The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
OLD NEGRO
 IS KILLED Murderers Lead Police Through Swamp. FINALLY CAUGHT AND JAILED Row in North Montgomery Over
 Whiskey. Bicycle ana Mounted PoIieemea Fired on Several Times Durlns Long chase-Both Negroes Deny
 the Killing. 
FINALLY CAUGHT AND JAILED

Insensed because Lewis Wilson, a negro. would not sell them a drink of whisky Friday afternoon. Ben Smith and sonny Pugh. negroes, opened fire on him with pistols. A stray shot -from the fusiiade, missing the man for whom 1t was intended, penetfated the left temple of Dave Henderson, an aged darkie, killing him instantly. The trouble occurred in the freight yard of the Western of Alabama Railroad, near Morris grocery. at 3 o'clock. Among the witnesses were Grant Phillips Smiley Hunter and Lewis Wilson, negroes. They say Wilson had a quart of whiskey in his pocket, and Ben Smith and Sonny Pugh saw it. They asked him to sell them a drink and Wilson refused. saying he had no license to sell whiskey and if others wanted it.they had better go to a saloon.
 The witnesses say smith and pugii started cursing, and when Wilson re- nfonstrated, Pugh drew a pistol and fired at him twice, missing. Hunter says Smith snatched the revolver from Pugh. and fired three times. also miss ing, but one of the shots striking Henderson. entering the left temple, passing through his head, emerging under the skin at the right side.
 The wouid-be murderers took to their heels, running toward the North ern end Of the railway yard and dis appeared.
 Immediately a telephone message was sent to police headquarters, and officers Loo and Curtis, of the bicycle corps, went in pursuit, The call bell for the mounted men was rung. and Officers Ragland and Taylor, respond ing. were also sent to catch the men.
 Loe and Curtis are exceptionally fast cicyclists and literally flew. to the scene of the killing, and getting in- formation as to the direction taken by the fugitives raced on. Because of the number of tracks, the going was very diff1cult. and not until they reached Plank street did they get anything like call on the men they were pursuing.
 On Plank street they were told which way the men had gone. and reached Helt's brick yard in time to see several citizens. who had started in pursuit immediately after the kill ing, shoot at two fleeing forms. On went the bicycle men. separating and trying to get on either side of the negroes. Loe was the more lucky and tired almost to death. approached the men as they were clambering out of a clay pit Seeing him Pugh yelled:
 Look out. Benny, here comes
 Ioe heard the warning. too, and jumped LEOH HIS wheel as d Dall WHls- tied over him. He returned the shot, and kept on. the negroes racing on through a field.
 By this time Loe found 1t impos- sfble to ride his wheel through the .theld. Dfsm mounting he kept on on foot, and was gaining on the negroes as they neared Cum Pond" a swamp on the further side of New Town, be-; yond, North Montgomery. where ne- groes tryin gto dodge the police are wont to hide.
 Loe saw he could not catch the men before they entered. so stopped and emptied his pistol.
 Ragland, a mounted officer who had Joined the chase. was at the end of the swamp near Loe and Curtis, also saw him. These two. officers al- so opened fire as the negroes ap- {proaehed the swamp, the negroes re- turning the shots. As the policemen drew near. the fugitives plunged in the bushes.
 Reloading Loe plunged in after them. and heard Curtis whistle some distance away, as he too plunged in- to the swamp. The place is @ mass og gu msaplings. pools. tussocks and high grass, and in it Is almost impos-