The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

anything which would lead to the ldent- iication of the woman. Afterwards this was turned over to the marshal of East Lake, who held them until Coroner Paris arrived.
 Several persons made statements be- fore the coroner. The first and probably the most important witness was Mrs Ed wards. She said:
 MRS. EDWARDS TALKS.
 Shortly after F o'clock last Thursday this woman came into the stand with a small, rather nicely dressed white man about 50 or 55 years old. They sat down and ordered ice cream I served them and tried to draw them into conversation, but they were rather reticent and would not talk at all. The man wore a rather light suit of clothing, and seemed to be of foreign nationality, although the few words he spoke were in good English ] think saw her last Sunday afternoon out here with a man.
 After they left the place I watched them walk towards the park together. They seemed to have little to do with each other and their actions were rather strange. The man had moustache If remember rightly, and his hair was stIeaked with gray"
 When she was shown Kelley, who was standing near, she said that he favored the man she saw Thursday, but that she would not like to swear he was the same. She was very much impressed with the likeness of the two men and after watch ing the actions of Kelley she said that they resembled in many ways those of the man who was with the woman. She positively identified the woman.
 HEARD THREE SHOTS.
 Mrs Edwards then stated that Thu~s- day night during the earlier hours she heard three pistol shots in the direction of the lake, and supposed they were in the neighborhood of the pavilion. She went into the house and closed the door after hearing the shots. They were in rapid succession, about one second elapslng be- tween each of them. She did not know what they were about and never thought of them much afterwards. A negro sirl who stayed around the house also heard fhe shots but no investigation was made
 O. A. Bowers who also lives near the lake, heard shots Thursday night betw sea and o'clock. He states that there were three of them and they were in rapid sue cession, about second between each ut them. He did not make any investiga- tion as to the source of the shots, as they are rather frequent around the lake. The sound came from the lake and was very distinct. s-
 Mrs Edwards and the negro girl heard a scream after the shots, but Mir. Bowers hid not hear any voice. It was the scream which caused some fear to Mrs. Edwards and the girl at the time. but they soon dismissed the matter from their minds.
 kELLEYS ACT ONS QUEER.
 M Harris, young white man about 1T years old was the first to suspicion Kelley, who wag arrested. Harris stated to the coroner that he was discussing the find with several other people who live in East Lake, and that Kelley would slip up close to them and try to listen to them. He show ed unusual interest and his &C., lions are said to have been queer in many ways. Harris called the attention of sev- eral people 10 Kelley and they watched him until Coroner Paris arrived with De- tectives Bodeker and Hamilton. They were told of the circumstances and Hamilton arrested him by order of the coroner.
 Kelley talked peculiarly. He threatened to sue the police, the coroner and the newspapers for his arrest. He was evil dently slightly under the effect of intox- icants ana his talk was disconnected and his statements were frequently at vari- ance. He said that he was from Jack sonvine Fla. and Macon, Ga, and that he was a painter by trade. He said he came to Birmingham about three months ago, and that he had been living at first one place and then another. He said he was at the Miller house several times and the policemen afterwards found that he had stayed there some time. He was re- fused a bed there several nights ago on account of not having the money with which to pay for it. It was also discovered where he had stopped at the Frisco house and several similar cheap lodging houses in the city. He has not been seen with any women, so far as the police have been able to discover at present, and at none of these places were they able to find any information about his going with