The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

e. Did pr. R. S. Hill have a pistol? A. He did not
 a. Did you strike MT. Glass? A. No. O. Did R. S. Hill strike MT. Glass? A. No. sir. don't think he did.
 O. Did you see your brother when he drew the pistol on MT. Frank Glass? :? A. No. sir
 Q. On the day of the dificulty did you and your brothers, Will. L. l.. and R. S. Hill, have any conference In re- gard to this fight? A. None.
 e. Did you tell your brothers that you expected to have a dihculty? A. No. sir.
 O. Did you tell your brothers. L. L.. and R. S. Hill that you were going to zee Mir. Glass. A. No. sir. because we did not decide to go down there until after our conversation with Captain Selden.
 By Mir. Lomax:
 O. Where did you go? A. We left our office and went west to the corner of Perry and Washington. then we turned down and went north from washington down Perry Street. past The Advertiser office and perhaps stopped in the entrance of the L. and N. office.
 O. You probably remained there an hour or an hour and a half, did you not? A. Yes. sir.
 70 Awaiting MT. Glass? A. Yes. sir, O. Captain Selden came to your of- Ace to advise, about a legal matter did he not? A. Yes sir. and told nm what I thought about the case. After that he remained until we all went down to see Glass and remained with us until after the fight was over.
 O. You say you had not told either of your brothers you were going to see MT. Glass? A. I had not.
 o. Where had Dr. l.. L. Hill been O. Where had pr. R. S. Hill been A. don't know.
 O. You did not know where either of them were? A. I did not.
 c. They got there pretty soon, did they not? A. At that stage that have mentioned.
 O. MT. Will Hill was fighting MT. Glass and you were keeping the people off, were you? A. No sir. I did not succeed in doing so. but I was trying O. Did you see your brother, L. L. Hill, strike Major Screws? A. No sir O. You saw R. s. Hill hit Starke O. Did starke hit him back? A. He tried to.
 O. What became of his pistol? A. ! never saw him with one. o. What kind of a pistol was yours A. Mine was a 32-calibre Smith & Wesson. nickle plated.
 c. Nickle plated? A. Yes sir.
 Dr. Luther L. Hill.
 The next witness was Dr. L. l.. Hill whose testimony was reported by a etenographer as follows: *..:
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 c. Your name is L. L. Hill? A, Yes sir. :.
 Q. You are one of the defendants in this case? A. I am.
 o. I will ask you, Doctor, if you have ever had any conversation or cor reepondence with Major Screws con corning publications in The Advertiser K4A Yes sir.
 Q. If so, give the history of the transaction and what was done in re- gard to the matter.
 (The State objects to the question:
 A. Whenever a patient came to our tndrmary and recovered, he got we'll at s'af infirmary." but if he died, he died nt the Hill Infirmary. I carried a pa per to Governor Jones and told him what I thought, and at first he said ',I don't think they would do a small thing like that, but I will see them. ' I told him that We did not want any advertisement. but that we did no, want our place mentioned in their paper at all. He came back later anG said that he had seen Major Screws and that Major Screws had told hin thai in future he would see that ir cases of deaths at infirmaries the nam, of the infirmary would not be published at ali, but they have not compiled witt this.
 O. Then Governor Jones reported tt you the conversation that he had witt Major Screws in which he said he wal mad with you? A. I don't remember l think it was my brother, T. B. Hill he told this.
 e, He did not to you? A. I don think he did.
 Q. On the day of the difficulty diC you have any knowledge of an inten tion on the part of your brothers tC have an interview with Mir Glass? A 1 did not.
 Q. No knowledge of it at all? A Nc sir.
 c. Where were you that night? A ' was at a club supper. c. Did you have an engagement with Dr. L. Robinson that evening "A. I did have an engagement with hin at 6. but left word that I could not ' get there and that | would meet hin