The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
IT WAS SHOW FOR
ALL HANDS AROUND
They Didn't Do a Thing to the
Senator Who Is From
Missouri
But William j. Stone Made the
Darky Waiter See a Few
Stars and Such

BALTIMORE. July Ex-senator Will
liam J. Stone of Missouri appeared in
the central district police court here
this afternoon TO answer to the charge
OF asssulting Lawrence G. Brown, a
negro waiter on Pennsylvania rail-
road train, yesterday afternoon.
Justice Grammar after hearing the
evidence decided that the assault was
justified and dismissed the case
Before any evidence was heard coun-
sci for the Pennsylvania railroad and
The Pullman company stated that those
companies desired that the charge be
Withdrawn. Brown. the complainant,
however. refused to acquiesce and the
case proceeded.
Senator Fighting Mad
WASHINGTON. July 2S-Senator Stone
was lighting mad when he reached
Washington from Baltimore this morn
ing after his encounter with a negro
walter on the Pennsylvania railroad. He
remarked that the Pennsylvania rail-
road would have tall explaining TO do"
! told the negro who waited on me TO
bring me a lamb chop and some boiled
eggs. and then ] called him back and
ordered him TO bring me a drink of
Scotch whisky and a large tumblerful of
small glass and with it he brought an
other small glass containing some
water. I called him back to bring me a
large glass Of water ] spoke sharply
10 him. He came back in a little while
with large glass and a chunk Of ice in
IL. but no water
COOK SHOWS HIM LUNCH
Every one else in the car was served
and had finished eating, but there was
no sign Of my food. 1 walked back TO
the kitchen and asked the cook why /
was not being served He pointed TO my
lunch, which was all cooked waiting
for the waiter. That gentleman put in
an appearance, and / uttered remarks
calculated TO make him sit up and take
notice. He started TO answer me back
You black dog. said I, you're try
Ing to show your resentment Then
reached over and slapped his face A
fresh young person who introduced
himself as the Pullman porter happened
along in little while and asked me
what meant by creating trouble.
PORTER SHOWED HIM, TOO
That made me msdder still. and I
told him few things. He said he'd
show me-. When the train got 20 BaIti-
more two special officers came up to my
seat, accompanied by the niger. The
niger formally identified me and / was
placed under arrest.
They sent in telephone call for the
black maria i started 10 tell one of the
policemen that / could not be arrested
FOR assault, but he knew as much about
The subject Of constitutional rights as a
hog about the doXology. I had the ex-
treme pleasure OF riding to the police
station IL patrol wagon with the
negro.
Il told them who I was at the police
station and I offered them cash bail. but
d would not do. Then ] tried to get
Senator Rayner on the telephone but
ne was not home. A cell loomed before
me, but the police lieutenant finally got
permission from some one over the tel
ephone TO release me on my own re-
cOgnizance.
HE WILL SHOW RAILROAD
The whole affair was an outrage
and I'm not going 10 submit to it tame
ly. The Pennsylvania railroad has got
lot Of tall explaining TO do before
viii be satisfied