The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24
THREE SHOT TN A PULLMAN
DRUNKEN NAN MURDERS THE
CONDUCTOR AND PORTER.
auaareds II Men BSmbard Car When
TrNan Reaches STATEN. bot PiFemen
Rave 20 Drown Oat Fighter BefeRe
nullet Reaehes EUlm-E agha WuulaIna.

Bullet Reaches nslm-kagha Wounadlnd.
WILMINGTON. Del. March al n
Bet hea. . ain foot SOUTH CAroliniAn. Who
boarded the Royal Blue Limited az The
Baltimore and Ohio At baltimore ea=ly
thin afternoon. murdered the conductor
and the negro porter % the Pullman CIR
CzArinA while the hisr was running through
Newark. Del
The Royal Blue. with BetheA alone .,
the CzArinA with tho dead men. rAcs
into Wilmington At sixty miles an hon..
The police and . posse of oitizsns shot
the South Carolinisn 90 death after al
hours fght in the station.
Bethea attracted attention a. Soon Az
he took his seat in the Czarina At BAlti-
moro He was tall and rawbonsd He
wore a broad brinmed felt hat. turne3
down collar and towing tie. He apoxs
noisily to the porter and called fcr -
drink % straight whiskey a minuss 50
two after the train started
There were thirteen passengers n the
Czarina besides Bethea. half dossn o;
them women and children They glanced
up uneasily from time TO time The mzn
in the wide brimmed hat was calling for
whisksy every few minutes
Sam Wilson. the porter. had other
things to do besides carrying drinks TO
seAt 81. When he was slow in answering
the bell Bethea damned him for hlark
HOUND.
The Passengers observed that ths
tall man was very drunk. although no sas
W stifFiy and swore with loose ton gue.
The Royal Blue was spinning by ths
tank stations north Of Newark. Dsi..
when Bethea got up from his seat and
strobe hack TO the other end OF the car.
He had been pressing the annunciator.
but Sam Wilson had left the car tempo
rarly. Bethea was red with anger and
talking to himself
The door OF the Cxarina vung inward
a. the South Carolinian neared It. Tho
negro stepped in hurriedly and bumped
up against Bsthea. The passengers
closed their ears against a furry Of pro-
family. They cav that Sam Wilson
wAs standing up to the drunken man.
but they didn't hear what tho porter sald
Bethel showed the negro backward
with one hand. AZ the same instant
he drew q pistol with the other. an auto
matte ten shot pistol that pumped bullets
aa long a. q finger pressed the triG@sr
with the point Of the gun a. Wilson's
bTpume 8s9haA fired twiop. one buiiet
teaxInR lnts No Rertsr's heart. ths gshaF
'i8WVF H8Nu " The left breast Wilson
fell sideways into section and lay vita
his face against the window
Bethea stood with hts hack to the door.
the automatic pistol dangling in his riEht
hand. watching the passengers stAmpeAS
for the door az the far end Of the czarina
He smiled a. he watched them. making
no effort tn iniure any one
Ssvernl passengers who were in the r,ash
To get away said tonight that IL was q
minute never To bs forgotten Two
women tainted and were dragged out
nv the men Children were picked up
and rushed To other cars Bethea stood
and smiled amussdiy
q. =. NsllTnan. the conductor. a vetsran
in the servic. Of the Baltimore aud Ohio.
was in the club car when the men nj
women rushed in there screaming Well
man was unarmed. but ho shouldersd
through the panicstricken passengers
COburn. the porter ~ another cav entered
COburn distracted Beth.a's attention from
the conductor for a moment. and Well
man sprang at the man with thu pistol
trying to pan his arms 20 his sides.
Bethsa turned from Cobu-n Just In tins
10 evads the conductors clutch. Hs
pointed ths pistol az wsllman and preass1
the trigger The gun banged again
and again and again. until Bethel re-
leased the trigger Wcllman was dead
at the first shot. with a bullet in ms near.
Two more bullets entered his chest Two
or three missed him
COburn showed nerve He jumped a.
Bethea. striking az him with gas lighter
but BetheA stepped aside aud shot at the
porter He missed and Coburn sprang
through the door. locking II after him
The south Carolinian was left alone In the
car with Wcllman's body on the noOr
and Wilson's sARgng in an end seat.
W J. Carver. a passenger. pulled tbs
bell cord and the Royal Blue stood stall
The baggAgemaster AMI the engineer hal
q Quick talk. IN which they decided 10
Wilmington To be ready for
trouble
The station here was jammed with
people Policemen who had been sum-
monsd in a hurry had shouted to people
on tho streets that crazy man was on
the Royal Blue killing everybody. 0tizsus
had run home to get their pistols and
;,otguns. Besides a police force of
nfty men there we're at least so Rrnad
men in the crowd % 5000
when the train came 70 q stop Police
Captain Evans shouted To Bsahea. @wfu
you surrsndsTi-
4 window slid UP. leaving just Aacnsn
space for lean hand 70 stick out Bsthea
Aired in the direction u the voices He
hit park guard named John L. Wiley
Pistols and shotgIns and rifles Il.
loose az once The window glass Of the
Pullman fell IN. Bethea fought coolly
and methodically. He showed only q
part OG his hand in firing His body and
head were protected by tho aide Of tho
car lie emptbed the magazine q his
pistol. reloaded Il. emptied IL aGnin