The Washington herald., 1908-03-29

An N-ray examination Of the wound in
the head Of Louis Lundy. at the Emer-
gency Hospital. late last night. disclosed
that the negro was shot by Represent
ative J Thomas Heain. Of Alabama
after making a hasty examination Of
the wound on Friday night. the hospitsj
surgeons gave it as their belief thar the
negro's condition was due TO a blow on
the head by a blunt instrument. The
theory was that Representative Heain
had struck the negro with the butt of his
revolver. after firing the bullet which
made wound in the right leg Of Thomas
McCreery.
The x-ray examination proves con-
clusiTely that Luncy received one ~ The
bullets in his scalp. and 1t also revealed
a solid substance. which is believed 10 be
a small piece Of lead. This IS lodged be-
tween the skin and the skull
WOu-a in the Head.
Ine wound is on the left side Of TIE
head, about an inch and.a half above
the ear, and on the back Of the head e
another wound, showing where the bah
came out The course Of the butler "a
described as plowing its way around he
mead beneath the skin. coming ont nas-
the base Of the skull.
surgeons at the hospital said last nigh.
mat although a small piece Of lead re-
mains in the negro's head. he win re-
cover in week from the wound. He wi1
be able 20 appear in Police Court to-mor-
row morning. II necessary.
Representative Hefin received bpnd-a5.
or cOngratUlatory teIegrams and 80
pnone messages yesterday and up 10 a
late hour last night Teiegrams from
every section Of the country expressing
admiration and sympathy poured in 10
MIN al day Re was congratulated on
MS oraFerG ara chivslry by men and
women Of Washington, many OF whom
expressed q desire 10 meet the man Mo
had made s..Cl defense OF woman. Most
Of these messages came over the reI4-
phone
Gi-rn Hearty HandShakeS
He received hearty handshakes and
other tokens OF admiration wherever he
went.
In the lobby Of the National Hotel IN
front OF which the shooting occurred. h..
was surrounded yesterday afternoon bv
about twenty-five men. all Of whom ex-
pressed hearty appreciation OF his ac.-
When he took his seat in the House YES
terday. he was congratulated by Repre-
sentatiyes, both North and South. espe-
cially those from the South and his native
State
Among the communications received
was telegram in which his act vas
iauced and which was signed by twenty
influential Alabamians. disclaims the
course he had taken was approved BY
the men VINO voted 20 send him 20 Con
gTeSs as their representative
MI Heftin said TO reporter for The
Washington Herald last night
Gives His Own Version.
I have made no statement 10 a news
paper man since the shooting. although
il has been said many times. enormously.
that have done 50. Accounts OF the az
fair were badly mixed. and I have not
read true version Of the incident. 7
VIII tell You exactly how il happened II
you VIII quote me correctly.
There were two negroes on the car.
both. under the influence Of liquor. in ad-
diJion 10 James E. Euerbe. a lady. and
myself
The conductor was on the rear car.
and did not see the actions Of the negroes.
The men Were intoxicated 10 that stage
when men get ugly. vicious. and abusive
They were swearing and curSing. and as
the lady was present felt IL ny duty as
a man. a Southern gentleman. and a c:ti-
zen OF the United States. TO demonstrate
with them told them 70 stop swearing.
and for an answer one Of the men. he
who was shot, took a flask Of gin from
his inside pocket and offered il to his
companion. ] told him not TO drink the
stun in the presence OF a woman
street car is no brawling den
He asked me what I had 20 DO with
il, and this, together with his actions and
cursins, provoked me greatly I re-
Trained from hitting him Ellerbe then
left the car When the negro saw that
my friend had gone he regained courage
and asked me If had been speaking 10
him He reached for his hip pocket. and
his friend made a break for the door.
showing that he knew the negro carried
a weapon and intended harm I drew my =.
revolver and hit IL him. The fact that
was armed seemed to surprise him 20
such an extent that was able to get in
a blow. / think ! hit him once with the
gun He caught me with both hands. and
we tussled 20 the door | pushed him of
The car. but did not kick him at all His
hat was on the floor Of the car, and I
tossed II TO him. I walked back and took
my seat ! heard him swearing. and
OOked out OF the window and saw him
standing about eight or ten feet nearer
ne than when / sat down
His language was vile beyond descrfp-
ion. and he made "A motion as II 10 draw
his weapon. Put on my defense by this
action, and exasperated beyond descrfp-
ion Of his coniuct and language. I drew
NY revolver the second time and fred
vice.
The lady who was the innocent W.T.
less disappeared during the fight and
10 not even know her name She ap-
'earod to be about twenty years old. was
iressed in black, and was genteei in ap-
)earance-
Is n Bad Character.
The negro is a bad character and is
veil known to the police He has been
lrrested many times for various ofenses.
When arrested by Detective Grant in
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