Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-11
THE BIRMINGHAM TRAGEDY.
Ten Deaths SO far known to be Due
to the volley by the OfIicers.

Except FOR the closing Of the saloons, bnsi-
ness was carried on as usual at Birmingham,
Ala, yesterday. No further fears Of an out
break were felt. bat the troops still guarded the
Jail. A revised list of killed and wounded is as
follows; Dead-Maurice Throckmorton, ]. r.
Mccoy, A. B. Tarrant. A. d. Bryant, G. C. Tate,
Charles Jenkins Colbert Smith, Deputy Sheriff
Brannsn. of Gadsden, Chas Bailey and an un-
known negro. 1t is thought there may be two
or three others. Wounded-Mr. Berkeley, John
II. Merritt, Matt Kennedy, ]. w. Owen,
J: W. Gilmore, Albert Smith, W. A. Bird,
Il. Reichwein, Lawrence Fitzhugh, A. J..
Schide, J. W. Montgomery. and many 9TH
ers whose wounds are only slight. 1t is hoped
that all Of those at the hospital will recover.
The funeral Of Postmaster Tirockmorton
took place this afternoon from the church of
the Advent. The remains were intsrred in Oak
Hill cemetery with military and lodge honors.
detachment Of artillery, of which deceased
was, at the time of his death, captain, and a
detachment of local artillery escorted his re-
mains to the cemetery and fired a salute over
the grave. 1t was the largest funeral seen in
Birmingham in long time. The remains of
Mayor Halves, one of the victims of the
murderer, were buried in the city cemetery
yesterday morning in a plot purchased by
citizens. Mrs. Hawes' body will be buried beside
that of her daughter after the coroner views it.
The body of Mrs. Halves baby which is
believed to have shared the fate Of the mother,
has not vet been found.
Sheriff Smith is still in Jail under arrest for
murder, but Chief of Police Pichard was re-
leased on $4,000 bond yesterday morning.
Whether Smith will be taken out of the city
has not vet been decided on. To reporter,
who visited him in Jail yesterday, Smith re-
peated the statement that he had previously
made that he did not give the word to fire
uutil shots were fred on the outside. and that
at least dozen shots had been fred by the
crowd before a single officer fred.
c. G. Tate, who died from wounds received
in the riot, said before he died: Il went up
to see what the crowd was going to do. don t
think they would have tried to break the door
down. but they might. l did not think the
officers would shoot"
w. E. Vaughn. lawyer who was in the
crowd when the firing took place, said: Il had
just left the Jail and pleaded with the crowd to
go back. 1 told them time and again the Off
GERS would shoot. They had no leaders, but
just before the shooting several men who were
drunk pressed to the front and shouted: Tear
the Jail down and hang Hawes.' Then the vol
ley was fred
Mayor Thompson has issued proclamation
calling on all good citizens to refrain from
public assemblages, and to cooperate with the
authorities in allaying excitement.
Halves new wife, Miss Maise Storey. returned
to Columbus. Miss. Saturday morning. The
last words she said to relative. who went
home with her, were, "Oh my God, uncle, all
this will kill ME. l cannot stand it; cannot
stand it," She is beautiful girl about twenty
years of age.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
OF which Halves is a member. is said to have
engaged detective to investigate the case.
They believe that Halves ia innocent, and that
the colored woman, Fannie Bryant, and Albert
Patterson murdered and robbed Mrs. Halves
and then killed the children
1t was reported last night that Halves had
made a confession.