The age-herald., 1899-05-03
"DOC sur" KILLED
 IN BELLTOP SALOON
Was Shot By Bob Campbell 9
 Cripple.
DIED IN THE AMBULANCE
Two Stories About the Killing Camp
 bell Was Piano Player Around aa Resorts Doc Sut" Was Chimney Sweep.

n Johnny James, familiary known as Doe Slut" was shot and killed in the Bell Top Galoon last night by Bob Campbell.
 Two shots were fired, one taking effect slightly under the heart, and the other near the collar bone on the right side James was leaning over the counter drinking beer at the time of the shooting, and Campbell was standing behind the bar. The weapon used was a 3S-calbre Smith & Wesson re- volver, and was the property of the Bell Top saloon, Campbell having taken it from a drawer, where he knew it was kept. Campbell is a cripple, having lost both legs. He has two artificial limbs and supports himself with large stick when walking. After shooting the man he became wild and refused to let anyone approach him. Even the bartenders were forced to get away from the bar where they were at work. He finally became cool, however, and al- lowed the officers to place him under ar- rest.
 The wounded man walked out of the front door of the saloon and fell on the side walk in front of Caheen's dry goods store. No doctor was sent for, and the poor man lay there for fifteen minutes without med ical aid. The Warner & Smiley ambulance was finally sent for. but James died be- fore the vehicle reached its destination.
 James, or Doe Sut" as he was known, was a chimney sweep and on account of his profession was given the sobriquet. He was formerly a member of Company H, of the First Alabama volunteer regiment. His home is in Selma, but since leaving the army he has lived in Birmingham.
 Two Stories of Shooting
 There are two stories as to the cause of the shooting. Most of the men present say u 1c asked that some one give him 'bed money" saying that he already had dime and needed fifteen cents. James was standing at the counter and told Campbell who at the time was sitting at the piano, to hand him the dime and he would give him a quarter, and he did so. Those pres ent say that the crippled man then wanted Doc Sut" to "set him up' to a drink, and over this proposition the row started
 Some words ens,aad and Campbell threat ened to, b;t James with a stick. James siald him to put down his stick; that he couldn't afford to hit cripple, or words to that effect upon which Campbell be- came enraged and said he would hit him with his fist. At this juncture James walk ed to the end of the counter, presumably to avoid trouble. Campbell went out the front door and it was thought he had gone, but instead he had jumped over the coun- ter on the street side of the partition and ran behind the bar, pulled open a drawer and, taking a revolver therefrom, shot the man on the other side of the counter twice. The beer glass in James hand was shatter- ed by the shot, fragments falling all over the counter. M. J. Feibleman, one of the proprietors of the saloon, was a witness to the shooting and verified the above state ment of facts.
 Bob Campbell was taken in charge by Officers Brown and Bodeker and was im- mediately carried to the police station, where he is now confined in cell.
 CampDells Side of It
 Campbell was questioned about the affair last night at the jail. He is a man of fair education and talked very freely. The shooting was justifiabe," he said. q had rather have lost my own life, but for the moment I could not withhold my temper and had to do it.'' He was asked to tell exactly how 1t happened, and gave the following version of how the shooting oc- cured: T was sitting at the piano stool, and asked Doc Sut' if he had any change He had previously borrowed a dime from me and I wanted 1t last night. When I asked for the money he said, Certainly I have and If you will give me a dime I will give you a quarter I did so but he only handed me a nickel. He then asked | me to drink with him, but I would not do | so, telling him I already had enough. "A man who claimed to be his brother 1 then asked if l was going to drink, and Sut l told him mo- and made a profane re- | mark about me being some kind of crip- pie. At that started to hit him with a | stick. He said don't you hit me with that | stick I told him then I wouldn't hit. no | man with a stick, and I walked out the | entrance and stepped over the counter to | get out of the way. When I came on the