Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-23
EP. G. Bowmsn cooked it. The best of my | recollection is that heard it click. l Hickman Washington.

Hickman Washington. Hickman Washington, who was a DOT | ter in the saloon the night of the killing l was in the bar attending to my buSl- ness on the night of the killing. MT. Bowman came in during the afternoon and took two or three drinks. I did not wait on him. Sometimes he came through | the barber shop. I have been examined before justice in this case. (Witness says he could recollect what he swore if he kept it up afterwards and "incul- cated" 1t in his memory0
 Witness said Eugene Jeffers jumped out like rabbit when he was shot. P. G. Bowman shot him, and had a bright silver-mounted or nickel-plated A revol- yer. Witness said Bowman looked at him in "vigarous" way. Witness said he could remember noticing Bowmans s face because he had so sworn that in former statement. Witness swore he could not reco1lect particular statements
 made by him before Justice Benners. Eugene Jeffers and Bowman both drew pistols, he Said.. On the crosS-eXamina- ton by Attorney Lowe, witness said that both drew their weapons first Wit | ness explained the position of the parties. They were near the door, John Bowman disarmed Jeffers, he said, in the "tussle.' Tom Jeffers was standing at the bar. Eugene drew pistol, and MT. John Bow man disarmed him l"remediately.' Wit ness had not talked to anyone about the case. He had shut bis ears to all talk and went about his business. He had
 never had any difficulty with MT. Bow man.
 The witness is still under the cross-fire of Attorney Lowe. The jury requested permission to retire, and in few min utes message came to the court that Juryman Parsons was ill with stom-
 ach affection. It was fifteen minutes af- ter o'clock. andceurt adjourned. Dr. Wyman was sent for, and pre- Scribed for the sick juror. Probate Office. An inquisiton of lunacy is on trial be- fore Judge Porter. Petitioner is J. J.
 Nicholson. represented by Attorney D. A. Green. Respondent is Mrs. Eliza
 beth Caldwell, represented by Attorneys
 Hugh Morrow and Felix Blackburn. Charges were delivered to the jury late yesterday afternoon.
 Mrs. Caldwell was present in court. She is a woman of advanced years and
 it is said that she holds life estate in
 about 800 acres of land Some of the re-
 maindermen, it is said, present the neti-
 tion, while Mrs. Caldwell and others re- sist it. Mrs, Caldwell lives near Jones' boro.
 Marriage Licenses.
 MT. Charles Tyson Randall and Miss Margaret M. Adams.
 MT. Thomas Williams and Miss Mar garet Dasherty.
 s.sf9 Circuit Court. Kitrell vs. Southern railway; judgment by consent for $S.
 Elyton Land company vs. J. c. Kyle ct al. on trial.
 Judge Banks says the case will occupy about two .hurs today. 1T City Court. | Three 'black list" cases were con-
 tinued to await the decision of the su- | preme court on briefs now before it.. Inferior Criminal Court t | Ben Ruffin, co1ored charged with an assault with a pistol on Will Thomas; | fined $500, $250 costs and 1S0 days addi- | tonal hard labor. . -. W. B. Kline, charged with an affray | on W.eJ. Watkins; fined $1O. Carry Sheppard, charged with fighting | fined $5. .us1,o | Agnes Curry, charged with dsorderly | conduct; fined s5 and costs. sf Frank Miller, charged with an affray | fined s3. -s,=s .--'.' i4 q Bettie Brown. colored, charged with | disorderly conduct; fined $5. 1 Jehns Michael charged with ,disprdeFly
 Matte Hawkins, c5ldred charged with an affray; fined $5. ga. ...-
 Rebecea woodruff, ,' colored enlarged
 with disorderly conduct; fined $5. | D. P. Sims, charged with disorderly | conduct; fined $2.50 | Jim Lodge, charged with disorderiy | conduct; fined S5.
 | Ella English, colored enlarged with dis
 orderly conduct, fined s5.
 | John, ,rAdams,- colored, charged with l trespassng fined $5s Louiza King, colored, charged with dis | orderly conduct; fined $4.
 l John Heard. -colored, charged with as l sault and battery on Night Warden Gun | ningham; fined $10.
 | Lewis Crawford, minor, charged with visiting saloon; fined $l.
 | John Wolf minor, charged with visit | ing saloon; fined $1.- ~-
 Charles Fleming,' colored, charged with | violating section 622 of the city code; | fined $5.
 | Annie Kennebrew, colored charged
 with disorderly conduct; fined S2. -- | Annie. Holcomb, colored, charged with 1 disorderly conduct fined $5. | J. B. Damon, charged with disorderly
 conduct; fined $5.
 Tom Ryan, a weary pilgrim, charged | with lettering too long at one place to
 make the necessary ingredients to sus- l tain soul and body, less raiment; fined $5. John Bush, colored inmate of the city | prison, became angry with the knots in | his blankets and proceeded to tear them | into shreds; fined $5.
 l Jim Williams and Sam Chambers, col
 ored. claiming to hail from Nashville, | were arraigned on the charge of lettering
 and fined $5 They said they were color | ed ''gemmen' from Nashville and boat
 hands; that the Cumberland river had
 dried up and that they were making their | way to New Orleans to get work.
 T. T. Cain. disorderly conduct; fined S5.
 William Givings. disorderly conduct; | fined $5. @ "''.""
 Elijah Park, colored, was arraigned,
 charged with escape after arrest and | fined $5. Elijah said that he had been | "suspendered" to answer at a justice
 court and was therefore unavoda bly de-
 layed and was on his way to report for | trial when the officer arrested him again.
 Finnell Prince, colored, was found gull ty of stealing $21.2a from c. c. Ellis. He
 was fined s15 and thirty days hard labor.
 William King, colored charged with
 stealing wood from the yards of the Ala
 bama Great Southern railroad; fined S10.
 General Allen, colored. charged with
 assaulting little white boy with a rock! | fined s10 and fifteen days hard laboF.
 The little boy was very seriously injured
 and the wound came. near resulting in | ms Qeatn. ,a. | iA' " ~ tB'- = +.#v- ---. .r --- ,n