The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-22
SHOOTING HAS NOT
 YET PROVED FATAL Andy BandhoIzer Still LingerS Between Life and Death. SHOT BY ROLAND SHUGART John T. shugart, Father of the Man In Jail, Makes a Statement Regard
 ing the Trouble Previous
 to the Shooting.
SHOT BY ROLAND SHUGART I

There were practically no new develop ments yesterday in the facts concerning the shooting of Andy Banholzer, the fore man of the Birmingham Machine and Foundry company, by Roland Shugart, Wednesday night in the yestibule of the Metropolitan bar.
 At the Hillman hospital this morning at o'colek 1t was stated that Banholzer was resting easily, and that his pulse was slightly stronger. The physicians are still unable to tell whether he will live or die. His condition is still very serious.
 The circumstances of the shooting ap- pear to be about as related in Thursday s Age Herald. Attorney John T. Shugart father of Roland, has given as his opin- ion that Banholzer was an innocent by stander, and that his son shot him by mis- take for another man.
 In speaking of the shooting yesterday afternoon John T. shugart said;
 The Fathers Statement.
 'I have found out from more than one witness that my son had been attacked on the east side of Twentieth street by three rowdy railroad men who were after his money, and that one of them knocked him down with a pair of brass knucks and stamped him in the face. This occurred just dlagonally across the street from where the shooting took place.
 My son Is unable to see well and his glasses were knocked from his nose and broken when this rowdy struck him with the brass knucks. The glasses have been found and identified as those of my son. He walked across the street after he was knocked down and went to this bar to get drink, and these men followed him. He was unable to see well, and I believe that he mistook Banholzer and Arthur Gladhill for the two men who had at tackled him across the street. He shot Banholzer thinking that he was the other man.
 "The statements printed that had seen the wounded man were all mistake. have not seen him and have made no ef- fort to see him. I have the names of the three men who attacked my son across the street from the bar, but I would rather not give them out, as they might escape, and want them arrested.
 Check cashed.
 These men had seen my son cash check and they knew that he had roll of bills in his pocket. They were after his money and after he got into the bar room he naturally thought that the two men standing in the vestibule were the two who had knocked him down and fol- lowed him.
 q am not sure yet who will defend my son, although I suppose there will be Mr. Bell and myself, as well as NJ M. Ullman, who was retained Wednesday night Fifty attorneys have been to my office today and offered their services, but have declined them all"
 The facts immediately attending the shooting as published Thursday were briefly as follows: Young Shugart walk ed into the saloon. ordered a drink, which he never drank. He placed his arms on the bar laid his head down on them and then said to Bartender Mcfarland; "I am going to kill the first - - that comes in that door" With that he
 
 stepped backwards and fired twice, one of the bullets striking Banholzer and the then stumbled over a case of whisky in the middle of the floor, and railroad man grappled with him. In the struggle the rallrad man claims he was struck over the head by Shugarts pistol As he went out of the side door of Morris avenue Shugart fired a third shot, which struck over the bar fixtures.
 Policeman Brizendine was on Morris avenue and started after Shugart, order Ing him to halt. He refused to do so and the policeman fired his pistol to make him stop. He was finally caught on First avenue and Nineteenth street, where his revolver was taken from his hand. Po- licemen Jack Mcdonald and Oldham were only a short distance away. They joined in the chase, and were close up to Shu- gart when he was caught.