The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-17
Taken for Law and Order
League s*Spotter. :
RESEMBLED STEINcAMP,
ONE OF THE DETECTIVES
Is Attacked and Beaten In Alley
Way Of the jail.
Excitement at the County Prison Last
Might when Thugs Make
second Effort to DO Harm
to whiskey Informers.

Mistaking Otto McCord. SON o.
Might Jailer Harry Mccord. for De-
xective Steincamp of the Law and
Order League forces. thugs made 9
second attempt to beat up the spot
tiers" OF the prohibitionists in the
alley way Of the county jail last
night shortly after 10 O'Clock Dis
covering their mistake after the bos
was badly bruised. the thugs at
tempted to shift the blame, by a dec.
laration that they were Law and Or
der League detectives.
Discovering their mistake. the mar
who did the beating apologized most
profusely for his mistake. but insist
ed with further physical threats that
the boy continue homewards. and say
nothing about the matter to hts
yather.
Young Mccord went to Dexter ave-
nue.. where he found several friends,
and reporting the matter to them, re-
turned in company with Harry Hood
and others to the jail. where Mr..
McCord was informed of the outrage.
Hearing the story OF his son. Mr..
McCord Immediately went into the
room, where the two detectives Of the
Law and Order League, Steincamp and
Burke. were spending the night fully
intending to take vengeance upon one
or both of them. Young McCord.
however, insisted that neither OF the
detectives answered the description Of
the man who did the beating In the
lalleyway, and his assertion was borne
out by the statement OF Deputy
Claude McCree. who was sitting IN
the room talking with the two men
during the time OF the disturbance
Young McCord told his father that
he was walking homewards from the
jail, when he noticed man In q
cigarette cap sitting In the alley Of
tfe Jail. Turning from the sidewalk
70 make an Investigation. the boy was
Leeized by the man and severely beat
en- After landing several heavy blows
about the boys face. the unknown
man asked the boys name When
told that it was Otto McCord, and that
This father was night jailer, the man
apologized. and warned him TO say
nothing Of the occurrence to hiy
father. as>he was one OF the Law and
order detectives.
News of the assault upon young Me-
Cord quickly spread over the down
town district. and a large crowd gath
cred in front Of the jail. prepared for
another outbreak similar to that wit
messed two weeks ago. when the two
detectives were badly beaten up by
mob as they were leaving the county
court house. with their evidence
against soft drink establishments al
legged to be vioIators Of the prohibi-
tion laws.
sherifr Hood was immediately tele-
phoned, and George 9. Miles. president
Of the Law and order League, notified
Of the occurrence. Mr.. Miles made re-
quest upon the police department. for
men to be sent Immediately to, the
county jail. and within few minutes
after the occurrence. several policemen
in, plain clothes. together with xuii
force of deputy sheriffs. commanded oy
the sheriff in person. were guarding the
corridors of the jail.
The crowd soon satisfied its curtos-
ity, and although the sheriff remained
at the jail all of last night with two
deputies, no further trouble resulted
The presence of the men In the alley
way might be explained by the ract
that it was generally known over the
city that the two detectives were -h0us-
ed in the Jail in the west corridor Tor
the night, and that watchers had been
sent to note all moves that the two
men might make during the night.
That seeing young McCord walk down
the alleyway. and mistaking him Tor
Eteincamp, the assault followed
McCord went to his home last night
badly bruised, but his condition Is said
to be satisfactory.