The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
DEADLY BAT TIL
W|TH.CRAzEDMAN
ON pullman. CAR:
Kills Condu 6 to 7 and
Port Be- fore Being
Shot to Death.
FIGHT CONTINUES
MORE THA N HOUR
Barricading Himself in Car.
Double Murderer Defies p Police,
but Is Finally Driven Forth
by Stream Of Water Hurl-
ed by Fire Depart
rnent.

Wilmington Del. March ss.--.A An ex-
citing battle. In which three men were T
killed, took place on q northbound
Baltimore and Ohio train this after
Del, and ended in this city. Several
persons were wounded in the deadly
affraS which occurred at the Della
ware Avenue Station here following
the arrival of tho train at SIT o'clock.
The dead are.
O. r. Nycllmnn, aged forty years, OF
Philadelphia, conductor OF the train.
Samuel Williams, nged fifty years,
negro, Pullman porter, whose home Ia
said to have been in Jersey City.
j. H. Bethea, nEed forty years, OF
Dillon, s. C.
The ip1ured:
John o. Wiley, aged forty years, q
| park guard OF Wilmington, Del. shot
| in the hnnd and leg. Ii
Matthew Haley, citizen of VIII
nlington, shot In the leg.
Others were grazed by flying bullets.
The triple tragedy was the result OF
| an alteration between Betl1ea, who
was passenger, and Williams, the
| porter In the Pullman parlor car NJ err
curry. The car was bound from WASH
ington to Jersey City.
Fires Two Fatal Shots.
Bethea. who had been drinking
! heavily. shot the porter through the
heart. killing him instantly. When
Conductor wellman saw the porter
| fall he ran to the scene to renlonstrate
with the passenger. who still held the
| smoking revolver in his hand = Betheae.
Efired a second; shot into the negro,s
body. Then without q word Bcthea. llss
4 shot wellnnan throu ghst the hear rt. i,Ine
= tn IA a
BisWhe1 the desperate fired 4 he colid .lr-8
a tor threw his ri ght arm a,ip % protesrs
! himself The bullet struck his arm r1r
Il and continuing plowedS 4 through M III s. 81
9 S|sbody and lod ged IN his heart.
III Before the passeng gers could Interfere
1.-the double murderer had 4barrica deos 9.
Il himselfsin the toilet room Of the. Puil-9
y man car and threatened to Kill the 20
first persons who approached
Meanwhile the train reached VIII
I. n1ington. When 1t came into the sta-a8
sf|tion a hurry call was sent to the :pollcce
Il station. q squad OF patrolmen. headed
II by, Police Captains Kane and evans
and reinforced aby park guards an = :
4 posse of citizens and trainnlen. ran 70
4 the scene. The police called upon! n
1 Bethea to surrender AS an answer ne
4 opened the door of the toilet oonl 9
short distance and opened fire attic
matte revolver Chief Of Police Black.
who also rushed II o the railroad sta
Ition lodged behind an express office
i on the train floor Just In time to- esss
4 cape the bullets. ,ai,s
Battle Lasts nm Hour. sgs
.IEs Bethca Is believed to- lave had at
4 Ileast 100 rounds OF ammunitio n, for 2he;
succeeded in holding. the posse at bay
and also held up the train rom !: 4 hi
until 6:s5. During this time many
4 shots were fired on both sides until
/ hnalfy all the windows OF the car
were broken. Travel over the Baltt-s.
more and Ohio abroad also was tteu
When The battle had LASTED d bout
an hour, the police realized th at hey
would be unable to drive the ma n rom
\ cover A call was sent 10 N local flros
aEcompany near by. The tircmen respond
cd with their engine, Attaching
i high pressure hose to- a. fire pl Y g. q nd
Ewitl,Sthe tlremcn barrcaded hehtnd
trucks and boards, q stream Of atel,
was PLAYED upon the wi nd ows Of he
sEtoilet room. The d esperado fred q
4 |!number Of shotssgat he trernen, but
4 they were not injured. subsec nentiS,
q Bethea, drenched with water. S tasger+7sSs
. sd 10 the Ma torn, and the police was
!, more called upon him to ssurrender'
=
!, Eordcr from his revolve
4 Several6of the apolicementahad armed
n themselves with shot guns, ana Efju Isl
Il as Bethea fred the last shot, Police
/ Captain Evans fired q load OF shot tnto9i
,3Ehis face. notwithstanding this IN
/ jury. he kept zln g aW ~.
|trolman Boughmane opened fire. N tth !; 3
y pistol and struck Betllea In the I'll lgnts5
y arm The desperate man tried to tlrei
4 again, but Sergeant Keller open Sd hres
u ana also managed to spring &upon Be-
). thea, When the police took hold &of
Il his arm he fell dead in the arms OF q
!. patrolman. s4s i2S5si
Hit by stray Bullets.
i Wiley. the park guard, and Haley
are not seriously injured. They We're
4 both struck by stray bullets fired hs,
i Bethea. IA tragic Incident OF the 4 ais
4 fair was that when Williams. the por-.q
4 ter. was shot. no fell Into Q seat IN +
j the car, All through rhe battle tho II
4 dead porter sat with the appearances OF K
1 one looking from the wind NJ
Il Bethea was we'll dressed Nv htle8
i was believed BY some OF the passang S,
I ers who fled when the train reache
A Wilmington that he desperado was
EI.insane, other passengers stated that
\ he anpeared to be sane. i with ths ex
Il lsceptionS that he had been dr!n king
4 There was more excitement In CON-
4 nection with the battle at the raj ilroad
I station than anything hat has soesE
4 lcurred S,insthis section since N 81 rKes;
n Invite. a negro. was burned AZ loS
Il staks near hers In l,ina, aQs Tor an s
assault upon II elem Rss shop. The seven -S
\ teen year-old daughter Of q I'resby
\ glterian minister, s s18 II ss M sss 3ss
OF rronlinent Isamily 5sS
n ID tllon, s, C., March as--.I OF tfenHys