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

Il give this without reservation, ex-
cept that l require that suitable provis-
lon be made from the gift for wants of
Booker 7. Washington and his family
during his own or his wife's life. I wish
that great and good man to be entirely
free from pecuniary casts that he be
free to devote himself to his great mis-
sion.
"ro me he seems one of the greatest of
living men, because his work is unique,
the modern Moses who leads his race and
lifts 1t through education to even better
and higher things than land overflow
ing with milk and honey. History is
to tell of two washlngtons, one white,
the other black, soth ilsthevs of their
people.
II am satisfied that the serious problem
of the south is to be solved wisely
through Mr.. Washingtons policy of edu-
cation, for which he seems to have been
specially born-a slave among slaves
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out from behind the counter. 1 got out
of the elevator
Saw Wise Hit Lathem.
I saw Mr.. Wise hit Mr.. Lathem. who
was on the floor. He was hitting him
with thing fun of shot The shot got
out of the pouch and some of them ran
as far as the elevator. The shot came
out while he was hitting Mr. Lathem. 1t
was kind of a long leather thing. Mr..
Havis was among them, too. Mr.. Cliff
ford ran to them and slung one of them
away. Mr.. Havis had a pistol and Mr..
Clifford ran. jumped back in the eleva-
tor. stuck my head out and saw Mr..
Lathem staggering, going towards the
toilet room. l stepped out to see more. 1
saw Mr.. Havis with pistol in his hand.
He fired one shot and then fired two
more. l got back in the elevator as soon
as | could.
1 saw Mr.. Lathem after the shooting 1
also saw Mr.. Wise and Mr.. Havis after
wards. Mr.. Havis looked like he was
about to go out to the front door. Mr..
Wise caught hold of him and they both
went out of the Nineteenth street en-
trance. l didn't see Mr.. Wise when Mr..
Havis was shooting. While Mr.. Havis
was shooting Mr. Lathem was stagger-
ing. kinder turning around like. Mr.. La
see Mr. Lathem have a pistol at that
time. Just saw Mr. Lathem with a pistol
while he was staggering around.
l heard Mr.. Clifford tell the men to stop
but couldn't understand what was being
said. | saw Mr. Wise right after the
shots were fired He was in the lobby. l
saw Mr.. Wise while the shots were being
fired. He was to the left of Mr.. Lathem,
his face towards the toilet room door
and in the direction of Mr. Lathem. lie
was to the left of Mr.. Havis. Mr..
Lathem's back was to the elevator. l
didn't see Mr.. Wise and Mr.. Havis after
they left. / saw Mr.. Lathem after he
was dead He was dead when | got to
where he was lying with his face to the
floor just inside the barroom. / saw
pistol under him and his right hand was
lying over the handle. When Mr.. Havis
shot I did not see anything In Mr..
Lathem's hand. His hands were down by
his side, and he didn't have them in his
pockets When Mr.. Havis shot first Mr..
Lathem kind of fell down like, turning
around Mr.. Havis shot two more times
and then 1t was all over with. | then
saw something in Mr.. Lathem's hand.
Up to then | did not see anything in his
hand When Mr.. Havis shot first he
moved step to the right and was a step
nearer when he fired the last two shots.
No cross-examination. At this point
court adjourned until o'clock in the at
ternoon.
Long before o'clock the courtroom be-
gan to fill with people, and at o'clock
1t would have been practically impossible
for more to have had even standing room.
When Havis came In he was accom-
panied by his father. Havls wore a pair
of new trousers and patent leather shoes.
Afternoon Session.
The first witness called after dinner
was DR.. T. M. Barnett.
Witness testified as follows:
] am a practicing physician in Birming
ham. ] was present last week when an
autopsy was held at Idge Loy's under
taking establishment but took no part
in it. but examined the dead man after
wards / examined the thorax. | did
not know who the man was. l was told
the remains were those of Lathem. He
was a young man with sandy hair, clean
shaven, and ] would say would weighed
about l45 pounds. When / saw him
would say he had been dead for probab-
ly two hours and half. His death was
caused by a gunshot wound. / saw the
course of the internal range of the bullet
across the thnrax. The wound saw was