Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28


some controversy about taking a drink.
Mr.. Hefin demonstrated with them for
their conduct and told them not to take
drink there and reminded them that
lady was present on the car. Inc matter
seemed to subside here.
when 9th street was reached Mr.. Eller-
be eot,off the car to 60 to the Metropolitan
Hotel, where he boarded. The car went
across 9th street and stopped in front
of the st. James Hotel. At this time
Mr. E-Ierbe heard the noise and the scuffie
on the, car. and seeing Mr.. Hefiin and
the two. negroes in scuffie ran back to
the car.
ut has\been ascertained that before Mr..
Hefffn dnew his pistol on the car the
negro had\a razor and attempted to draw
it. It was1 then that Mr.. Hef1in struck
him on the thead with his pistol. the blow
causing the wound. When the two negroes
got Off the car in front Of the St. James
Hotel they started to renew the attack on
Mr.. Helm. and he then hred down 10 the
ground twice One OF the balls struck
the sidewalk &and glanced and wounded
Mr. McCreery. tentering the calf OF his leg.
The bullet waes well-nigh spent and was
easily extracted from the leg. In the
course of an hour or two thereafter MI
McCreery was back at his hotel eating MS
dinner
Accompanied by Colleagues.
REPRESENTATIVE Hefin was accom-
panied to the assistant United States
attorneys Office this morning ty his
colleagues in the House from Alabama
Messrs. Clayton.i Wiley. Burnett and
Craig. and by Senators Bankhead and
Johnson of Alabama and Senator Gull
berson of Texas. Representatives Ellerbe
and Finley of South Carolina.
1t was stated by both Mr.. Clayton and
Mr.. Ellerbe that Representative Hef1in
was on the way to the Metropolitan NJ.
f. Church. AZ street and John MARSHALL
place. to deliver a lecture on temper
ance when the shooting occurred.
Mr. Hefin showed ;up at the House emo
Of the Capitol bright and early this morn
ing and took his seat on the floor shortly
after noon Mr.. Heflfn's countenance has
lost something Of its ordinarily ruddy hue.
but otherwise he appeared to be an ex-
crow" advocates chair had hardly had a
chance to warm up. when he was sur
rounded by little group OF black-bet
statesmen. most of whom. Judging from
the f1andshakins and cDngratulatory grin
ming that wen. on were handing the
ba;led-out member something euloglstlc
Justifes His Action.
II was clearly justified in what I did. y
said Representative Helm on the floor OF
the House this morning in discussing the
shooting with friends. Il have since
learned that the negro was a dangerous
character with bad court record"
Mr.. Helm today gave out copies Of
some Of the threatening letters he said he
had received following his proposal to
provide for lin crow cars in the DIS
trict, and which led him to sescure per-
mission to go armed.
Prepare to meet your God: go guarded
night and day from now on until your
death. Fear and tremble! There is. not
step between you and death vie
wretch. every person who fears Godsano
loves Justice is against you because you
would add to the already unjustly OPP
pressed Go guarded and we'll armed.
Patience has ceased to be virtue. The
south is the property Of the colored man.
Here's part of another letter:
afternoon in a crowded car arise and'give
g. bevy Of colored ladies your seats. not
FORGETTING to proclaim who you are. and
il there should be any colored gent In the
car he will follow your magnanimous ex-
ample"
"Jim Crow" Amendment.
Mr.. Hefin introduced his Jim crow"
amendment to the Union station trackage
bill and made a speech in support Of the
measure On the next day. the 23d OF
February, he received the following let
ter:
GAS assuredly as you attempt to inter-
fere with the harmonious relations now
existing between the races In the District
of Columbia. as certainly will your life
pay for the privilege.
This is applicable to all southern mem
bers likely to crave for glory and halo
1t Is as easy to remove an objectionable
of your stamp in this capital as grand
duke In ST. Petersburg.
You will be warned no more. Remem-
Der Caesar made light of the swords soon
to be reeking with his blood. and an eye
has been upon you all session in anticipa-
ton of such an outbreak.
Signed:
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL"
Messages Of Sympathy.
Mr.. Helm today received scores of tel
egrams, many of them from his con-
stituents in Alabama. and all of them, he
said expressed sympathy for his predica-
ment. while none offered criticism of the
course he had taken in resenting the &C
tons of the negroes.
The police up to a late hour this after
noon had not succeeded in locating the
other negro who was with Lundy, nor
had they learned the name of the lady
whose presence in the car inspired Rep
resentative Helm to first object TO the
actions Of the negroes and then eject
them and finally draw his revolver and
shoot.
Mr.. Hefin was elected to Congress on
May 10. 1904. TO fill out the unexpired
term of Charles ". Thompson. without
opposition. and elected November 8. 1904.
to the Fifty-nnth Congress. He had no
opposition when he ran for the Sixtieth
Congress.
Mr. Heflin was born at Louina, Ran
dolph county, Ala. April o, 1859. He
was educated In the common schools Of
Randolph county. at the Southern Uni
versity. Greensboro. Ala, and at the
A. and NJ. College. Auburn. Ala. He
was admitted to the bar I'm 1893.
He was mayor of Lafayette. Ala, for
two terms. and was register in chancery
two years, resigning to accept the dem
ocratic nomination from Chambers county
to the legislatures; he served two terms In
the legislatures: was a member of the
democratic state executive committee
from 1896 to 1902 was a delegate in the
constitutional convention of Alabama in
1901; was elected secretary Of state In
1902 for term Of four years. and re-
signed that Office in 1904. He is married
and has two children.
NOT SENT TO HOUSE.