The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
 ENORMOUS CROWD l. FOLLOWS BOOKER I.
 ID POLICE COURT Head of Tuskegee Negro Educator Is Swathed
 in Bandages
TELLS NEW STORY OF
 ALLEGED ASSAULT
Says He Had Received No Letter or Telegram-Ulrich's Bond and Charge Reduced-Ulrich
 Subscription Started

New York. March 21-Through an agreement of counsel for both sides the charge of felonious assault made by Booker T. Washington against Al bert U1rich, a carpenter, growing ou' of an attack upon the negro educator
 on Sunday night, was reduced to one of simple assault today. Instead oi
 the case going to the grand jury as a felony Ulrich waived examination and
 was held to the court of special ses- sions on the minor charge with bail reduced from $500 to $500.
 William J. Gibson. counsel for Ulrich, said the agreement had been reached last night when he was called into con-
 ference with attorneys and friends or Washington. Intense interest centered In the appearance of pr. Washington in police court. His head was still swathed in bandages and he arrived
 in taxicab. accompanied by former Governor Pinchback of Louisiana, The West Side police court was damned and the crowd: in which negroes prs- dominated about five to one. extended into the street.
 Presiding Magistrate McAdoo, who sat with Magistrate Cornell, examined pr. Washington and other witnesses in chambers so that the clerk could draw up the modified charge. When Ulricf, who had been in conference with the other witnesses and with pr. Wash ington, was called to the stand his lawyer announced that the defendant would waive examination.
 twill $500 be all right?" the magistrate asked
 Bond Adjusted
 Each side assented and the bond was
 at once adjusted.
 By this time the Crowds in the street l had grown to several thousands and
 Dr. Washington, on leaving, had great difficulty in reaching a city automo- | bile, assigned to Borough Presiden
 McAney. But, escorted by MT. McAneS fand. Deputy Poliee Tqminissioher Flynn
 he forced his way through the throne
 and was driven quickly away. To eleai | the street 1t was necessary to call oul police reserves.
 1 pr Washington went back to the Hotel | Manhattan, and 1t Is understood that he expects to remain in the city several | days. Prominent men continued to h. terest themselves In Dr. Washington s behalf today. Among those in court l were James H. Fitts, president of the City National bank of Tuscaloosa, Ala. w. J. Schieffelin, president of the Arm I strong association. which assists negro students in Hampton institute, and | Jacob w Mack, chairman of the So- | cicty for the Betterment of the Condi-
 ton of Negroes in New York City.
 Tells New Story
 Booker T. Washington, the Tuskegee
 negro teacher, denied today the report l ed interviews in which he was quoted as ] having said that letter or telegram had
 caused his presence in West Sixty-third
 street Sunday night when he was se-
 verey beaten by white apartment | house resident.
 l Washington said that he had so far re- covered that there would be no difficult | ty in his going to court, but there was
 an unconfrmed rumor that he might de- | eide at the last moment not to prose-
 cute Albert Ulrich, the carpenter charged with the assault
 | q never told anyone, the police or l the reporters that I had received let
 ter or telegram to call upon anyone in West Sxty-third street." said Washing l ton "I did say that l was looking for D. c. Smith, auditor of Tuskegee; that | I believed he could be found with friends
 and although I did not have their defin- | ite names or address, I believed l could
 find them by scrutinizing the nameplates
 in the vestibule of the apartment house l in Sxty-third street. It was while thus engaged that I was assaulted. | Montgomery. March 21.-A special from 1 Greenvile, Ala, says: A popular sub | | the sympathlzers of Albert Ulrch for
 the purpose of defraying his expenses l in an alleged assault case said to have
 been preferred against him by Booker | T. Washington in ar altercation in New | York few days ago. A letter is being forwarded to Ulrlch asking if the sub-
 scription will be accepted.