The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28

| men have been arrested for affray and carrying concealed weapons. | The assault followed a speech made by Arlie Barber yesterday morning in the police court, when he threatened to de- stroy the blind tigers of the city with
 hatchet.
 The men placed under bond are Dick
 Wray, c. c. Smith and w. L. Fuller. The
 police are looking for several more who
 are said to have been implicated in the fight. Arie Barber was also placed un-
 der bond.
 Arlie Barber was knocked down by the
 butt end of a pistol and stamped in the
 face several times. He was not seri-
 ously injured and was able to go to his
 home in West End without assistance. | Charles Barber was not seriously injured, although having several bruises around
 the face. A clerk who came to the as- sistance of Mir Barber was struck in the face several times.
 | Charles Barber gave the following ac-
 count of the fight to an Age-Herald re- porter last night:
 Charles Barber's Statement My brother having had trouble with | two men earlier in the evening, asked me to come to the store. At about O'CLOCK
 about eight men came into the store and sat down. My brother, evidently recog- nizing them, told them to get out of the store that he did not care to have any trouble with them.
 q told them the same thing. At that l five of them sprang on my brother and knocked him down with the butt end or their pistols. He was stamped In the
 face. The men overturned several show cases and broke them.
 q ran around the counter to the as- sistance of my brother and several Of them Jumped on me. I was struck in the face several times and returned the blows with interest At this juncture the po- lice came to the store and the men left. All of the men had pistols, although no shots were fired.
 q did not recognize any of the men and had never seen them before to my knowledge. heard the name Dick called out several times. My brother was not
 seriously injured and went to his home | in West End without assistance | Bodeker Hurries to Store When the chief heard of the assault he
 was at home He at once hurried to the
 scene of the fight and took charge. After ascertaining who were in the party that provoked the fight he issued orders for them to be put under bond for assault and carrying concealed weapons. Three of the men were arrested.
 Arlie Barber made the following state
 ment last night:
 ArIie Barber Tells of Attack 1.-TWO men came into the store about 4 o'clock this afternoon and sprang on me- One of them struck me in the head with the butt of a pistol and knocked me
 down. I was stamped in the face sev-
 eral times. These two men were put out of the store.
 At 6 o'clock about eight or ten came into the store I saw that they were looking for trouble and told them to
 step outside. They refused to do so and five of them sprang on me. All of them had pistols and used the butt ends of them, striking me in the head. q was not badly injured and am still l in the running. I am satisfied that the
 assault was a result of the speech l made
 in the police court this morning de-
 nouncing blind tigers
 Officer Moser at First Fight officer J. T. Moser, who was on the
 scene. gave the following account of the fight which occurred at 4 o'clock:
 "C. c. Smith and Fred Krellhouse went into the Barber Drug and Seed store this afternoon about o'clock. They sprang on MT. Arlie Barber and he was knocked
 down and stamped. Assistance was called and the men were elected from the store.
 About o'clock several men went into the store and in a few minutes free for-all fight was in progress was told that MT. Arlie Barber was again knocked
 down and stamped. His brother Charles was struck in the face and one of the
 clerks was beaten up."
 Omcer Carroll Tells of Affair q was called to the Barber Drug and
 Seed company this afternoon about 6 O o'clock" said Officer R. s. Carroll. 'I was shown five men whom the pro prietors of the store asked me to put out I did so knew three of them. They were Dick Wray, Walter Bennett and
 Dick Long. The other two men did not know The men were not doing anything when I was called" The fight caused great excitement down town and a large crowd gathered
 around the store Many expressions of disapproval and indignation were made by those who gathered in the store. wray Denies Being There Dick Wray, who was arrested later. in dienantly denies the charge and claims that he had not been near the Barber's store during the day. Officer Carroll states that he is positive Wray was one | of the men whom he elected from the store immediately after the fight. Chief Bodeker was very indignant that such an outrage should have occurred in the business district of the city. The chief said that such things would not | he tolerated He termed such outrages as bordering on anarchy and predicted that the good people of Birmingham would not stand for such things. HIsdon Deplores Outrage "The incident tonight will make many who were anti-prohibitionists turn the other way" said Sheriff Higdon, when told of the assault ''rhe action of the blind tiger men who assaulted MT. Bar | Der tonight will lose them more friends | than any other thing that they could do. | Such things will not be tolerated It ia a plain outrage when business man | is assaulted in his place of business | tv a band Of men whom he had right | icx. lxo <Joav,