The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-07-14
D|lDo IS ATTACKED
AND BADLY BEATEN
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BY RAILROAD HIatuNG
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Companion Stands Guard With
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Corporation Uses Bst'
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tempt t1 8sasssfHsts Theodore q |
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taissf Was made W q faiif0ad coach
~ 4flfkvilis last THURSDAY . ..
Henry 0no time sergeant and after
Nafds warden N The state peniten
tiafy 1nd ~ present general agent ~
The Nov Orleans. Mobile and Chicago
faiifoad 40 the assiultlngl uslag the
butt cod N bis revolver b. beat bilbp
over the head while another man
stood guard In the coach with drawn
pistol, according ~ press reports toI
prevent interference from aoy source
Some time ago a discredited aud
aged anti Vardaman man attacked
Btlbo with a cane. Efforts we're made
at that time 10 make a hero ~ Wash
Gibbs. but the production u copies ~
records " hls connection with the
war quickly caused his being dropped
The Gibbs attack was political blum.
der and 40 the time, the fear was ex'
pressed IL was but the fOfefunocr Of
more serious business NJ the same
general character This attack on
IIilbo by Henry brought into play
more dangerous weapons than walk.
thoroughly inname the public mind,
I IL is alleged that this attack was, and
is, entirely personal affair. Strange
that u should come from the source
} IL did after the intervening OF so
) many weeks since the utterance Of
/ the alleged insulting language, ana
1 the presence OF the guard with a
drawn pistol during the assault would
q tend to indicate that the meeting was
not entirely accidental,
q Hon. Ross A. Collins, the young
candidate for attorney general, who
/. is also victim OF the vicious, unfair,
and untrue assaults OF the opposition
n TO Vardaman and the Vardaman men
, was Bilbo's travelling companion al
"a the time OF the assault. His account
~ OF the unexpected assault is interest
Il ing.reading. THE account given b.
o. Bilbo himself, battered and in pain a
10 he lay in the hospital at Jackson, i
- Illuminating. The New Orleans Pic
10 ayune's account OF the assault calls
Is an encounter but that is the onl
rs one of the antiVardama papers on,
side the state that has dignihed tn
: apparent attempt at assassination a
an encounter"
THE REGISTERS ACCOUNT
The Mobile Register Of last Frida
morning carried the following accouu
OF the assault, written by its speci;
staff representative at Jackson;
Jackson, Miss, July 6. -(Burea
Special. mo occurrence has create
during the entire campaign the Q,
element the ARRAY between j.
Henry, ex-traveling sergeant an
warden OF the state penitentiary, an
~ State Senator Theodore G.. Bilbo, 4
III Starkville, this morning ats o'clocl
In which Biloo was the victim Of a
assault by Henry. The senator liz
tonight In the Jackson santariul
!. with a fractured skull and a mass {
- bruises all over his head and arms,
The trouble started way back In th
Vardaman administration, Henr
| was one OF the "pententiary crowd
~ that Nardaman was instrumental |
: ousting and there was no good fee
- ing, During the senatorial caucu
= Henry was very active against hir
l. In every way possible, and when Bib
made his disclosures there was n
open rupture between the men, unit
at Blue Mountain, 10 Tippah county
last March, Bilbo stated that Henri
was circulating some unsigned, scul
rilous circulars against him, chargin
Bilbo with being crook, his famil
with being thieves and mem bers c
a gang OF murderers and assassin.
and Bilbo thief, rogue, and dt
bauchee OF young girls, and possibi
other charges.
In his speech at Blue Mountai
Bilbo denounced Henry in unmea,
ured terms and In manner NOR
forcible than elegant, IL was
terrific and awful donunciation, bu
as Bilbo claims, the provocation- wa
great.
Il BILBO TELLS OF ASSAULT.
n Lying tonight on his bed at the no,
Y. pital, and with DR.. Crisler watchin
~ him, Senator Bilbo was permitted I
= make short statement to the new,
paper men.
| II was going to Sturgis where ha
= an engagement TO speak today b
~ said. II was sitting In the smckin
W car looking out OF the window Will
u out word being spoken. OF withou
81 any warning, and without seeing an,
Ks one, something crashed on my sku
u and paraly2ed me, l slipped dow
~ between two seats, and came to m
~ senses enough to see that i j Henri