The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
JURY COMPLETE AND
 EVIDENCE BEGINS Witnesses Tell of Shooting of Bradford, the Minister MRS. CLOUDS TEsnFIES She Was Gathering kindling in the Back Yard and Had Plain View
 of the Bradford
 Home.
MRS. CLOUDS TES1IFIES


 ford at Brookside last December was taken up in earnest yesterday morning when tbe Jury was completed and the hearing of testimony begun. A large crowd was in the courtroom. while in- side the bar were the wife, sister-ln-law. father, mother and child of the prisoner, all sitting in his rear.
 During the dsy a humber of witnesses were examined and much testimony of in portance brought out. Mrs. R. P. Clouds was the first witness, while her husbard was the second. Mrs. T. p Reed testified during the afternoon. Special i'm portance was given her statements and she vas kept in the chair under a rigid orcss- exa animation for about one and half hours.
 The hearing will be continued this morn- irg. but it is not believed anything like the full testimony will be in hand for at least a week or ten days.
 The Jury Completed.
 When the morning session cf the Crimi- nal Court, in which the case is being tried, was opened the completion of the jury was begun. The names were called without delay and the four additional men were secured by 1O:4O o'clock. They are:
 J. D. Walstrom, J. T. Norfleet, William Noble ord Charles Lindsay
 After the july and witness had been sworn the latter were pu- under the rule end the trial began.
 For the state Solicitor Hefin called his first witness after reading the indictment charging murder in the first degree and after a plea of not guilty by reason of self-defense had been entered by the de- fense.
 Mrs R. F. Clouds, the first witness, was called to the stand. She was self possessed except during short delay, when she nervously tapped her hand with a fan. Her testimony was:
 Saw the Shooting.
 ''I knew Rev. Mir Bradford, who was killed. He lived in the parsonage at Brookside and was killed between 4:30 and o'clock December B. I saw some one shooting, but could not tell who did it. I had a plain view of the house, but the man who did the shooting had his back to me. I was gathering kindling in the rear of the house when my att tention was attracted by scuffiing. then heard MT. Bradford say:
 "'Get outi Get out!'
 Immediately afterwards three shots were fired as rapidly as possible and within a short time two more shots were fired. I heard first three shots and be- ing frightened, I ran away. did not see anything else until went to the par sonage.
 "Outside of the gate of the parsonage I met MT Coffin an, who was very pale and walking rather fast. I noticed noth- ing unusual about him, his hat or his tie. Mir. Bradford bad passed my house short time before.
 T did not go in the room, the gentle men inside asking me not to come in, but I saw him lying on the floor. He was not dead, but died about an hour later. It took about three minutes for me to reach the parsonage from the time of the shooting
 Describes the Location.
 On cross- s-examination she said
 My house was on the opposite side of the street from the parsonage. Two other houses were between the two houses ran from back to Mrs. Marshman's and then to the parsonage, where a light was burning in Mir Bradford's study. I talked to several neighbors about the killing I think Mir Bradford sold typewriters, for I have seen them at his house. The first three shots fired were slightly higher than the last two"
 At this juncture an attempt was made by the attorneys for the defense to se- cure a copy of testimony taken by the solicitor at the time of the preliminary trial; but as the work was done by the solicitor and not the judge the attempt proved unsuccessful. map was produc- ed and the position of the houses near where the shooting occurred was point ed out by the witness.
 Mir R. P. Clouds. was then put on the stand. His testimony was:
 "I lived at Brookside at the time of the shooting I saw MT. Coffman about 15 or 20 minutes to o'clock in front of a drug store near Market and Main streets. He was then going towards Bradford's house by himself. He did not see W. A Hunt during the day, but did see body of MT. Bradford after his death. After the shooting I saw MT. Coffman but noticed nothing unusual about him. This must have been 15 or 20 minutes after the shooting"
 Attended Mir. Bradford.
 Dr. J. E. Robbins was placed In the witness chair. He stated he was prac- ticing physician and had been for sev- eral years. He resided at Rrookside, and was called to attend Bradford when the latter was shot.
 He stated that he was living when he first saw him. The ball was described as entering the right temple and coming out on the left. A small cut or confusion was described as being on his head. Several others of similar character were on his forehead, all made by blunt in strument The shot In the head caused his death, however.
 In describing the condition of the room he said he saw two bullet holes in the door and two others in the hallway leading from the piazza. Bradford was described as being of medium height and about 150 pounds weight.
 Dr. P. P. Grove when called testified l.o xuoa ,aIya1 to caa Mr. Pradford and