The Washington herald., 1909-07-28

Charged with boxing the ears Of ne
gro waiter on a dining car, who, he says.
was impudent, Senator William J. stone.
Of Missouri, was taken from a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad train at Baltimore last
night and subjected 70 the humiliation Of
being a Police Court prisoner for more
than two hours.
More than that. Senator Stone was
forced TO ride in the patrol wagon from
the Baltimore station 10 police head
quarters with the negro a part Of the
episode the Missourlan calls the greatest
ndignity to which he was subjected
Now for a further humiliation to his
Senatorial dignity. Senator Stone must
/ go back to Baltimore at 3 O'Clock this
afternoon, and answer a charge before
the police magistrate. The negro remem-
bers the slap alongside his ear. and
insists on pushing his accusation. al
though he was advised he would better
let the matter drop.
Referred 20 the Negro.
Senator Stone says he does not remem-
Der all that happened. He was mad and
he doesn't jot things down IN his memory
when his anger rises to the fourth story.
and threatens 70 jump out OF the window.
He refers all OF his inquirers TO the ne
gro, simply informing them that the
negro was insulting. and that when he
foresaw further insolence, he arose from
his seat and slapped the 'nigger" and
walked away.
But II seems to have happened about
! like this
Senator Stone was returning TO Wash
ington from visit 10 his son-1n-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. John ]. Par
hnson, I'm Philadelphia. when he felt that
bite TO eat would DO him good. and
also help while away the time II takes
70 cover miles on a hot afternoon. he
/ left his Pullman car and went into the
buffet car. his appetite bent on a sand
/ wich and cup Of coffee. There he sat
'as unnoticed as ever mortal man was
for twenty minutes. says the Senator.
! lie asked the waiter, whose name he
atterward learned is Lawrence j. Brown.
/ % wait on him. The request was az un-
noticed as he had been an these twenty
minutes he had been seated at the table
and he asked for service again. This
| time the walter seemed grossly insuIted
| The Senator says he listened 10 the TRADE
a moment. Then. feeling that he was in
suited. he promptly arose and gave the
man a ringing slap on the side OF the
face.
The negro didn't wait for further par
ticulars OF the conflict. but hurried from
the car, and Senator Stone walked leis-
urely back into the Pullman as II moth
/ Ing had happened.
! The Senator. while boiling with fury
realized that quiet was the best thing Ia
preserve. and he sat back on the biz
velvet seat reading. He knew something
/ was going TO happen, but he did not ex-
pect ne would be pulled from the train.
Forgot to Give His Name.
In all his anger Of the seventy-three va
rieties, the Senator forgot to tell ANYBODY
who he was. When approached by the
Pullman conductor. he simply referred
him to the negro, and when the con-
! ductor again insisted on the facts. he sug.
! gested that man wearing the uniform
would better be mindlng his own busi.
| ness.
So when the train pulled into the BaltI.
more yards and the speciaI officer met
the train. he was told there was "a man
In there that a negro porter wanted "a
have arrested. Not knowing who his pris-
/ oner was, or once thinking. the specia'
officer summoned an auto patrol and the
Senator, the negro, and the officer were
hurried off 20 the Central station.
My name is William J. Stone. the
I United States Senator from Missouri
said the statesman who. up to that time
4 had kept his Identity secret Il an
charged with slapping an impudent ne.
gros face"
| And as everybody stood back 70 gaze
/ upon what had been done. the Senator
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