The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-04-24

to establish and in his own day greatly
to advance.
"Glad am I to be able to assist this
good work in which you and others so
zealously labor
yours truly,
ANDREW CARNEGIE"
Booker T. Washington said tonight
concerning the Carnegie benefaction:
Mr.. Carnegie's gift came as a COM
plete surprise although he has always
taken deep interest In the questions of
educating the negro One year ago he
gave us $4,000 to build a library and for
long time he has contributed $4,000 a
year towards our current expenses. We
are striving hard to complete an endow-
ment fund of $2,000000.
In addition to Mr.. carnegie's princely
gift, we already have $4,000 So that
when we raise another million we shall
be In good comfortable shape. 1t is evil
dent that Mr. Carnegie has had Ii In his
mind for some time to do something for
the colored people. The whole south
will be gratified for this gift, not only
the negroes but the white people as
we'll"
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sufficient to cause DEATH This wound
caused his death.
No cross examination of witness by
the defense.
Mr.. Ozburn Testifies.
The next witness was N. f. ozburn, a
travelling representative Of the Huston
Biscuit company of Birmingham. He
was In the wash room when the shoot
ing occurred. Witness said:
| live In Birmingham, and have resided
here since last September. l am en-
ployed by the Huston Biscuit company.
| am acquainted with Wise (Here wit
ness arose from his seat and identified
Wise.) | have known him in business
way since the first of the year. | saw
Wise In the Morris hotel last Friday be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock in the morning.
He was standing near the office of the
bookkeeper. l entered the hotel from the
Nineteenth street entrance. This office
l refer to is to the left as one passes
through the entrance. Wise was standing
near the window to that office Two 9TH
er men were with him. | did not know
the other parties. / said nothing as |
passed into the hotel The men seemed
to be In an ordinary conversation. |
staid in the toilet room probably five
minutes | started to take wash after
hanging up my umbrella and overcoat
sly attention was attracted by noises
i
the door to look and see what was going
on. / pressed the door open a little. The
door has glass panels and there was moth
ing to obstruct my vision. / saw Wise
standing erect near the position In which
/ flrst saw him. i also saw others in
the lobby. / saw one man firing on an
other. | did not know him then and
would not know him If / saw him now.
lie was small man, not so tall as the
others. (Here the witness stood UP and
Havis was pointed out to him. He was
asked IL the man was about his size.
Witness said If the man would please
stand up he could tell more about It..
Havis refused to stand up and kept his
seaD. / saw the man he was shooting
and he was standing. | did not notice
the color of the hat the man who WAS
doing the shooting wore on his head. |
should say Lathem was fifteen feet from
me. The man who was shooting stood
near the window of the private office. He
was probably six or eight feet from the
man he was firing upon.
Did Not Defend Himself.
The man who was being shot at made
no effort to defend himself His hands
were down while he was receiving the
fire. did not see pistol In the hands
of the man who was being fired upon. l
Wouiu Hol say pOSluNely now many shots
were fired, but there were two or three
in rapid succession. The man being fired
upon made no resistance. The man who
did the shooting was standing still His
arm was not straight out in front of him
but about half way of his body. ! did
not see Wise do anything at the time Of
the shooting. but he did not do anything
to stop the man who was shooting The
face of Wise was turned in the direction
OF Morris avenue. / was in a position
where | could see the man who was fir
ing the pistol. l retreated to the billiard
room. After the shooting l saw man
lying near the bar in the saloon. His
head was turned towards the door to the
toilet room. He was almost turned over
on his stomach. | did not see him when
he fell but shortly afterwards. / got a
boy to get my coat and umbrella and I
left very quickly. The idea possessed me
to get away as soon as l could. l did
not see any pistol around the man who
was lying on the floor.
No DISCRIMINATION.
Mr.. Hogan Testifies.
The next witness was r. l.. Hogan.
l live at Woodlawn and work as a mall