The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

kins Infirmary put in gratuitously, and you refused to put in notice for MT. Gay? A. It was card signed by Mir. Gay.
 O. You say it was a card signed by Gay? A. So Mir. McCombs told me. O. Now do you not know that that card read this way: "The many friends of Mr. Charles L. Gay will be glad to learn of the successful operation per formed at Hill Infirmary for appendici- tis?" A. know nothing of this trans action except from hearsay. The way to reach that would be to get the man who had the matter in charge.
 Q. Major, you had an entertainment at your house the night before this diff ficuIty, did you not? A. Yes, sir.
 Q. What time did you get to the office that night? A. Not at all.
 o. You mean the night before the difficulty? Yes. sir.
 Q. You did not go there at all7 A. No sir.
 o. On the evening of the difficulty how long had you been at the office! A. I got there between 5 and o'clock I suppose.
 O. Were the young Messrs. Glass in the office at the time MT. McIver told MT. F. P. Glass that the Hills were waiting for him? A. No. sir. the boys were mot there until the theater was over.
 o. Did MT. Glass not tell you that you had better not go? A. Yes, sir. but I told him I did not know what might happen and I thought 1t my duty to go.
 O. You went along then as pre- cautionary? A. went along because ought to go.
 O. Did you strike anybody? A. No. sir.
 O. Where did the fight occur? IA. Just a few steps beyond the side entrance to Alexander & Spann's drug store.
 l, o. About half way of the building is | 1t not? A. Yes. sir. o. In what order did you go down | the street? A. MT. Glass and one of his boys were in front and l walked | behind with another of MT. Glasss ooys and my son was behind me. 0. You were walking behind MT. Glass at the time he was stopped by | MT. Hill. were you not? A. Yes. sir. O. How far? A. Two or three steps. | O. Did you have an umbrella A. No. sir. I was walking under one | held by Purnell Glass. | 0. Did MT. Frank Glass advance af- | ter MT. Hill spoke to him? A. He nad not time to advance. As, soon as the exclamation MT. Glass" was made. blow came and MT. Glass interposed his umbrella to ward 1t of.
 O. Now, when Mir. Will Hill struck MT. Glass did you not catch hold of him.? A. Yes. sir. l caught MT. Hill and pushed him back.
 Q. Where did you catch him! A. Caught him by the coat.
 O. Where were you prior to the time of the first blow? A. I was immedi- ately behind MT. Glass. O. From what position did you push MT, Hill away? A. 1 was in front of MT. Hill, between him and Mr. Glass. Somebody jerked me away from there.
 O. Did MT. W. W. Hill strike you? A. No, sir.
 Q. Did Mir. Wiley Hill strike you7 A. No, sir.
 o. Neither of the Hills struck you? A. Neither of those two.
 O. How long before you saw Dr. R. S. Hill? A. did not see him until it was all over.
 0. When did you first see Dr. l.. L. Hill. A. It is difficult to tell-the whole difficulty did not occupy over two ol three minutes time.
 O. Major, when were you struck A, While MT. Glass was against the wall. and while I was looking at him.
 Q. You were struck near the last part? A. Yes, sir.
 O. You don't recall having seen R. Hill at all? A. Not until after the fight was over.
 o. At the time L. L. Hill struck you he said. Major, stand back; don' want to hit you, did he not! A. NO sir heard no such words.
 O. Now, is 1t not fact that in youl testimony before the Grand Jury the first time you said that you knew il was not you they were after, but tha' 1t was MT. Glass? A. stated tha sl after I was in the difficulty, I realized that it was he that was the objective party and not myself.
 o. Did not either MT. Wiley Hill ol MT. Will Hill during the melee state that they did not want to hurt you A. did not hear them.
 Q. But you did reach the conclusion from the appearance and surrounding! that these parties were not attacking you? A. Yes. sir.
 By MT. Lomax:
 0. Major, does your paper ever pub fish cards of physicians, business men or lawyers, gratis1
 (Mr. Sanford objects; the court over rules. MT. Sanford excepts).
 Q. Is it not a fact that it is?
 (More argument and MT. Loma' withdraws his question on account o controversy
 o. Now, Major. you have beei shown articles about deaths that oc cured at Hills Infirmary, but is 1t no fact that you have at times publish ed articles very cOmmendatory to th Messrs. Hill and their operations? A Yes, sir; but not recently.
 Q. How recently? A. I don't know
 Q. Your rule as to such has beel changed has it not? A. Yes, sir.
 By Mir. Wiley:
 o. Is it not a fact that you publish ed the fact that one of the Hills lef the city and refused to publish his re turn unless paid for 1t? A. l don know of that; 1t may be so. l Q. Now, is it not a fact that yol refused to publish Mir. W. W. HIT return unless paid for it? A. don know about that: but we never charg for personals. We have great man!