The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

! dlSo ol ITdll Olly, idSt ilBHl dt cs1o o'clock, near the corner of the Woodward building.
 Mothershed surrendered to Policemen Mcdonald and Jones and was placed in the city jail on a charge of murder. The remains of Hambrick were carried to Lige Loys undertaking establishment and pre- pared for interment.
 The shooting was the result of family troubles. The cause is best told by Moth ersheds words a minute after the shoot l ing He said
 Robbed Happy Home.
 He robbed me of my happy home" To Policemen Jones and Mcdonald, Moth ershed said: 'I am the man that did the shooting I don't care if they hang me or what they do to me. If I had can non I would have shot him to pieces. He robbed my home. I have not known the man but two hours. His name Is Ham, brick, so people tell me-
 The shooting occurred when the streets were crowded and 1t seems wonder that l some one was not injured or killed by one of the bullets. Two shots were fired by Mothershed, and either would have proved fatal.
 The Shooting.
 Hambrick was standing leaning against the telegraph pole on the Twentieth street side of the Woodward building. Mother shed walked up, spoke a few words to Hambricl, deliberately drew his pistol | from his pocket, rested his right hand on his left arm and fired his first shot. It struck Hambrick in the back just un- der the left shoulder blade and came out near the heart on the left side of the chest Hambrick wheeled as the first shot was fired and Mothershed fired a second time Tho second bullet entered the right side about seven inches below the shoulder. It did not come out.
 Hambrick ran into Pafker's drug store and got nearly to the door which leads to the lobby of the building. Here he wheeled and fell. He never spoke after he was shot He lay on the floor and groan- ed constantly until he died in about five or six minutes.
 Mothershed Perfectly Cool.
 Mothershed walked into the drug store twirling the pistol around on his finger He was perfectly cool and stood at the cigar counter until the policemen arrived when he held up his weapon and said he was the man who did the shooting.
 Mothershed is a carpenter and lives with his wife and children in Pratt City So far as is known he has no relatives in Birmingham. He was working on a 1 nt,1x iy, Birmingham about two or three times a month.
 There are other reports which differ slightly from this in which 1t Is said that Mothershed walked up to Hambrick and said:
 You will never ruin another home or make any more orphans" and then shot him. After reaching the city jail Mother shed sent for Attorneys John Shugart and Wade Mothershed and asked them to de- fend him. He refused absolutely to make any statement at the jail about the shoot ing, and the only information obtained from him was through Wade Mothershed, who is not related to the man in jail. He l said that the prisoner had merely stated that the shooting was about his wife.
 An Affecting Scene. If seems that two or three days ago Mothershed returned to Birmingham for A visit of few days. and learned of the intimacy between his wife and Hambrick. He consulted Chief Phillips of Pratt City, Attorney Shugart and others. At one l of the consultations he broke down and | cried for some time, and seemed complete l Iy prostrated. He never made threat | against Hambrick, but seemed to be dazed to some extent After this one outbreak | he is said to have been perfectly calm, never making any statements or threats.
 According to the best information ob- | tainable Hambrick and Mrs. Mothershed were found together in her room at the home in Pratt City. It seems that sever al days ago one of the neighbors went l to the Mothershed residence to see Mrs l Mothershed She asked one of the chill dren where it's mother was and received the reply that she was in that room The child pointed to it's mothers room The neighbor walked into the room with out knocking, as the child had told her l that there was no one in there except it's mother She discovered Hambrick and Mrs. Mothershed together. | It is also stated that neighbors had seen Hambrick go to the house. Accord ing to the statements of Pratt City peo- | ple his visits had been going on some time but Mothershed knew nothing of it as he spent most of his time in Little | ton.
 Eye Witnesses to Tragedy. Two of the eye witnesses to the shoot ing were R. M. Scruggs of Stone Noun | tain near Atlanta, and M. T. McCurdy of McCurdy Bros, furniture dealers here. According to the statement of MT. Me- Curdy, which was concurred in by Mir. Scruggs, the latter had very narrow escape from walking between Mother shed and Hambrick just before the first shot was fired. Mir McCurdy said:
 ''We were walking north on Twentieth street from the Union passenger station when I saw Mothershed step back and deliberately draw his pistol from his pocket, rest it on his arm and fire. The man who was killed was leaning against the most with his back to the Woodward