Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-25

l Al uineht or counsel VIII begin today
 In the Bowman case. Judge Greene held
 the court in session from 9:30 o'clock | yesterday until o'clock last night ad- | burning only an hour for dinner and | supper. The three remaining witnesses
 were examined last night. The last day | of the testimony brought out voluminous | evidence, as great many witnesses were | examined.
 George Glover
 | was the first witness of the day who took | the stand. He offered the following tes- timony:
 l My name is George Glover. l lived at | the Florence hotel in June, 1894. I was l proprietor of the hotel then. I have been | in Birmingham about thirteen years. I l came here from Eufaula. remember | the evening on which Eugene Jeffers was | killed. I was standing in front of the | hotel when Uncle Tom Jeffers walked | into the bar 1 saw Eugene go into the l saloon few seconds later. P. G. Bow | man went in a little later. and 1 went | around through the hotel lobby into the | side door of the saloon through the bar | Der shop. As l was standing in the side | door Bowman entered. Eugene placed | his left hand on P. G. Bowmans shoulder | and flashed a pistol Bowman walked | over to the radiator towards where was | standing and then I left.
 Witness showed on diagram where he
 
 just previous to the shooting 1 did not see anything in Bowman's hands when Eugene placed his hand on him. When Eugene Jeffers flashed his pistol P. G. Bowman made side move towards the door In which l was stand- ing. Bowman raised his left hand and
 said something which could not under stand. left for the hotel lobby. had taken but a few steps. probably or feet, when heard the pistol shot. The n p 10 ha q
 or IS feet. and I had moved about half way over between the time I saw Bow man enter the saloon and the time I heard the shot. Eugene Jeffers had 8 bright pistol, nickle-plat ted. The pistol was pointed at MT. Bowman. within 6 or z inches of his face, when Bowman took side move and left. It took only Q l few seconds for me to move away. before I I heard the shot. I met Frank Edwards l in the hotel lobby In getting away. The | first few steps in leaving the saloon were taken rather hastily I remember seeing in the bar when Eugene flashed his pis- tol P. G. Bowman, Tom Jeffers, Eugene Jeffers and George Latham. I did not see Dump Mcdonald in there. If he had
 been there l would have seen him, I be- lieve. Frank Edwards was in a run to- wards the bar when I met him as I was leaving that place. When left the place I did not see any one have hold of Jeffers. Eugene was advancing towards P. G. Bowman as l was leaving.
 Cross-examlned-I was at the only door on the side leading into the saloon. Bow man moved over to near the center of the radiator. Bowman did not look very pleasant when he came in. When got to- the door Bowman was moving to- wards the radiator opposite the bar.
 Eugene seemed to have been talking to his father when Bowman entered. I never heard Eugene say anything. I | went into the saloon to see what would happen l noticed Latham behind the counter. Don't remember seeing Hlck- man Washington or Dump Mcdonald in l the place. When Bowman made his move | towards the door in which was standing | left. The pistol fired just before met | Frank Edwards. I did not see John Bowman in the saloon. I. did not go ip> the bar after the difficulty. Re-direct-I don't remember Seeing Bowman's right arm. If Bowman had
 had a pistol in his right hand believe I could have seen 1t.
 By agreement the state was allowed to recall George Latham.
 George Latham. was in the saloon a little while after | the difficulty was over. l noticed one of the swinging doors was broken off It's hinges. It was the right hand door go- Ing in. I had 1t fixed. It was not broken
 before the difficulty.
 Cross-examined-I noticed 1t shortly after the scuffie and l had 1t tied back. A large crowd entered the place after the SnOOtlHB. lHey cdHle III
 the swinging doors. It was after the fight. I don't know who broke the door. E. M. Butterfeld. l remember the night Eugene Jeffers was killed. Twas in the rear of the bar room of the Florence hotel. l was look ing towards the bar. It was about o'clock in the evening and the lights were
 It. We were using both gas and elec-
 tricity l saw Bowman when he fired
 the shot. He was leaning over. Eugene
 Jeffers was in reclining position. dld
 not see any one have hold of Eugene. If
 any one had had hold of him 1 believe l
 could have seen it. There were two per-
 sons in front of the bar near Gene. One of them was just in the swinging doors, while the other was to the side of Flu
 gene. Including Tom Jeffers there were
 three persons in the bar besides Bowman and Eugene. Eugene was not being held down near the floor. If he was l would have seen il I believe. When Eugene was reclining it looked as If he was try ing to get out of the way. I am abso- lutely positive that no one was holding Eugene down towards the floor as dl- lustrated. l watched the whole affair
 because of little difficulty which oc- cured some time previous. The whole affair took place almost in the twinkling of an eye. There was no pause when Bowman pulled his pistol to the time of the shooting.
 Cross-examined-I attended to the pool room back of the bar and am still there. was 69 feet from where the affair oc- cured. There was no electric light be- tween me and the participants of the difficulty Bowman advanced towards | the center plate in the bar and then nov ed towards the swinging doors with his back towards me. There were two men close to Eugene Jeffers. Bowman was not between me and Eugene Jeffers dur ing the difficulty Eugene was little out from the counter and F. G. Bowman 
 fCoptinued on Second Pa0el