The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
FATAL ACCIDENT
 AT ADGER MINES
TRAM CAR RAN WILD-IT STRUCK ALBERT STRINGFELLoW, A MINER, AND INJURED HIM FA- TALLY-oTHERs HURT.

One man was probably fatally injured and three others badly hurt by an acci- dent in the Adger mines in the Blue Creek district yesterday morning about [ o'clock. A tram car ran wild and struck Albert Stringfellow. fatally injuring him. Pieces of the car struck Charlie White, Louis Mason and Frencher Bailor, all miners, and injured them more or less.
 The car was the first to go down into the mines, and when 1t struck the first knuckle on the ripple it started it's wild run, having become unclaimed in some unknown manner. The men were just entering the mine, and Stringfelow was the first one the car reached. It broke to pieces after hitting him, and frag- ments flew in all directions.
 ------~-----~-------~>--- ~---~--------~~------- barroom after the shooting was all over. did not see George Phillips in the place at the time of the shooting"
 Court then adjourned for dinner.
 Afternoon Session.
 When the afternoon session was called to order the defense asked that witness Nose Levy be recalled. He did not re- spond,
 W. G. Ross was then called for the state. He testified as follows:
 T reside in Birmingham. Was at the Metropolitan bar room on the night of the shooting. Was a spectator to the tragedy. l was standing just outside of the bar room toilet room, when the shoot ing occurred. The party doing the shoot ing was standing at the bar when l went in. He appeared to be in the act of talk ing drink at that time. He was stand ing next to the show case on the south side of the saloon, just outside of the screen. When he started to walk away from the bar MT McPherson was look ing at him. then saw the man who was turning from the bar raised his hand and fired twice in rapid succession. Have been told the man was Roland Shugart, although l do not know him personally. When the shots were fired I heard some- one say My God, don't shoot any more.' then left the bar room by way of the side door,
 Witness said that he could not identify Shugart as the man he saw doing the shooting.
 "When I was in the toilet room I heard someone say, will kill the first
 
 know who made this remark"
 Ross Cross-Examlned. Cross examinations:
 T am a journeyman printer by trade. Came to Birmingham four years ago from Missouri. Was employed at the Dispatch Printing company at the time of the killing I had been drinking the day before and had been drinking fG several days previous. The shooting occurred at or about 8:45 o'clock. I had just come in from Bessemer with a friend, B. S. Strange who was detective at that tirne We left here about o'clock in the after noon in buggy, returning to town about 8 o'clock. We then went to the livery stable and then home with Mir Strange. T took one drink in Bessemer Don't know how many drinks I had taken that day. We carried a bottle to Bessemer with us. From the time l left Bessemer up to the time I went to the Metropolitan bar room l had not taken a drink After returning home I talked with MT. Fitts about the shooting. I talked with Mir. A. w. Miller about the case about the time of the preliminary trial of the de- fendant. did not state to him that l was on the other side of the street, and was as drunk as h--l.
 "One man was standing at the bar when I went in. did not see MT Shugart take a drink. McPherson was talking to the man who afterwards did the shooting He was not waiting on Mir Knox and MT. Bishop. Two barkeepers were on duty behind the bar, I did not see anyone follow Shugart out of the door for .he reason that went out ahead of him.
 The man doing the shooting wore a light overcoat, and l think wore black soft hat. After the shooting I cfawled under a hack and lay on my stomach. Two shots were fired out on Morris ave- nue. l thought that a shot was fired in the side door. The third shot is the one that put me under the hack I remained there until the crowd gathered and then crawled out.
 Four or five people were in the front rart of the barroom when I went in. number were on the sidewalk I went to work on Thursday morning after the killing. l was put out of the parroom ry a newspaper man. asked him If he was the whole thing, and he said that he was, and so l got out
 Policeman Mcdonald.
 Policeman w. J. Mcdonald was called by the state. He testified that he was in First alley between Nineteenth and Twentieth street on the night of the shooting. I heard the shots and went to the Metropolitan barrCom. Went up Mor- ris avenue to Nineteenth street and theLce to Louis Saks' corner, where he net officer Brizendlne and John iomer- lin, who had the defendant under ar rest.
 T heard three or four shots fred tes- tified the witness on the cross-examina- ton. At the first shot I thought it was only torpedo exploded. Think the shoot ing occurred about 10 o'clock. Could not say whether or not the defendant was wearing eyeglasses when I saw him in the custody of officers. Cannot say whether or not he wore an overcoat"
 With the exception of the Brizendine testimony the state announced that it