The age-herald., 1900-05-11
"SHEENEY BUGS" WAS
 JUDAS OF THE GANG
Gave Information to the Police Concerning Safe
 Blowing and Murder of the Police Officers.

| shot through the liver. A man may be shot
 through the liver and not die.'
 Dr. Mobley Recalled
 i Dr. R. y. Mobley was recalled and said: q was at Hillman hospital Sunday night, 1 April l. when the defendants were taken before Adams. 1 was in attendance on
 Adams. His mind was clear. His physical | condition was bad, and in collapse. Dr. l Whelan and I had told him his wound | was fatal and that he could not recover. | He asked for his brother, saying he want 1 ed to see him before dying. He made a | statement as to who shot him, and the de- | fendants were present. When the defend- 1 ants were brought in the light did not l fleet on their faces and Adams said he l would like to have more light. When light l was turned on he pointed to Miller and | said, There is the man who shot me, and l you pointing to Duncan, was with him. 1 Duncan leaned over and said, For Gods l sake don't make a mistake this Is a seri- l ous matter. Won't you recognize the l voices of the men who were with you? | Adams said he didn't have to recognize l their voices, as he knew their faces, and l they need not try to practice deception on | him. Adams said he asked Miller if he l didn't tell him he was engineer. He l further said he and Kirkley followed Mill | Ter and Duncan from the saloon at Third l avenue and Nineteenth street up Third l avenue, and when they caught up with the l | Ter said he was an engineer on the South
 ern railway, and that Duncan was a l brakeman his train. He said he told | the men they would have to go to the l chief, and they objected to being detained. | He said they started on, Krkey and Dun l can walking in front, and after going a | few steps Miller pulled a pistol with his 1 left hand and shot him, and immediately
 changed hands and fired at Kirkley. fusilade of bullets followed and Adams l couldn't tell whether Miller or Duncan | hit Kirkley. The first shot Miller fired | struck Adams.
 While Duncan was leaning over Adams l bed he asked Adams if he would go before l God testifying that he Ouncan) was an in- l nocent man. No said Adams, will go
 before God testifyng that you are not inno- l cent I don't know who shot Kirkley. l Made Confession
 "I saw Miller in the county jail. The first | time 1 him the sheriff and chief of po- l lice had him out and he was returned to the | jail. MT Bodeker was there. The second l time 1 was there Miller inquired about Ad- 1 ans. He asked how Adams was and I told | him he had rallied some, but was in 1 serious condition. Miller said he was sorry | and that he did not shoot Adams He said | he knew the who shot Adams and | Kirkley; that it was the man who wore the
 light overcoat, but he would not tell the
 name of the man, saying That is a ques l l der he ran off down Third avenue. Cross-eXamination: 4diller made no con | fession to me the first time saw him. He
 did make a confession on Tuesday, the sec | ond time. Miller said he didn't kill MT | Adams. l said you know you did. He said
 yes, it was the man with the light over | coat I asked him if he objected to giving l the mans name, and he said that was a | question that would come out later. 1 said
 then it is case of getting in bad company,
 and he said yes. He said he was present at | the shooting and shot over his shoulder in
 the air. not with the intention of hurting
 any one and that he didn't think he hit | any one. had told Miller that Adams had
 rallied from the shock to his system but
 that he was in a critical condition. Miller did not say a man named New York Harry
 was there. He did not say Duncan was
 there or not there. I gathered from his | conversation that Duncan was not the man
 with the light overcoat. He didn't say
 which officer had charge of him. He did
 not say which direction he went after the
 shooting, saying he was not familiar with | the streets He did not admit breaking his | pistol While running. I asked him if he re-
 membered looking man In the face sitting
 In window at Third avenue and Nine
 teenth street, and he evaded the question
 by saying he didn't know the streets.
 T was near Dr. Whelan when Adams said Miller shot him and then shot at l Nlrkiey MT. Ferguson asked him if Mill
 Ter nit kirkley MT. Ferguson then asked
 nim II Dunca" did any shooting, and ] Aoams said he did; that there was a
 shower of bullets and both were shooting
 never heard Adams say anything about
 one Of the men doing the shooting having
 scar on his face''
 Re-Cross-"I did not tell Miller that a
 man ran either way in Twentieth street,
 put oid tell him man ran west in Third | avenue and one east in Third avenue"- 1aDtatn Weir lad fG. ..l l as to the bottle taken from the overcoat
 pocket found in Third avenue Collection
 by defense and objection overruled and | exception reserved) "The bottle was all
 most three-quarters full of some sub- | stance. It was a half pint bottle or flask
 rounding to the neck. It had a cork in it.
 It was in the possession of Desk Sergeant
 Rowlett the last time I saw it."
 Judge Greene announced that the testi-
 mony of Percy Olmstead with reference to | the color of the contents of the bottle was excluded.
 John Rowlett, desk sergeant of the po- | lice department, was then called. Witness l was handed a piece of soap by Solicitor
 Ferguson, who asked if he recognized it. Witness said it was like a piece of soap
 taken from the pocket of the light over
 coat where the bottle was found. Motion | to exclude the testimony of witness with | reference to the soap was overruled and
 exception reserved by the defense.
 | Capt. Weir Again.
 Captain Weir was put on the stand | again and stated that the last time he | saw the bottle John Rowlett had it. In
 answer to question of counsel for the de-
 fense he said he had seen other bottles
 very much like the one in question. He | didn't remember to have ever seen simi- lar bottle in the chiefs office. The soap 1 looks like turpentine soap He said he had | taken soap off of men he had arrested, but
 they were tramps. It is not uncommon to
 find soap on tramps and others, but it isn't
 usual for 1t to be in the shape of a ball
 and wrapped in paper The reference to
 the soap being wrapped in paper was ex- cluded.
 Miller was arrested in Anniston," said
 the captain q was at the depot when the
 chief brought him in and we took him
 to the city prison''
 MT. Montgomery asked Captain Weir
 to his authority over the city prison and his right to incarcerate prisoners or take