The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-20
Advertiser Bureau, Mnhila Nn1r 10

Mobile, Nov. 19. Deputy Sheriff Childs, at 11:so tonight brought to Mobile over the Southern Rail- way, from Keystone, thirty miles north of here, Frank Morisette, a negro. shot through the breast with a A calibre bull let Morisette had shot and killed R. R. welther, a white man. sawyer for the Creole Lumber Company. Childs stated that welther, Morisette and others were drinking in a saloon at Keystone. and got into a drunken row. Welther snot Morisette through the breast after which the negro got the pistol from Neither and shot him twice through the right and left breasts, death being instantan- eous. After the shooting Morisette crawled away and was found behind pile of lumber.
 .iorisette from a nasty examination made at the depot by the city hospital physician. is thought to be mortally wounded. Welther was a young man. Two weeks ago he reported to Sheriff Powers that a negro had entered his | on his wife. Childs arrested the negro. Morisette formerly lived in Mobile. This afternoon in Magnolia Cemetery, with civic and military honors, the re- mains of Col. Robert M. Sands were laid to rest. the mound being completely hidden from view by a mass of floral tributes The remnant of Rafael Semmes Camp. U. c. ", men who loved and re- vered the dead man, and the active and honorary members of the Mobile Cadets, as a token of respect, attended the fun eral, the Cadets firing the customary sa- lute and the bugler of Camp Semmes blowing taps. The funeral took place from St. Joseph's Church. Rev. Father Schuler, assisted by Rev. Father Jarvin conducting the religious ceremony. The active pail bearers were Joseph F., R. A. and c. D. Sands. sons of deceased and Paul. Rex and William Murphy, his nephews. The honorary pail bearers were | G. J. Sullivan, Cary W. Butt, M. Parker, | Sr., and Thomas Dennis.
 | Tonight in their hall on South Royal street, Mobile Division No. 30, National Railway Clerks Association, gave the first of a series of banquets, a few in vited guests being present. The speakers were Treasurer R. l.. Howell and P. C.. | Byrne, secretary of the division The of- | ficers of the division are c. L. Hum- phries, chief clerk; P. N Bufkin, past | clerk; c. Henderson, rate clerk; P. C.. Byrne, secretary and abstract clerfi R. L. Howell, treasurer; E. G. Eslava, re- cording clerk; E. J. Sweeney, bill clerk; | S. A. K, l Rencher report clerk. Seventy-flve mem | bers are on the roster. All of the local railroads are represented in the division.
 Charley Walker alias Hot Blood" a l young negro. was put on trial in the City | Court, Judge Semmes presiding. this
 morning for his life. the indictment read
 ing murder. Walker was charged with having killed another negro, Robert Bel I eli
 March 12th, last. A young attorney was
 appointed by the court to defend the | negro.
 The jury this afternoon brought in a | verdict of guilty of murder in the first
 degree with a life sentence.
 The total receipts of cotton at this
 port. since the opening of the season,
 Sept. l, indicates that Mobile is again
 coming to the front as a cotton market The figures. as noted at the close of | business yesterday afternoon at the Cot ton Exchange, were as follows: Receipts
 10S, 499 as against S9,326 last year. Exports,
 61, ,490 as against 56, ,911 last year. Receipts
 yesterday 1899; same date in 1902. 1,2s6. Stock on hand 46,644; for last year at the
 same date, 31,O2s.
 Linifius Lazier, a Frenchman who for
 thirty years. had resided near Union Church, this county. in a hole in the
 ground, on his property. comprising 16O
 acres of land, died last night at the
 county aims house. The man was a
 veritable hermit and evidently had his-
 tory. though he never. during his long
 residence on his property. divulged a sin
 gle thing in connection with his life His
 property will go to the State.
 Calvin Childs and Floyd Sanders, two
 negro deputy sheriffs, this morning at
 Mt. Vernon arrested Rebecca Tunstall a
 negress, who is wanted here for killing
 early this week another negress, Dora Cunningham Her paramour, Wash Lew is. whom she claims did the killing and
 who was with her at Mt. Vernon, escap- ed from the deputies after being shot l twice.