Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-29
Negro Insulted Him and South em Representative Shoots Him Through the Head,
SHOOTING OCCURS IN
 AVENUE STREET CAR
White Man Is Accidentally Wounded in Leg; Heflin Was on Way to Deliver a Temper ance Lecture at Church.

WASHINGTON, March 27.--In a des. perate affray on Pennsylvania avenue car, a negro and white man were shot by Congressman Thomas J. IIeflin of Alabama. Thomas Lumby, the negro, was shot in the head and is in a crit ical condition, and Thomas McCreary a New York horse trainer, is suffering from wound in tho leg. The shooting of Mecreary was accidental. Hefiiu was arrested and taken to the Sixth pre- cinet station, where a charge of assault with intent to kill was placed against him. He was later released on s5,o00 bail.
 The shooting occurred shortly aftor : O clock as the car reached the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street, bound for Capitol Hill. Had Booze in Car.
 Heain, accompanied by Congressman Edwin J. Ellerbe, boarded tho car al Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave. nue, being on their way to deliver a temperance lecture at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church. Upon boarding the car he observed two negro passengers, one of whom was Thomas Lumby, who was in the act of taking drink from q bottle of whisky. There was number of other passengers, in cluding several ladies.
 Hefiin says he remostrated with Lumby and asked him to stop drinking, saying: Don t take a drink, there are ladies in the car. It is not right sand against the law for you to do this thing in public place and hope you will put the bottle away"
 The other negro was comparatively sober, and he attempted to take the bottle away from his friend, but failed. It is said that Lumby became offended at Hefin 8 remonstrance and applied vile epithets.
 Negro Thrown From Car. As the ear reached Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, Hefin and Lum- by engaged in a desperate struggle. HefiB, who is a large and powerful man, succeeded in throwing Lumby off the ear and as it came to stop most of the occupants of the car hastily alighted, including MT. and Mrs. Thom- as McCreary. The negro fell to the ground on being pushed off the car.
 He arose, it is said, and began eursing Hefiin again, and made motion for his hip pocket as if to draw pistol, whereupon Hefiin gired at him through the car window, missing the negro and hitting Thomas McCrcary, was was about twenty feet from the car. Hefin fired once or twice again, one of tho shots striking Lumby in the head above the ear. Lumby ran a short dis tanee and fell. An ambulance was call ed and he was taken to the Emergency Y hospital.
 Conductor Skips. The conductor of the car disappear ed and 8 policeman took charge of the ear and ran it to Third street and Penn sylvania avenue. Thence Hefin was es- corted by tho police to the Capitol hotel, and later taken to the police station in q cab. He was not locked up. McCreary s wound is not serious and after treatment in the hospital he will be returned to his apartments. At the Emergency hospital it is said that Lum- by, though badly wounded and uncon- | scious, has chance to recover. His skull is fractured, but the surgeons were l unable to ascertain tonight whether tho bullet entered his head.
 Heflin explained at the station his reason for going armed. He is the au- thor of the Jim Crow law in Alabama and since he introduced tho measure he has received many letters of Q threaten ing character. He secured permission from tho police to go armed. Hefiin represents tho fifth Alabama district in which is situated the Tuskogee insti- ute of which Bookor T. Washington is the head.