The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
NO WORDS WHATEVER HAD
 PASSED BETWEEN HE MEN
Friend of BondhoIzer, Who Was With Him. Says They Knew Nothing of Shugart's Presence Till
 the Shot Was Fired.

the vestibule of the Metropolitan bar at the corner of Morris avenue and Twen- teth street.
 The wounded man was carried to the IIillman hospital, where an operation was performed to remove the bullet, which lodged in his back. Shugart was arrest ed and carried to the city jail and later to the county jail on a warrant sworn out before Judge Abernathy of the infe- rior court. The warrant charges assault with intent to murder. Shugart refuses to make any statement whatever
 Bartender Describes Shooting.
 Probably the clearest account of the shooting is that of J. M. McPherson, bar tender in the saloon. He says;
 'Shugart came into the bar and order ed a drink of whiskey l poured out some ginger ale to go with it and set 1t on the counter. Shugart placed his arms on the bar, laid his head down on them and said I am going to kill the irst - - that comes into that door With that he turned around, pull ed his pistol and walked a couple of feet He saw these two men standing over by the cigar case on the south side of the place and fired two shots. One of them | struck Bondholzer.
 Shugart stumbled backwards and struck case of whisky which the negro porter was unpacking in the middle of the floor. He stumbled and then some young man ran in to him. The young fellow kept skipping at the revolver to keep 1t away from him and they had a tussle of few seconds Shugart then ran out of the side door on Morris avenue. Just as he reached the back door he fired third shot. which struck oyer the ton of the fixtures"
 BondhoIzer's Friend Talks.
 Arthur Gladhlll, friend of the wounded man, who lives on Third avenue adjoining | the Bijou theatre, was standing talking with him in the cigar part of the saloon. He,made statement as follows: 'Bondholzer had been at my house and we walked down the street together We went into the bar and got a drink. and then went into the .vestibule where the cigar stand is. We talked for about fif- teen minutes and, in fact, we were so much interested that neither of us saw this man or anyone else come in. The first I knew was when the shot was fred I turned around and the second shot was fred I saw Bondholzer fan and I caught | him in my arms, and laid him on the floor. The man who did the shooting ran out of the back door
 "As far as I know neither of us had seen Shugart last night and we did not know him. We did not say d word to him and there was no trouble. l have known Bondholzer fos long time, and cannot imagine him getting into trouble. He was very quiet and never had any diff fculty with any one.'
 M. Levys Statement.
 MT. Levy, proprietor of the saloon, was standing behind the cigar stand on the opposite side of the store from Gladhill and Bondhozer. He had his back turned when the first shot was fred but saw | the second. He said
 .The first intimation that there was any trouble was when the first shot was fired. I turned and saw the second one fired. It was towards the ground, and the bullet entered the showcase just in front or l where I was standing.
 "Bondholzer and Gladhill had been standing over on the other side of the place talking intently for about fifteen minutes The former was facing towards 1 the back of the saloon but was standing nearest the door and Twentieth street. Gladhills was standing with his face towards Twentieth street and his back was towards the rear of the saloon. did not hear anything said, and do not know any reason for the shooting 1 L. c. Contell,s railroad man, had the scuffle with Shugart and the pistol struck him on the head He says he was attempt ing to keep from being shot when Shu- | gart fell over the case of whisky. D. Evans, another railroad man and friend | of Contell, saw him as he received a blow | on the head with the pistol. E. F. Pierce says he saw Shugart run out of the back | door They had been standing in the rear | of the bar.
 It is said that Shugart and two other men were walking down Twentieth street | together and that one of them pushed Shugart against a pile of small buckets containing oyster shells which were on the sidewalk He stumbled and fell on the ground, and got up very angry. It was impossible last night to find these two men who are said to have been with l him After he got up it is said he walk 1 ed to the saloon and went in and ordered | the drink.
 Shugart 23 Years Old. | Roland Shugart is 23 years old and a member of the law firm of Shugart, Bell ' & Shugart. He is married and lives on | Eleventh avenue between. Twenty-second and Twenty-thrd streets, north He is well known in the city, Last night an effort was made to get statement from him in the city jail but it was impossi- ble to secure one. He did not make any statement at all after he was arrested. 1 He has retained M. M. Ullman as one of his attorneys, and MT. Ullnan would l neither make statement nor allow his client to do so.
 Bondholzer lives in East Birmingham. ! He is brother-in-law of Alderman John c. Forney. He is unmarried and has no relatives in the city except his sister. He is said by several friends, and by MT. Forney, to be very quiet man. | Dr. Cunningham Wilson performed the | operation at the hospital, but was una | bIe to find the bullet It was stated at l the hospital this morning that Bondhol- ger could not possibly live, although he | might finger a day or two.