The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-12

not Iouno any one Tn a house more than once.
 street and he shot at me some more."
 At the Jail Meade said:
 Meade's Statement.
 T have nothing to say about the mat ter just now" In reply to question as to who started the difficulty, he con- tinued, T saw Matthews in Stones place and went up to him and asked him to retract certain personal statements that he had made concerning me. This he re- fused to do, and the shooting commenced I do not care to talk further"
 At Davis infirmary laet night Gaddis Hughes said:
 Hughes Statement.
 we three were sitting in Stones at the first table. and%Coke was sitting against the wall Within foot of me Meade pointed the pistol at him and said, Take that back or I will shoot you, and Bishop and myself grabbed at the pis- tol.
 Meade shot once and the ball hit me in the leg. I think Matthews lodged behind me just before the shot was fired Then he ran out on the street and the other shots were fired at him. I did not know that he was hit. walked to Twentieth street, took a cab and went home, and then came over here. think Bishop must have struck the pistol in grabbing for 1t, although I don't know"
 Bishops Account.
 Bishops statement corresponds largely with those of the others. He said:
 ''We were sitting at the first table, and Meade walked up and pointed his pistol at Coke, between me and Hughes. He said he would kill Coke if he did not take back what he had said. and then com menced shooting. had no idea he would shoot He was shooting before I realized exactly what was going on. Coke ran out into the street and other shots were fired. If had realized what was going on might have grabbed the pistol.'
 c. W. Woodall. cashier at Stones, was standing behind the counter about seven feet away. and saw the entire affair He said:
 Cashiers Statement.
 T saw Meade walk up Second avenue totward Twentieth street and look into the store. He walked past the door and then turned around and came back. He walked into the door nearest the cash ier's stand and said, Take back what you said or I will shoot and then com menced shooting. The first shot was fired inside the place, the second as Mat thews ran out of the door nearest Nine teenth street, at which he was sitting. and the other two as he ran down the street After the first shot Meade stepped out on the pavement, going through the same door that he entered the place"
 Deputy Sid Cowan. Joe Smith, a tele- graph operator at the Postal and Grey Huffman, a postoffice clerk, were stand ing on the pavement near Stones and nearly in front of the Peerless One of the shots fired passed between Smith and Cowan, who were standing within a foot of each other They all three state that they were standing there talking when the first shot was fired and that Mat tbews ran towards them and Meade fired three times. after which he was covered with several pistols and surrendered
 Between 800 and 1000 people gathered in a few minutes after the shooting.
 Both Meade and Matthews are promi- nent in the younger society set. and both were reared in Birmingham.
 Assistant to City Treasurer.
 Meade is assistant to the city treasurer, which position he has held for about eighteen months. He has a large number of friends, some of whom were trying to get bond for him last night. Matthews is son of B. P. Matthews of the Bir- mingham Buggy>company.
 Deputy Sheriff Curl will go before Judge I. H. Benners of the inferior court this naOrning and swear out . warrant against