperate ARRAY or 4 Pransyl.
vaiiia avenue car tonsh. negro ana
Il white man were shot by Congress
man Thomas j. Helm, OF Alabama.
Thomas Lumby, the negro. was shot
III the head and is In N critical con-
uition, ana Thomas McCreary, a New
York horse trainer. IL suffering from
u wound IN the leg. The shooting OF
hcCrenry was accidental.
Mr. HELM was arrested ana taken
to the police precinct where tho
charge of assault with intent to kin
was placed against him. Later he was
released on $4,000 bail. The shoot
ing occurred shortly after 2 O'Clock
| as the car reached the corner of
pennsylvania avenue ana Sixth street
bound for Capitol Hill.
Congressman Henin, ACCOMPANIED bv
CONGRESSMAN Edwin j. Ellerbee. of
south Carolina, had boarded the ear
at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania nv.
enue, Mr.. Hellin being on his wev 10
deliver temperance lecture n, thu
ie'ropoiitan Methodist Episcopal
church Upon boarding the chr he
observed Two negro passengers. ono
OF whom was Thomas Lunby. nnd
VINO was In the act of taking n drink
from bottle OF whiskey.
mere were a number OF other ms
sehgers, including several ladies'.
Heflin Was Patient With Black.
MT. HELM says he demonstrated
with Lumby and asked him to sion
arihking, saying; Don't take that
urihk' there are ladies here and Il is
no. right. II Is against the law for
you to do this thing in street car
away" ~ '"a' 'oee'ie
me other negro, who was sober. Mt
.np'eu 10 take the bottle away from
MS friend, but failed. 1t Is said that
i,uinDy became offensive against Mr..
Heiin and replied with vile epithets
AS The car reached Sixth and penn.
sy'Nih'a avenues, Helm and Lumby
gle. p''''e, s'ius
OF. Hehin, who is a large and pow
eFlni man. succeeded In throwing
Lumiy off the car MS 1t came 10 4
stop. ~ =
Most of the occupants OF tha car
hastily aiighted. including Mr. and
Mrs. McCreary.
fhe negro fell 10 the ground on be.
ing pushed off the car. He rose and
began cursing Mr.. Helm and made a
motion for his hip pocket as II to
araw weapon, whereupon Mr. Helm
nrec through the car window m;ssIne.
lhe negro and hitting Thomas Mo
Creary who was about 90 feet from
the car. 'pa'
Hefiin's Aim Not Good.
Mn HELM fired twice. ona os mo
snols striking Lumby in the head
above the ear. Lumby ran a sbort
Instance and fell.
AN ambulance was called and he
W., WAS taken to the Emergency hospital.
me conductor of the car disappeared
ahu oiiicer George N. Scriyen took
charge of the car and ran II To ,rbiyd
ana pennsylvania avenue. There
representative HeHin was escorteo
by officer Scriven TO the Canjtai no
'ei ana was later taken to police head.
uaufters in cab. He was rot Iock-
ed up. NY ioeN
Mr.. McCreary's wound Is not seri.
Gus and after treatment at a hospital
ne returned to liis apartments. Al The
emergency hospital Il was said that
l,uhioy. though badly wounded. has q
enahce 10 recover His skull was
l,actured, but the surgeons were l,n-
able to ascertain tonight whether the
bullet had entered the head
Mr. Helm explained at the citation
Ills reason for going armed. He is
author OF a Jim Grow" car law m
the District Of Columbia and saws that
since he introduced the measure no
mas received many letters of a threat
ehlng character, and secured permis-
Ell. - 80 AS'i
NJ Helm represents the Fifth Al.
a .sa district In which Tuskegee In
stltute, of which Booker T. Washing
ION Is at the head, is located,