The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19
Baseball Pitcher is in
 County Jail. WILLIAM sAFPoLD DEAD Fired Pistol in Crowded Street
 at Noon.
Trouble Arose Over a Razor and Friends of the Young Man De- clare the Act Was Justified
 Two Versions Told.

Frank Wilson, city salesman for the ChattanOoga Brewing Company, and who Tor number of years. has been pro- fessiona1 ball player. shot and Killed W.T. Ham Saffold, negro barber Of the Excel sior Hareer Shop. 10 Monroe street, on the sidewalk. in front of the negro's place of business about noon yesterday.
 sS-caIibre Smith & Wesson pistol was the weapon used. Four shots were fired. One bullet took effect. Saffold lived a few moments only after the fatal shot was fired. He died on the floor of the barber shop. bofors surgical attendance was<secured.
 The ben entered the right side of the negro's body just below the nipple Little blood flowed Coroner ". H. T7ce was summoned but made no formal investiga- ton. The body was turned over to c negro undertaken. at whCse shop the vic tim of the tragedy was magnet for cu- TIuug ones all ok yesterday afternoon.
 Street Was Crowded.
 Monroe street was crowded yesterday af nocn. There were q number of wft- nessss to the tragedy. bat few of them arc willing te speak of ft until they arc Eworu in court.
 Frank Wilson was arrested immediate 1y after the shooting by Patrolmen Story and Jordan. He was first taken to the city prison. but after an hours delay he was transferred to the Montgomery county Jail.
 T. ], Sullivan. Montgomery Manager of the Chattanooga Brewing Company, swore out a warrant against Wilson. charging murder, before Justice B. H. Screws The accused Is now In the Mont Hpznery county jaii awaiting his prelimi- nary hearing which has been set within tho statutory time of ten days. He will plead self defence.
 Two Versions of Tragedy.
 There are two versions of the tragedy. The friends of the young white man claim that 1t was an act of 5ustifiable hoznicide. There are others who aver khet ft was murder.
 WSlson was seen yesterday afternoon in the saiier's room in the county jniI. He psi1tely declined to make . statement and referred q representative of The Ad- vertieer to his counsel.
 An attorney for Wilson said that the ease would be clean cut case of self aefsns1. It was case he claimed of Wil- son or gaffUld to be killed When the &C., cused first fired, the defense ayers. the dead man was advancing on him. at the same time matinG an overt motion to his hip pocket 4 rasor was found in the pocket of the negro. The attorney for the defence said that Wilson could prove threat made against him by William EaaoIds
 On the other hand. friends of the negro gay that aAeIold was shot down without notice and without cause Tney say he had no chance to fight or fee.
 Trouble About a RaxoT.
 The tragedy eeems to have grown out Of litigation over the possession of ra- zoF between safEoId and Bob Garner, a negro 6river for the Chattanooga Brewing Company. Sunday, 1t Is said by ne- gr0es in the Excelsior Barber shop, Gar ner borrowed a razor of Saftold. Yester- day it had not been returned. SaRold, they claim, had repeatedly aAlEed Garner for his sFasor. It was never returned.
 Thursday a warrant was sworn out be- fore Justice ]. B. Fuller by SafEol4. charging Garner with the theft of a ra- zor valued at & The negro was arrested. Justice Fuller says that yesterday morn ing Wilgen and the two negroes came to his court and dismissed the case by consent. EafEold paid the costs of court and he understands that Garner paid EAfIoid an amount of money to recom- pense him for the court costs and the loss of the razor.
 Wanted wilson Arrested.
 Yesterday morning at o'clock. how svef, GafHold went to PatFolman Morgan c. Storey, who was on the Monroe street beat and asked him to arrest Frank Will son, whom lie averred, had been in the barber shop to see him in reference to Bob Garner. A dispute arose and the ne- gro told the patrolman that Wilson had applied an opprobrious epithet to him. The patrolman advised safEOld to 50 to