The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-10
YOUNG WHITE MAN
 IS FATALLY SHOT
Bartender Shoots Joe Haran in
 SouthSide Saloon
HE CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE
J. F. Jackson Shoots Haran In Breast and the Side, and the Wounds Will Probably Prove Fatal-Jack-
 son Is Arrested.

Joe Haran, a plumber, aged H years, was shot and probably fatally wounded last night about 9:45 o'clock by J. F. Jackson. bartender In Williams saloon at the corner of Avenue c and Twentieth street The shooting is said to have been in self-defense, as Haran shot three times at the bartender. and only missed him by an inch or two.
 The wounded man is at the Hillman hospital where the physicians say 1t is too soon to know the extent of the wounds, but his condition was too seri- ous to probe for the lead, or perform an operation. There are two wounds, one near the center of the breast and the other in the right side. Neither bullet came out.
 Jackson is under arrest at police head quarters on a charge of assault with in tent to murder. He states that he acted In self-defense and did not shoot until after Haran made a move to get his pis- tol out. He was arrested just after the shooting by Policemen Burke and Gull pepper, who state that according to wit nesses the shooting was in self-defense.
 Jackson's Statement.
 Jackson made the following statement of the shooting at police headquarters:
 '"rhe wounded man, do not know who he is, and two friends entered the bar about 9:30 o'clock and one of them laid pistol on the counter. 1 asked him to put it up and he refused. I told him the police would arrest him and he would get in trouble but he cursed me and also spoke abusingly of the police, saying that none of them could lock him up.
 TWO of the men seemed to be drunk, tt.- H..r vIa.r f1.a.ra home. One Of the men ordered drinks with an oath, and I told him that he had enough and that I could not serve him. He then told me to serve his friends, and told him that they had enough and should not drink any more. This seemed l to infuriate the man who got shot and he cursed me for some time. Another of | the trio leaned across the bar and used such language that I had to resent 1t. l struck him with a glass.
 'Haran reached for his pistol as soon as I struck his friend, but was slow in getting 1t out He had 1t entirely out of his pocket and was aiming it at me when shot I had picked my pistol up from off the counter behind me.
 The Men Ran.
 "As I shot the first time all three of them ran through the swinging doors Into the front part of the saloon, where there 1 is cigar stand. A partition runs across the entire place and Haran got on the other side of It. He shot at me three 1 times and two of the bullets passed with l in an inch or two of my head. They were buried in the fixtures of the bar just behind where I was standing
 After the third shot I stepped forward a little and laid my pistol on the bar right at the partition, and when Haran looked around the partition to shoot again I fired. He fell backwards, and Policemen Burke and Culpepper ran in.
 There were several people in the sa- loon besides these three young men and they state that all three of the men had pistols. I did not see any but the one Haran had. I was behind the bar all the time and did not come out until the policemen came in. I tried to prevent trouble when the men first came in the bar, but they seemed to be looking for it. hope the young fellow will not die. l had never seen any of ther1 before and did not know the name of the wounded man until the police told me-
 Young Mans Parents.
 An effort was made at the hospital to get statement from Haran, but he made none except to say that some one had shot hlm--he did not know who. His father and brother went to the hospital, but the wounded man was asleep when they arrived. They state that he Is just 2l years old and worked for his father, John M Haran. who runs plumbing shop at 1727 Fourth avenue. The boys pa- rents live In Smithfield
 After the shooting Policeman Burke said that he and Policeman Culpepper were standing about fifty feet away when the shooting occurred, and that they ran to the saloon. arriving In time to take the pistol from Harans hand as he fell to the hoor The pistol was the latest im- proved Colts and contained six cartridges, three of which had been fired and the other three had snapped and refused to l explode.
 Policeman Burke says that he talked to an old man who witnessed the shooting, and that he said 1t was entirely in self defense. Jackson will be held until the result of the wounds is known.
 Haran was carried to the hospital in Lige Loy's ambulance.
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