The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-20
Detectives Try to Prevent a
Palladium Photographer
from Taking Pictures of
Wreck Last Week.
CALLS UPON POLICE
TO SUPPORT RIGHTS
Park Policeman Hollern
Backs Up Camera Man and
Sleuths Wilt William
Mailing Is Quite Low.

If the Palladium staff photographer
who took the accompanying picture of
the Pennsylvania railroad wreck, oc-
curing just east of this city early
Thursday morning. had attempted to
snap the visage of his Royal Nibbs,
the King of Siam. it is hardly proba-
BILE he would have encountered
tougher proposition than the one to
which he was assigned. Since the
time articles of Incorporation were
filed for the first railroad company in
America, secrecy among the officials
and all employees has been the pass
word. And one of the first qualifica.
tions for a good railroader 1t seems,
is to assume the attitude of deaf and
dumb mute when any such dangerous
looking thing as a newspaper man Is
seen hanging around"
This absurd policy was in vogue on
last Thursday. Hardly had the Pal
ladium photographer finished adjust
ing the lens of his camera and setting
the tripod in it's proper position for
one of the best views of the disaster,
when he was approached with steal
thy step by two railroad detectives
whose keen insight led them to be-
lieve that he was about to take a
photograph. Accordingly they in
quired of the intruder his business and
found that their theory had been cor
rect.
Audacious Boldness.
He admitted with audacious bold
ness, that it was his intention to take
a snap shot, adding that he intended
to produce it in the Palladium. Act
ing on the presumption that it was al
ways Well to "get in" with the rail
road company, and remembering their
oath against newspaper men, they
told the photographer that he would
have to do disappearing speciality
mighty quick or suffer the conse-
quence of being arrested. But the
stan man was onto his job and re-
fused to be "buffaloed" without leav-
ing traces of a battle. In fact he had
been told before, on the sly. that per-
haps his presence there would not
arouse very marked degree of en-
thusiasm among the railroaders.
After considerable parleying it soon
became apparent to the staff photo
grapher that if he was going to take
any views of the wreck he must have
police protection. He Immediately
|telephoned to police headquarters and
asked Sergeant McNally to send po-
liceman to the scene of the wreck
McNally told him to appeal to Park
Superintendent Ed Hollern, who had
special police power and that If any
more protection were needed it would
be ION the way" for the asking The
staff man was told by Hollern to 60
ahead and take as many pictures of
the wreck as he. pleased, adding that
he would stand alongside and see to
it that the rude detectives did not
interrupt the proceedings.
sherIoeks Begin to Wilt.
The Sherlocks realizing that their
threats were falling on deaf ears very
kindly and considerably agreed to
stand with their backs to the camera
while the pictures were being snap
ped. By doing this, they stated. it
would not appear as though they had
shirked their duty and consequently
could not be blamed for pictures that
were taken without their knowledge.
Superintendent Hollern asked as a
special request that the "sleuths"
stand facing the kodak. but somehow
or other they were not more than
sixty per cent enrapport over the sug-
gestion and besides they really must
be going
The condition of William Walling
was reported last night by the au-
thorities at Reid Memorial hospital as
being worse. It was considered very
doubtful IL he would survive the night
J. d. Smith, the fireman. the other
wreck victim, is getting along nicely.
it is said. and was resting easily last
evening