The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
FOR KILLING HUSBAND
DALLAS COUNTY NEGREss lIs IN
 JAIL.
Edawrd Moufrie is Dead and His Spouse is Accused of Having
 Fired the Fatal shot.

Edawrd Moufrie is Dead and His speuss is Accused of Having Fired the Fatal Shot. Advertiser Bureau, Selma, Nov. 9th. Edawrd Moutrien coiored, lies dead at his home. one mile south of the city. on the Tipton place. and his wife Alice Moultrie, is in the Dallas coun- | ty jail, held on suspicion that she killed him. #
 Last night about 2 o'clock several negro neighbors of the Moutries heard pistol shot near their house and up- l on investigation found Edward Mou- trie in his house, shot through the | hack of his head. just behind the right ear. A physician was called from the city, and, after an examination. pro- nounced the wound necessarily fatal. The negro died at o'clock this morn ing without regaining consciousness | Sheriff Blackwell went to the scene of the shooting last night. and after ain investigation arrested the woman,
 and placed her in jail.
 The wife's story is that she and her husband were in the city yesterday and he became intoxicated; that on their way home last night, be became
 manageable and she left him and went home alone. Later he appeared at the house shot and told her, as she claims. that he shot himself It has developed that the dead ne- gro was left handed. while the wound | which caused his death was just be- hind the right ear. Other witnesses claim that the shot was fired in the house, and these conflicting state ments caused Sheriff Blackwell to place the woman under arrest. She will have preliminary hearing to- morrow.
 S. s. Sansbury joint car inspector for the Western and Louisville and Nash vile was killed at 4:30 this afternoon by Louisville and Nashville train No. II at the Water Street crossing. Train No. II, approaching Water Street cross- ing became uncoupled and Sansbury went between the coaches to adjust the couplings. The rear detached coach rolled down grade and caught his head between the couplers crushing out his brains. He died almost instantly. The remains were sent to an under taking establishment and will be for warded to Myrtlewood tomorrow where interment will take pace Sansbury came to Selma last July and lived at 513 Selma Street.
 He leaves wife and 2-year- old child. The paving of Church street, be- tween Selma and Dallas streets is
 nearing completion, but the work is
 being retarded on account of the
 scarcity of labor to raise rocks from
 the gravel pit, and getting the gravel
 crushed. Grading between Dallas and
 Fremont, on Church. has commenced
 and this street will be graded to the
 railroad.
 Mayor Atkins states that he ex-
 poets the work to be finished within four months. -.-.'' | Dock Stone. colored. was bound over
 in the Mayors court this morning,
 to await the action of the grand jury,
 on the charge of shooting Cicero
 Craig. another negro. with intent to kill. In addition to this the mayor
 sent six recruits to Captain shanna-
 hans spur brigade" for being drunk
 and disorderly. All are negroes.
 Spot cotton was off one-eighth of a
 cent today and the market was quiet.
 Cotton men attributed the declin{ to
 the heavy movement reported, and a
 decline both in New Orleans and New
 York quotations. Receipts today 496
 bales; shipped 110 bales; total receipts |
 17.S70.
 Selma Confederate Veterans are
 very much interested in the reunion
 to be held in Mobile November 14 and | Is. and a large delegation from Camp
 Jones. will attend. The railroads are
 all advertising a one cent per mile,
 plus twenty-five cents fare. |
 of E. NJ. Medley. corner Mechanic and
 Water streets, is about completed. MT. Medley Is in his eighty-fourth
 year. has been a citizen of Selma for
 over forty years. and Is still actively
 engaged in business.
 | Mrs. Eugene !Bondurant, Mrs. Flu | gene Nonnamacher and Louis Nonna-
 macher, returned to their home in | Uniontown today after a two weeks
 visit with Mrs. Jud Brislin on Church
 street.
 1 W. N. Cox, superintendent, and F. | O. Walsh, master mechanic of the 1 Atlanta and West Point Railroad
 spent the day in the city, looking over
 conditions of their road at this point.
 Mrs. James Koyer of Los Angeles, l California, and Mrs. W. D. Stevenson
 of Meridian. Miss, are visiting their
 mother, Mrs. A. F. Wise. 654 Lauder
 dale street.
 | c. Kirkpatrick, a prominent mer-
 chant and planter of Cahaba. is in the
 city today.
 Mir and Mrs. W. B. Alexander of
 Felix. Perry county. are among today's S
 visitors.
 Miss Reba Walden of Uniontown, is
 visiting Mrs. Nicholson, on Fremont | street.
 Will Haynes of Hayneville, was
 shaking hands with his friends here
 today.
 E. T. Peter an old Selmian. but now
 of Wilton. was in the city today. c. M. Cauheld of Montgomery, spent yesterday in this city. Swan Burnett Is spending the day in
 Montgomery, his old home.
 MT. and Mrs. George Rates of Bir-
 mingham, are in the city UAvUNG cAS MAINE