The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-29
Tablespoonful Of Whisky
Prompted Senator's Wrath
The Senator from Missouri Tells Of the
Incident on Pullman Car While
He Was on His Way to Bal
timore.

Washington, July Ex-senator vii.
liam j. stone Of Missouri left for Baltic
more at noon to appear in the police
court of that city at o'clock yesterday
following his arrest Tuesday for slap.
ping negro waiter in a Pullman car
The senator declared that he would 60
to Baltimore unattended" He said
that it was his purpose to interpose a
iurisdictionaI plea in defense. The fact
that the affair occurred in Baltimore
gives no jurisdiction to the Baltimore
authorities, the senator holds. He is
also inclined to believe that he Is entitled
to immunity from arrest under the fed
eral constitution, which protects mem.
bers Of Congress from arrest while in
the actual performance Of their duty
and going to and returning from the
capitol
After Senator stone returned to
Washington at a late hour Tuesday
night, he talked freely about the cir
cumstances which led him to slap the
face Of the negro waiter on the train
between Wilmington and Baltimore.
"a short time after We left Philadel.
phia, one Of the attendants Of the car
came around with menu card and
ordered a lamb chop and two soft boiled
eggs that was about all wantedi in
fact, ] did not really want that but l
knew / must eat something" said the
senator.
when the waiter passed back
through the car ] asked him II he had
any real good Scotch whiskey He said
they did have such an article in stock.
j then told him to bring me small
quantity 81 Scotch whiskey in small
glass and with it tumbler filed with
cold water The waiter went away and
shortly returned with two small drink.
ing glasses, the smallest ever saw, one
with about tablespoonful Of whiskey
IN It, and the other with about the same
quantity Of water
Il mildly demonstrated and asked the
waiter to give me a large glass. He did
not seem to understand what a tnmbler
was. lie was surly. but said nothing
and left me. He came back soon with
frown On his face leaving me large
glass with lump Of ice in il, but no
water.
II asked him why he did not bring
the water. He left me, but made no ex
PLANTATION. After waiting for long
time, and the negro not returning, Il
went to the water cooler and 6lied my
glass and returned to my seat and drank
the whiskey IT was 1T this point that
the other eve or six men in the car we're
served their lunches.
after all had finished and had com
meneed to smoke and my lunch not
having reached me, got up and went
70 the end Of the car. There found the
cook asked him why he had not
served my lunch, and told him this was
very poor service, and that intended
to report the matter to the railroad off
GERS and see If the service could not be
improved. The cook was ali courtesy,
and explained that my lunch had been
ready some time, but that the waiter
had failed to serve it.
gAt this juncture the waiter came Up
and I asked him why my lunch had not
been served His reply was something
that / do not remember at this time.
but his manner Of insolence and insulting
spirit nettled me, and I slapped him
in the face.
@That is all there is to the assault,
There was no excitement, the negro
made no attempt to strike me, nor was
il necessary for anyone to interfere.
Please state that there were no ladies
present IN the car. The slapping took
place in the state Of Delaware