The age-herald., 1899-08-12

tended to show that Friel wore a hat simi-
 lar to the one found near where he was | murdered.
 Yesterdays Investigation The investigation was resumed yesterday
 at 10 o'clock.
 A G. Chambers was the first witness ex-
 amined and testified that Mrs. Friel worked for his family for several months l prior to March last. He said that McCord
 was then paying his addresses to her. Frequently, the witness stated. he had | heard her refer to her husband as an old l devil and one occasion she said that she had a notion to disguise herself as a man l and go out to Friel's house and whip him | to death. sTIe also said that the woman | had a bulldog revolver in her possession at 1 that time. The witness said he understood | that MeCord was living on the Southside | at that time. The witness stated that the | woman had procured a divorce from her
 husband last March or April, and that MT. Daniel Greene was her attorney in the 1 case. The witness described the Friel wo-
 man as being big and strong and weigh | ing 165 pounds The witness said that Mrs. l Friel told him it was her intention to marry | McCord as soon as decree of divorce was granted.
 Philip R. Bray. an engineer. was the
 next witness, and testified to the unpleas-
 ant domestic relations in the Frie family
 and also to the transfer of certain prop | erty to the children by the mother. 1sr Holloway was examined and testified that he knew McCord, who visited his of- flee in 1898 and told him that old man Friel bod 1 ehaA
 Murdered Mans Son Frank Friel. the second of the mur- | dered man, boy about 14 years of age, | was called before the jury and testified | that he last saw his father on Wednesday | afternoon at o'clock when he left home | to go to his work. He wore straw hat | then which he had purchased for b cents. | The witness identified the straw hat pro- | duced by the coroner. He said his father 1 had no watch and that he had no money
 when he left the house. as he had expended nearly all his weekly salary for flour. laun- | dry, sugar and other provisions. He had l a ticket book on the dummy line. Saw his 1 mother four months ago. Saw McCord | year ago. Never knew that his father and l McCory had had any trouble. Saw his | brother-in-law, Will Hardin, a Falkville | farmer, six or seven months ago. His fath- | CT about that time had some trouble with l Hardin, who then boarded at the house. 1 Hardin interfered in a domestic quarrel and | struck the old man with a stick. The al- 1 legged theft of the money did not take place | until week subsequent to the quarrel and after Hardin had left the house. The boy l said that three months ago his mother was | in Birmingham. The young man stated to | the coroner that he had strong suspicious l When he last heard of McCord he was liv- | ing in the West End. The boy said he had | heard his father remark that when he died | he would die with his boots on. The witness further testified that about | week ago his father expressed fear of | being killed. Was building a shed for a | calf at the time and remarked that he did
 not believe he would live to see the calf in l it.
 1 Other Witnesses
 1 Patrick T. Frel sixteen years of age. l the oldest son and namesake of the unfor- | tunate old man, was the next witness and
 corroborated his brothers testimony. He
 stated that he did not know who would l pay the funeral expenses, as the family | had no money.
 James M. Smith, a truck farmer, who | was a neishbor of the Friels, testified to | the trouble in the Friel family. He had
 heard the old man express fear of Mo-
 Cord, who once boarded with him. William H. Hall of North Birmingham
 was next called and testified that about
 two or three weeks ago he saw Friel pass l ing in front of his house and had heard
 him say, T have received a warning that
 l am going to be waylaid and killed" to | which he added, You know the parties" | Mary Ann Wimple. a negress formerly
 employed as a domestic in the Friel family,
 testified to the unpleasant relations be-
 tween Friel and his wife and the part that | McCord played in it. Had heard Mrs. Friel
 complain to McCor about Friels mistreat-
 ment, to which he replied: 'Tet me alone; | I'll fix him; this will be our excuse" The
 witness also testified to certain mail ad-
 dressed to Mrs. Friel which had been in-
 tercepted by her husband, which last state-
 ment was corroborated by Officer Cole, who
 testified that Friel had shown him several | of the letters:
 l Attorney Greene Testifies | Attorney Dan Greene was the only wit l ness examined at the afternoon session
 He testified that he knew Patrick Friel | and also Mrs. Friel, who was his client 1 Represented her in several detinue suits l and also in a suit for divorce Had heard her speak of Friel. She was not kindly 1 disposed towards him, but never heard her make any threats against him. Last saw l her about three weeks ago at his office. l Did not know her present whereabouts. | Left her crying. She was better man | than Pat and could whip him in fair | fight. She is about 45 years of age and is | not attractive
 At the conclusion of MT. Greene's testi- mony adjournment was taken until Mon- day morning at 9:30 in order to summon certain important witnesses
 The Remains Int"rrea The friends of the. murdered man took charge of the remains and made the funer- al arrangements which the family was un-