The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-24
THREE KILLED
SEVERAL SHOT
DESPERATE KILLS CONDUCTOR
AND PORTER, AND is HIM.
SELF KILLED.
HAD AUToMAT c PISTOL
Hid In Toilet Room--Routed Out by
Stream From Hose Of Fire
Company--Fired Into
Crowd at Station

/ Wilmington, Del. March a3.--A,
exciting battle Id which three mol
were Eilled occurred Oh the Ba'tl
more and Ohio railroad this after
noon. The fight began at Newark
Del. and ended at this city. Severa
persons were wounded In the deadl,
Ifray which occurred at the station
there following the arrival Of tae
train this evening.
The Dead.
/ Q. II. WELLMAN. 40, Philadelphia
conductor Of the train.
| SAMUEL WILLIAMS. colored por,
ite..
| ], H. BETHEA, aged 40, Of Dillon,
lS. G.
The tragedy was the result Of ali
alteration between Bethea, who was
I 2 passenger, and Williams, the por-
ter in the Pullman parlor car.
Bethea, apparently intoxicated, shot
the porter through the heart, killing
| him When Conductor Wellman saw
lthe porter fall he ran to the scene to
demonstrate with the passenger. who
lstill held the smoking revolver In hts
hand, Bethea fired second shot into
the colored mans body. Then with
out a word shot Wellman through the
heart. When Bethea fred the con.
Iductor threw up his right arm to pro
tect himself. The bullet struck his
arm and continuing, ploughed through
his body and lodged In the heart.
Barricaded In Toilet Room,
The murderer barricaded himself In
the toilet room Of the Pullman car
and threatened 10 kill the first person
who approached. Meanwhile the
train reached Wilmington. The po.
lice called upon Bethea to surrender
AS an answer he opened the door of
the toilet room and fired at the po-
lice and the crowd from an automatic
revolver. Bethea Is believed to have
had hundred rounds Of ammunition,
for he succeeded In holding the posse
at bay and also held up the train
from 5:l7 until 6:35.
During this time many shots were
fired by both sides and finally all the
windows Of the car were rlddled,
Travel over the Baltimore and Ohio
was also tied up. When the battle
had lasted an hour the police realized
that they would be unable to drive
the man from cover. A call was sent
Tor the fire company. The tlremen
responded with an engine. A stream
OF water was played upon the win. |
doWs of the toilet room. The des-
perado fired number of shots at the |
hremen but they were not injured.
subsequently Bethea, drenched with
water, staggered TO the platform, and
-he police again called to him to sur.
'ender. His reply was several shots.
Several policemen had armed them
selves with shotguns and Just as
3eheat fired the last shot Police Cap
ain Evans fired load or shot into
lfs face. Notwithstanding the injury
Ie kept blazing away. Patrolmanl
}oughman opened fire with a pistol
md struck Bethca in the right arm, |,
he desperate tried 10 fire again but
sergeant Kelleher opened fire also
nd managed 70 spring upon Bethea.
When the police took hold Of him he
eli dead ln the arms of d patrolman.
ome passengers believe the des- 4
erado was insane, and others 4
lought he had been drinking.
Wellman. who lived In Philadelphia, \
al been an employe of the road \
yenty-fve years. He leaves a wife y
I'd four children. ID
BETHEA BELIEVED CRAZY.
Dillon. s. G., March 23.--.Iohn il
enry Betheat, unmarried, was ale;
of this place and member|
prominent family He left here y
onday for baltimore where he plan oi
d to have an operation performed. ~
AS thought here that brooding over ~
ysical troubles caused him to be. y
me unbalanced mentally. q
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