The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-29
Negro Shot By AIabamian Is
 Not Very Much Hurt
LETTERS ARE vIND|cT|VE
Bitter Sentiment and Race Hatred Ex- pressed In the Foul Missives Re- gently Sent Anonymously To
 the Congressman.

Washington, March 2S-(Special) )-The
 case against Representative Hefin was
 continued in the police court this morn-
 ing. Reports from the hospital indicating
 that Lundy, the negro who figured in the
 difficulty last evening with the Alabama
 congressman, was in no danger, the court
 officials decided it was not necessary to
 proceed with the case. The X-rays were
 put upon Lundy this afternoon and the
 surgeons at the hospital ascertained that
 there was no bullet in his head was
 insisted by many of the newspapers in
 this part of the country this morning.
 This bears out the statement of MT. Hefiin and others last night that he did
 not shoot Lundy, but merely struck him over the head with his revolver when he rushed back upon him in threatening 1 manner. The condition in which Lundy l is said to have been for nearly "A hours is | said to be due more to cocaine and bad | gin than to the injuries inflicted by MT. | Henin.
 Representative Clayton appeared in the | police court today as the attorney and | friend of MT. Heflin.
 | MT. Hefiin gave out for publication this | afternoon several letters he received the | day after he offered in the House his | Jim Crow amendment to the Washing | ton street car bill. Following are extracts | from the letters:
 | Look out for yourself You have been l marked for death. The negroes of Wash | ington will see that you are removed. l You will pay for the privilege of intro- l ducing your amendment with your life Prepare to meet your God. Go guarded l day and night from now until your death 1 Fear and tremble, there is not a step be- l tween you and death, vile wretch Every | person who fears God and loves justice l is against you because you add oppression 1 to the already unjustly oppressed" "Go guarded and well armed. Patience has ceased to be q virtue. The south Is l the property of the colored race.' | Another letter reads:
 | "Assuredly as you attempt to interfere with the harmonious relations now exist 1 ing in this District of Columbia, as cer- 1 tainly will your life pay for the privilege. 1 "Ths is applicable to all southern mem | bers likely to crave for glory and a halo | It is as easy to remove an objection l able of your stamp in this capital as a | grand duke in St. Petersburg. You will be warned no more. Remem- | Der, Caesar made light of the swords soon l to be reeking with his blood, and an eye ! has been on you all session in anticipa- | ton of such an outbreak
 l "ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE" 1 A third letter read:
 | Let you and your friends some fine | afternoon in a crowded street car arise and give a bevy of colored ladies your seats, not forgetting to proclaim who yoli 1 are, and if there should be any colored l gents in the car he will follow your
 magnanimous example,
 | The records of the police department l show that Lundy has spent great deal of his time in jail for the past six years. | He is put down in the criminal records | as one of the most desperate negroes in | this city.
 The condition of the negro Lundy, wh1 1 was hit in the head by the bullet from 1 Representative Hehn's revolver, has im- | proved so rapidly that arrangements have | Teen made by the hospital authorities to | turn him over to the police tomorrow. A | charge of disorderly conduct is registered against him. In statement Lundy denies | he was drinking or that he attempted to | take a drink on the car.