The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-29
TWO WERE KILLED
 AND OTHERS DIED
Highwaymen Knocks Man in
 Head and Robs Him
WAS PLACED ON R. R. TRACK
Man Found Dead in 5arber's Chair. Negro Woman Shot and Kill ed and One Other Dies
 Very Suddenly.

Coroner Paris had fonr sensational deaths to investigate yesterday. Two of them were murders and the other two were strange deaths. One of the cases of murder is also probable case of highway robbery.
 The remains of Fred W. Malish of New Castle were found lying near the Louisville and Nashville tracks at Mary Lee mines yesterday morning shortly after daybrealx by party of his friends who had gone in search of him because he failed to appear at his board- Ing house.
 The body was badly mangled by the train. but seemingly the deceased had been knocked in the head and robbed be- fore being placed on the railroad track. When found he had been robbed of $50 in cash, a fine gold watch and some other valuables.
 Saturday was pay day at the mines, and after the men quit work Malish and friend of his went home together. The friend and the dead man separated about 150 yards from the latter's board- ing house, which is on the railroad. That was about 9;SO o'clock Saturday night. When next seen Malish was lying dead on the track.
 Had Months Pay.
 When his friend left him Saturday night he had his months pay and his watch. It is believed he was knocked down and robbed and then placed on the track, so that when struck by the en- zine all traces of the robbery would be covered
 Coroner Paris Investigated the death and has not yet rendered his decision. He believes, however that it was a case of highway robbery and murder Ma lishs neck was broken and his chest was crushed by the train. The wheels evidently did not run over his body, but hurled him from the track It is also possible that he was struck by the train and robbed afterwards by some one who found him lying beside the track.
 Avondae Man Dies Suddenly.
 John Brashier, well known citizen of Avondale, was found dead yesterday morning in a barbers chair in a small bar Der shop in Avondale Coroner Paris in- vestigated the case and rendered his de- cision that he came to his death through heart failure.
 It seems that Brashier was acting as night watchman Saturday night and that he went into the barber shop to rest. He lay down In the barbers chair, and his l lifeess body was not discovered until yesterday. The deceased leaves a family.
 Mary Allen. a negro woman from Bir- mingham. was shot and killed Sunday night In a row at a dance near the Jeffer- son Mines. The shooting grew out of quarrel between her and a woman named Lizzie Turner.
 Four negro women, Including these two, went to Jefferson Mines Saturday morning to attend a dance given there Saturday night. The Allen and Turner women got in fight, one using a fork and the other an ordinary table knife The Allen woman knocked the other woman to the back door, and was preparing to stab her, so the account goes, when a man reach- ed through the door, pulled the Turner woman through and commenced shooting. He fired five times one of the bullets killing the Allen woman The negro is sup posed to have been Will Hill. compara- tive stranger in that vicinity. Coroner Paris is making an investigation of the case.
 Ella Bradford, a negro woman, died sud denly yesterday morning at her shanty on Twenty-frst street and Avenue B She was a very large and fat woman, and on making an investigation Coroner Paris de- cided that she came to her death by fatty degeneration of the heart.