The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
Benton Shooting Particulars.

When The Advertiser was distributed on the streets this morning the article about the shooting of MT. Charlie Miller at Benton by MT. Waiter Jones, elicited a great deal of interest. MT. Jones lives in Lowndes County. but he does his pur' chasing in Selma, and Is we'll known to large number of merchants here. MT Charlie Miller is ,a,, brother of Captain small town on the Western road. fourteen miles from Selma. and just across the Dallas line in Lowndes.
 The particulars of the affair. as near as your correspondent could gather them, are about as follows:
 MT. Miller who Is a man about 35 or 70 years of age, and Is married ana has grown children, has been in MT. Jones g employ as a rider and ovePseer, to look after the negro tenants and assist MT. Jones in attending to his large farming interests.
 A dispute had arisen between the two men about the salary that was due Miller which was unpaid. Just before the shooting occurred last night at 7:30 o'clock. a negro. Jim Williams. who was in MT. Jones's employ, went to MT. Miller and told him that he had better keep his eyes open, that he was afraid that he and MT. Jones were going to have a difficulty.
 While the negro. Williams. was talking to MT. Miller, who told him that he was not armed and did not desire difficulty, Mir Walter Jones walked from behind a store and came up to where the two men were conveTsing. Jones asked Miller about some remarks that he had heard that Miller had made about him. Miller replied that he had made some remarks about the salary that was due him and that he could prove every word that he had said.
 One word brought on another, and finally Miller called Jones liar. At this Walter Jones pulled out his pistol and struck MT. Miller on the side of the
 As NA he llAw had a small walking stick in his hand and attempted to use 1t on Jones as he arose from the ground. Jones then fired twice, one of the balls striking Miller in the left breast just under the heart. The ball went clear through him and came out through his spinal column at the back, narrowly missing the spinal cord.
 crack of the revolver and when assist ance reached him he was in that posi- tion with his arms folded across his breast He told those who approached him that he was shot and was suffering
 Some of Miner's friends looked after him, while others rushed into the stores to get shotguns ard pistols with which to arrest Jones. When they got back Jones had made nis escape in the dark ness, and the negro, Jesse Williams. was also gone
 MT. Miller, as soon as he recovered from the SnOCk, Hndue SuUSldHlldliy lhe statement about the affair as given above. He did not have pistol and inc onlv weapon that he had at the time of the difficulty was a small walking ijmhs are paralyzed from the effects of the the injury done by the ball and that he cannot possibly i've. Captain of Police Frank Miller went to the bedside of his his brotbrr just as soon as he received in To,r'ation If he difficulty last night
 Walter Jones is well known in Mont 1c mery. having married young lady or that city several years ago, He He shot ! daw that Governor Johnston was first nominated for Governor. The negro did not die but 1t cost young Jones con siderable s,im of money to come clear.