The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
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lently entered and left the sick cham Der.
 Mrs. Davis sank into a restful sleep af- ter midnight, and when she awoke this morning she smilingly informed the nurse at her bedside that she felt much bet ter. The improvement continued through out the day.
 Dr. Charies D. Stockton made the fol- lowing announcement at midnight:
 Mrs. Davis showed Improvement this morning which has continued during the day and night"
 s-o&-e-%%-%-%~~%*->->- linen shirt waist and a small black bow necktie, which hooked over the collar button, but did not goaafpund her neck. The waist had large white pearl buttons. She wore a gray tailor-made walking skirt. She had on a black belt with large V-shaped brass buckle in the front. Her collar was of black material. Her shoes were comparatively new and were neat They were bought from Loveman, Joseph & Loeb. The woman Is scarcely more than five feet tall, and evidently about 35 years old. Many people remem- Der havln gseen her face about the streets of Birmingham for a long time and sev eral persons said she was once known as MolIie Miller, and that she formerly lived
  near Eighteenth street. This was later found to be untrue.
 FLESH IS TORN.
 The skin of the woman's face is torn In several places, and the wounds were evil dently received in some kind of a fight, or from something rough in the bottom of the lake. One of these places Is over her left eye, and at first 1t was thought ln1n Apnf fe under her left ear. Physicians probed both wounds, but they were merely skin deep.
 There are two bullet holes, but it was impossible to find where either of the bul- lets came out The largest and seeming ly the most serious wound Is directly un- der the chin. There is q hole about a4 of an inch in diameter, indicating that pistol of very large calibre was used, and that it was held close to the woman when shot. The flesh around the hole is badly bruised and seemed to have been burned. This bullet ranged upwards and Is SUD- posed to be lodged in the brain.
 The other bullet hole is under the right ear It is less dangerous looking than the one under the chin, but went straight through the brain where 1t Is still sup posed to be lodged. An autopsy will be held this morning before the coroner's jury.
 JIM WILSON'S STORY.
 The circumstances of the finding of the body is best told by Jim Wilson, Greek, owner of the dog, and who was attracted to the place by the dogs queer antics. He said:
 q went out for a walk around the lake with the lake with the dog about Il o'clock. I had walked almost the entire way around the lake going around the east end first The dog was running about fifteen feet in front of me and was ranging from one side to another of the path which goes around the lake. Sud- denly he stopped about the center of the path and stood still a second as if he scented something. The wind was blow ing across the lake and directly towards the dog. He stood a second and then nlunged into the water and swan straight to the woman, who was about eight feet from the bank. I ran up to the place where the dog jumped off and took off my hat, leaned over and looked good. I could see the back of the woman's head, and the knot on her hair was about an inch above the surface of the water. then ran down to the boat house and re- norted what I had found to the man in charge of the lake. He got boat and with several other men they took the body out I had never seen the woman before and do not even remember seeing her at the lake"
 WATER EIGHT FEET DEEP. The water is about eight feet deep where the body was found. and almost clear It is possible to see a foot or two under the surface, and it was easy for Mir Wilson to see that the body was that of a woman.
 Tn the boat which went to pull the woman from the water there were three men besides the keeper of the park They were Jack w. Brown. H. w. Oliver and F. P Doughdrill. They all agree on the way in which they found the body and the distance from the shore, as well as the depth of the water. The men found the body face down wards with the feet pointing away from l the bank. The feet were about four | feet below the surface and slanting | downwards As soon as she was drag | ged from the water and taken to the | shore her purse fell from her waist and was picked up by MT. Doughdrill, who | ------------~-~--- |