The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-25

of the Messrs. Hnl?
 Along about the middle of the day I was standing near the entrance of the office. and Drs L. Le and R. s. Hill passed by and I spoke to them and they nodded their heads.
 Cross by A. A. Wiley: / You did not see the others?
 No sir.
 Where is the office of The Adver- tiser Company?
 In the same block as that of L. L.. and E. g. Hill.
 How many buildings between?
 Two buildings are between The Ad- vertiser and their once
 You say their office is in the same block as The Advertiser office?
 Yes, sir. in the same block South. !
 Now, did you know when you started north on Perry Street. that either of <hs HillJ were there?
 I believed that some of them were there.
 Did you see Mir. McIver that night?
 Yes sir.
 Did he not tell you that Mir. Hill was near the entrance Of the L. and N office!
 Yes sir.
 How long was that before you left The Advertiser office?
 I do not know, suppose it was about 10 o'clock.
 Did you not go over to the window and see them?
 did not see them, but looked out.
 At the time you left there. who ac- companied you?
 My two sons Frank and Purnell, Major Screws. and Ben Screws, Jr.
 Were there any others?
 That Is all.
 Was Mir. Kersh with you?
 No sir.
 Was Mir. Crusius with youf No sir.
 Where was MT. Crusius?
 In the composing room.
 How long did that row last?
 It would be hard to tell; it seemed pretty long time to me.
 You say you never saw Drs. L, l.. and R. s. ill at the beginning of the row?
 No sir.
 How long before they came?
 could not tell you; I did not hold my watch out and make careful mental notes?
 You don't know where they come from?
 No sir.
 You say that Mir. McIver told you about 10 o'clock that w. W. and Wiley Hill were near the entrance of the L, and N. office?
 Yes sir.
 Now, did not your two sons come from the Theatre before 1t was over9
 NO sir. not before it was over.
 You did not send MT. Pepperman for them? -0A
 No sir.
 Does Major Screws live in the same direction that you do?
 No sir, but he takes a car at the corner or Perry Street Major Screws lives on the Belt Line, and usually takes tho car going west.
 But you all left The Advertiser office with the knowledge that the Hills were waiting?
 No sir, but I was not surprised to see them.
 When Mir McIver first mentioned that they were in the L. and N. ent. say. u'u Sou
 laughed at 1t and told him they wero probably getting up a card.
 what did MT. McIver say?
 He said they would hardly be get tlnG out a card with big sticks
 Did you expect this difficulty?
 expected it was possible.
 As a matter of fact, you thouAss that 1T they were there, you would do your best for them?
 Yes sir.
 You went down there expecting to have difficulty?
 was on my way home in my ordl- nary peaceful way,
 NOW Is 1t not fact. Mr. Glass. that you usually carry cane?
 Yes sir.
 Is 1t not a large one? It Is not particularly large one. If mas quite a large silver head. though It IS not as heavy as 1t looks.
 what kind of cane Is it? From what they tell me, 1t is a grape vine It was a pres- 1 ent from my wife a year or two ago Do you say 1t looks heavier than if really is.
 Yes sir, it does. Tour two sons were pretty we'll de- Veloped boys, were they not!
 Yes. sir; for their, age.
 Which Is the larger?
 Frank. lot? ID ''o A trife taller. but does not weigh as much. NS Where was Mir. McIver at the time 'f the difficulty?
 l do not know, sir.
 Where was Mir. Kersh? Cant tell ycu.
 Was MT. Goode with your No. sir.
 You replied In answer to a question 'y MT. Lomax that you saw MT. Hill iraw pistol. Do you remember where 1t came from? I could not swear positively from what place.
 What kind was it? It was nickel-plated and shone very 
 We'll. then, what kind of a pistol did Ir. Will Hill have. l think 1t was Q similar one. In the lectric light 1t flashed Did you see any in the hands of R, s. Hill?
 When the difficulty occurred between Jim and my son, I saw him with A 'istol drawn on him (my son). Was 1t not a fact that you were very much excited under the circumstances? l expect so; but I generally have a 'retty good control over myself. Will not such circumstances excite man more or less? Those things will, more or less. You say that you opened your breast them you were not armed, ex- 'ecting to be killed? That has a ten iency to excite a man, does 1t not? l don't know; it depends on the man. am no more anxious to die than any me else, but I don't know that if had l