The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-05

and would see that she had everything she wanted while in attendance upon the court. Her reply was she would do so but she would ask him to take her to dinner at the Hillman the very first thing.
 She was then left by Mir Gum. and when asked by the attorneys if she saw him again and if she got her dinner, she replied:
 He left me with Miss Paris, and \ did not see him again for several days. did not get anything-not the dinner at the Hillman, at least"
 Provoked Laughter.
 The fact of Miss Elliott being a pretty young girl of perhaps sixteen years of age and MT. Gum being man with a slightly bald head of perhaps 45 provoked much laughter when the incident was told in the court room.
 The case will be continued this morn Ing when the testimony will be continued. When the morning session of the court was opened at 9:3O o'clock, the usual number of spectators were present. This number was large enough to fill every
 
 number standing about the edge of the bar.
 The first witness was Mrs. Eugene Hawkins, who was at her home near by at the time of the difficulty in com- pany with MT. Rowe, MT. Carter and her husband. Her testimony was regarding the number of shots fired and the &C., tions of her husband in going to the house.
 E. S. Cunningham. civil engineer, ex- plained the map used as evidence and testified as to the location of the houses. the distances between each and the height.
 Gus Carter was next called to the Wit ness stand At the time of the shooting he was in the house of Eugene Hawk ins He heard only three shots, but more might have been fired. He went to the Bradford house Tn company with Eugene Hawkins and MT. Rowe, where the wounded man was seen. He then de- scribed the condition in which the body was found and told Of It's renwvai to ths study, where the physicians found 1t. The hall was described fully and the places where the bullets passed named.
 Dropped Door With Last.
 pr. L. R. Shifett was called and testi- fled that he often visited the Bradford home, and that a shoe last was kept there for the purpose of cropping the front door. He failed to identify a last in the room which Is given as evidence.
 E. J. Rowe stated he was at the home of A. B. Marshman at the time Of the shooting. He heard five shots and went to the Bradford house. Mir. Carter and Mir. Hawkins went to the house at the same time. They met MT. Coffman. who spoke and passed on. but nothing unus- ual was noticed with reference to his personal appearance.
 The Rev. D. P. Bradford of Meridian. Miss, father of the deceased. was called to the stand. He described the condition of the body and the wounds. One place was found on the forehead which looked as if it was made by the hammer of a pistol or some blunt instrument. Coronor Paris was asked to testify re- garding the inquest He described the bull let holes in the door and the imprints made on the wall. He noticed two bruises on top of the deceased's head in the edge of tho hair, but could not say what made them.
 G. W. Springfield testified that Coffman called at his house between 3 and 1 o'clock and asked whether he (the wit neee) was at church that morning and heard what Mir. Bradford said. The wit ness did not know what was said. and defendant went to the home of A. c. Springfield.
 Asked What Bradford Said.
 A. c. Springfield was called to the stand He stated Coffman called at his home about o'clock the day of the shooting and asked what MT. Bradford said about him in the Sunday school. He did not want to tell what was said. but finally told Coffman that MT. BraoIord said:
 q have been sent back here for the more successful year than last year. sin cerely believe we will if we can keep that man Coffman from lying about the preacher"
 The witness said Coffman then walked away towards his (Coffman's) home. and he did not sec him for scmo little time. When the witness did see him he was going towards Brookside In going to his law office or to the pcstoffice. either. he would bo compelled to go in this direc- tion Al the time Mir Rradford was a4