The age-herald., 1898-08-13
SEQUEL TO EAST
 LAKE TRAGEDY Walter CahOOn Behind the Bars ti
 the County Jail. C0UGHLAN DIED YESTERDAY Young CahOon Surrendered to the ShGrii
 et fl O'clock. HE WILL PLEAD SELF DEFENSE Miss Sullivan Was Frustrated When She Learned of Coughlan's Death Cliff Cahoon Makes State
 ment of the Affair.
HE WILL PLEAD SELF DEFENSE

took place at East Lake Thursday night, Will Coughlan lies cold in death at the Warner-Smiley undertaking establishment in Twentieth street, and Walter Cahoon, the boy who fired the fatal shot is confined in the county jail, Charged with murder.
 As told in The Age-Herald of yesterday morning, the two boys became engaged in a quarrel in the pavilion at East Lake, during the progress of dance, which re- suited in young Cahoon shooting Coughlan in the right side. inf1icting mortal wound.
 Coughlan was brought to the city and placed in the Wilson-Brown infirmary, where he died yesterday morning at 5:2O o'clock without making statement. Young Cahoon, who was taken in charge by his friends after the shooting surren- dered himself at the sheriff's office about Il o'clock yeterday morning. Deputy Sheriff Courson, who was put on the case, spent the night in searching for the boy, and heard yesterday morning that he had come to the city and had gone to the office of Attorney L. c. Dickey, in the Jefferson County Savings Bank building.
 Surrendered to the Sheriff
 The deputy at once came to town, and iSoihiIS iheit SOuSuldH Idu ultu, WeHl u the office of Justice McAnnally and swore out warrant charging Cahoon with mur- der
 In the meantime MT. Dickey telephoned the sheriff's office that young Cahoon was with his friends. and would surrender him. self in short while.
 Deputy Courson, who had secured the warrant, started to MT. Dickeys office and at the bottom of the stairs leading in to the building met Walter Cahoon, who was accompanied by his brother, Cliff Ca- hoon, MT. Whatley and Attorney Dickey, in the act of going to the sheriff's office to surrender.
 Attorney Dickey requested that the war rant be not served until after Cahoon had surrendered, and Deputy Courson accom- panied the party to the court house, where the surrender took place.
 Young Cahoon was taken immedia tely to the office of Justice McAnnally, where a pending mitimus was issued. He was then taken to the county jail and locked up.
 A Plea of Self Defense
 Tn accordance with the advice of his at torney, Cahoon refused to make any state ment concerning the affair Attorney Dick ey was seen by an Age-Herald reporter yesterday afternoon and said that his client would enter a plea of self-defense to the charge. which he thought could be clearly established under the evidence at hand
 number of witnesses have been sum- moned, and the preliminary hearing will probably take place Monday morning be- fore Justice McAnnally, who will probably sit in the court house.
 The remains of Ceughlan were taken in charge by the Warner-Smiley company and prepared for burial. Mir. Broks brother in-law of the deceased, arrived from Mem phis yesterday afternoon and ordered the remains held until the arrival of his wife from Nashville, where she is visiting. Mrs. Brooks will reach the city this morning at 8 o'clock when final arrangements will be made. The remains will probably be inter- red in this city.
 Statement of Ciin Ca.sDon
 Cliff Cahoon brother of Walter Cahoon was not present at the time of the difi- culty, but had returned to the city in com pany with Messrs. George c. Whatley, s. B. wains, Norwood Richards and MT Clayton, with whom he had visited the park. lie says IndI uS ndu no WOTuS WlCn Coughlan during the evening, and never saw him at all.
 In regard to his actions he makes the following statement: "At the suggestion of one of the gentlemen, I requested young man on the floor to allow me part of dance with his partner, and was re- fused. About an hour afterward 1 made a second request of another young man who was dancing with the same lady. He acquiesced, but the lady, for some req son, declined, and I retired returning to the city in few minutes in company with my friends I knew nothing at all of the difficulty until I reached the city. On learning of the affair, the entire party with the exception of MT. Clayton re- turned to East Lake in hacks the street cars having ceased running for the night No lawyers accompanied us.'' MT Cahoon states further that he is confident that the evidence in the case will show that his brother acted in self-de- fense.
 Miss SulIiyan's Statement Early yesterday morning Miss Emmie Sullivan, the young lady who was inno- gently brought into the tragic affair, ac- companied by party of friends went to the Wilson-Brown infirmary to see Cough Ian. They found him dead and the shock all but prostrated the young lady,
 She was taken to the home of Mrs. Drew in Avondale in a painful state of nervous excitement. She had high fever and physician was called.
 q know it will run me crazy" said the young lady to an Age-Herald reporter "I am so sorry that I had any thing to do with the affair and that my name got into the papers. Yes, I will tell you all about it. I was dancing with Joe Cantwell when Cliff Cahoon came up and asked me to divide. I refused to do so. because I had not spoken to him last summer and my