The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-25
TRIAL OF THEj
 HILL CASES
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 Hardware Company testified that nc saw m mart of the difficulty. pig crowd was present when witness reach ed inc scene of the trouble near The Advertiser office. A negro gave nith a stick which he in turn gave 10 MT. Berto Johnson. who went inside ot the Hills office. It was black SUCK O. good sized dimensions. Witness swole he did not know what became of 1t. He did not wait at the ofnce or the Hills to see about the stick.
 Mir. Macdonald moved to ex- clude the testimony Of MT. Franklin. but the objection was overruled to which MT. Macdonald ex- cepted.
 The next witness was Ed. Goode. a clerk in the counting room Of The Ad- yertiser Co. He recalled the night on which the trouble occurred. He worN- ed until 10 o'clock. Just after closing the office he saw several persons staho- ing in an ante-room leading to the Pollak building. He only recognized Mir. w. W. Hill. who stood near tne door and facing The Advertiser ofnce.
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 Capt. 5. n. Screws.
 Captain E. H. Screws. brother or Major Screws, was called. Captain Screws said that on the night or the dimculty. between 5 and ociocK, ne saw two of the deIendants stanolng in the doorway leading from Perry Street to the Poilak building. They were Messrs. w. W. Hill and Whey hill' and they were accompanied by Captaih W. NJ. Selden. 4 Cross-examined by Colonel Wiley Captain Screws said he had sat Apout half an hour on the night of the difh- cuily m the o1ice of Messia. Till 0 t1ili, lawyers, winch oft1ce au)oins the | ufflce or the witness. lie talked Wilh Mr. Whey Hill aDout politics ana MT. | Will Hill and Captain Seiden came III while he was there. lie was there ear ly m the nlgnl and did not go down | Perry Street with them. lie was on | perlectly friendly terms with them and | as he passed them in the Pollak stair way he exchanged salutations. lie dld not go to The Advertiser oiiice that | night. lie went to Fleming s restau- | ra mt for about an hour and then went | to hls home.
 Mr. D. W. McIver.
 D. w. McIver. a reporter OH the stan or The Advertiser. was thi'nexl wllness. ne recalled the night or the mnlcuIIy. About 10 O'CLOCK mat nisn. ,.e saw Messrs. Wiley A1iii and w. w. Hill stanolng in the doorway to tue | touak building. A thlrd person was with them. but Mir. McIver otL not know who 1t was. Thinks now 1t was Captain W. M. Selden. Alter reach ing The Advertiser office MT. McIvef said he told MT. Glass he had seen the Messrs. hill down stairs With two big sticks. MT. Glass said they were prob- | ably preparing a card. MT. MclVei said he told him men did not prepare | cards with big sticks. After doing some writing at his desk MT. McIvel said he went to the front window and | saw the Messrs. Hill still standlnA where he had previously seen them | t1e went again and reported the mat ter to Mir. Glass and Major Screws
 but they said nothing to him. In abou ten minutes he went to the front win dow again. He saw the three men wht had been in the entrance to the Poliai
 building walk leisurely in the direc'
 tion of Dexter Avenue. He watche'
 them carefully and saw them sudden ly turn around and walk hurriedly to
 wards The Advertiser office. He turn
 ed and saw Major Screws and Mir
 Glass and party leaving the building
 Then he said he knew what had at
 tracted the party of three. Just as MT
 Glass got opposite MT. Will Hill. MI
 McIver said Mir. Hill Struck MT. Glas
 with a stick through his umbrella
 which he threw up to ward off tn
 blow. Then there was general mil
 up. Mr. Will Hill wore a white ha
 and MT. McIver said 1t identified hin | At. .,.1 a nf
 head MT McIver said he identified hin
 by his bald head. He saw MT Vii
 Hill draw pistol and he left the win
 dow and started down stairs. By thi
 time the trouble was over. The crow'
 had started up The Advertiser stair
 way and 1t was impossible for him t.
 go down. He said he saw Majo Screws undertake to hold MT. Will Hill
 Cross-examined by Colonel Wiley
 The two young sons of Mir. Glass an
 Ben Screws. d son of Major Screws left The Advertiser office with them
 Mr.. Crusius went down the stairwa
 just behind them. MT. Crusius wen
 as far as the alley and then went bac to the office. MT. Mc&ver said he wa
 closely watching the movements of tn
 Messrs. Hill and did not know muc
 about the movements of the men i ] The AdS ertiser office.
 r Redirect by MT. Lomax-Mr. McIve said he had been working for The Ad l vertiser fourteen years and never say
 a loaded shot gun in the office excep when some one was going hunting. H did not know if there were any fire arms in the office that night. It is no } the practice to keep firearms in Tn Advertiser office. He never saw MI , Glass or Major Screws with a pistc in his life.
 At 2 o'clock the court took a reces ? until 3:30 o'clock.