Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-23

radiator he did not say anything Tom Jeffers was in the bar some little time before Eugene came in.
 It was few seconds later that P. G. Bowman came in after Eugene had en- tered. John Bowman sprang into the saloon. l believe he came in as P. G. Bowman began circling towards the bar from the radiator. It was near o'clock in the evening. I saw MT. Tom Jeffars and the defenrant in the bar some time before the shooting.
 (The defense objected on the ground of irrelevancy to showing difficulty pre- l Viously between Tom Jeffers and defend- | ant. Decision reserved)
 | At the time John Bowman had hold of | Eugene Jeffers I won't be positive wheth- | CT the first named had any pistol or not. | The pistol other than the one P. G. Bow | man had was in the hands of Eugene | Jeffers. The latter was disarmed a few seconds after entering the place by John Bowman and before P. G. Bowman shot | him. P. G. Bowman was near the rada- | tor when Eugene was disarmed. P. G. Bowman moved about five or six steps | while circling from the radiator to the | place where he shot the boy. r. G. Bow man said something after shooting the 1 boy He made remark shortly after 1 firing the shot. He said he would kill any s- of b. who interfered."
 The witness was asked what Mr. | Thomas Jeffers said which called for the l above reply, and the defense objected | Court reserved it's decision upon the ques- | ton, and stated that if, on investigation | it was found competent the state would be permitted to recall the witness. The l court afterwards held 1t competent. l When P. G. Bowman advanced from l the radiator towards the counter and | then to the boy, MT. Thomas Jeffers was l at the counter, but made a step or two | backward on hearing the scuffling. John | Bowman seemed to be holding Eugene
 on the right side.
 Cross Examination.
 Eugene Jeffers was next to the counter. ], Hickman Washington, the porter and | myself were in the bar at the time, to
 the best of my recollection, when MT. | Tom Jeffers came in and ordered his
 drink. He walked up to near the center | of the counter. The first I saw of Dump | Mcdonald was@after Tom Jeffers had or
 dered drinks Eugene came in soon after | Tom Jeffers had ordered his drink. He | went up to near the right of the center l of the counter. The boy said Papa, | papa" or Father. father!" A few sec | onds later P. G. Bowman came in, and | almost at the same time Eugene started | out. Nothing was said in the saloon af- | ter P. G. Bowman came in until after the
 shooting. I am not positive whether Flu gene said Papa, papa" before P. G. | liOWfn man came Ill, put 1 DelleNe IL was. | am not positive which pistol 1 saw first,
 but the first one I saw pointed was Flu | gene Jeffers', and it was towards Bow
 man. Then I saw Bowman. All this oc- | cured in a few minutes. John Bowman
 came in as the pistols were raised, and | he grabbed at Eugene. He had hold of | Eugene's right arm, and they were lean- | ing backward. Eugene's head was lower
 than the counter. John Bowman was In
 the folding doors while the scufi1ing was
 going on. To my best recollection, I saw | John Bowman grab the pistol from Eu-
 gene Jeffers hand. The whole affair took | place quickly, but not in one instant. | F. G. Bowman had time to walk from the
 radiator to the bar and towards the boy | before the end came
 | To my best recollection the boy was | disarmed before the shooting took place. | P G. Bowman circled five or six steps. | Bowman took about three steps after
 leaving the center of the counter To
 the best of my recollection F. G. Bowman | was stepping on his toes from the center
 of the counter, and then leaned over a
 little Won't say that I testified to de-
 fendant taking four steps instead of | three from the center of the counter. To | my best recollection I believe 1 swore
 that Bowman took three steps, Don't re- | member that it was called to my atten-
 ton that if Bowman had taken four steps
 it would have put him out of the bar.
 I am not interested particularly in the | case I don't care particularly for F. G. | Bowman. I felt at time that he ought
 to be hanged on general principles. I
 said so, too, to several people. l admit
 ted before that I had made such state | ments Since that examination I can
 not say exactly whether l repeated the statement or not. l would not say any
 thing like that Of man who was my | friend I know old man Fies. Cannot remember talking to him about Bowman.
 My feelings toward Bowman are not ex- | actly unfrendly though we don't speak. | don't remember whether I stated Dump | Mcdonald was in the room when Tom | Jeffers entered or not. My recollection
 now Is that Dump came in during the
 scufiiing between Eugene and John Row
 man.
 If Mcdonald had been at the bar when | Tom Jeffers entered he could have seen
 him. hut do recoliect him being in there.
 It was not very long when Eugene Jef- | fers came into the bar after his father
 had entered.
 The scuffling lasted very short while; | judge now by my best recollection
 about two minutes. Nothing was said during the scufiiing. I don't thinla any | thing was said after Eugene cried out.
 "Father, father" when he came into the | room It strikes me that John Bowman
 made some remark when he sprang
 through the swinging doors. Eugene's
 pistol looked like a bright little Smith
 & Wesson. P. G. Bowman had, to the best of my recollection. a steel-barreled
 pistol IL glistened and believe it was
 a nickle-plated pistol. I think I stated Eugene jumped like a rabbit after being | shot. I know Lawyer Chisolm by sight. 1 don't remember having a conversation with Colonel Chisolnl. but know didn't tell anybody that Eugene was shot on
 the right hand side going in through the
 swinging doors When P. G. Bowman cooked his pistol John Bowman and Eu- | gene Jeffers were scuffiirg.