The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-27
WALTER HILL KILLS
HIS GRANDMOTHER
Want to Send His Wife TO ST.
Louis
NEGROES STEAL TWO HAMS
Magnificent New Elks' Home at Selma
Is Thrown Open to the Public
and Many Visit the
Place.

Selma, October 26-(Special. )-Resenting
interference in his family affairs, Walter
HILL young negro janitor at the court
house, shot through the doo- of the house
OF his wife's grandparents on Pope's Hill
this morning and fatally wounded Ann
Hunter, the grandmother. and slightly
wounded Elder Edward Hunter, the
grandfather.
J Hill is a good negro, standing high with
all who frequent the court house, and 1t
! Is thought by those who know him that
his provocation must have been great to-
commit the deed. 1t seems that the
mother Of Hilrs wife is living in St Louis
and that she has wanted her daughter to
visit her, but instead of sending the
money direct for her to come on she sent
1t to Elder Hunter. Hill has not wanted
his wife to go to st. Louis, and this morn
Ing he alleges he found out that Hunter
and his wife were planning to send her
anyway lie went over to the house of the
latter and a quarrel ensued.
Hunter who is a tall negro preacher
Of the A. M. e. Zion persuasion, put
Hill out of the house and the latter as
he reached the door pulled his pistol and
fired twice, one Of the bullets grazing the
door as 1t was being shut, the other pass
ing through the wood. Both found Iodg-
ment In the person of Ann Hunter, who
is about sixty-five years of age one of
them first grazing the lip of her husband,
Elder Hunter. One of the bullets made
only a flesh wound in the woman's Shout
der. but the other ranged lower and pen
etrated the lungs, lodging against the
spinal column. Hill gave himself up to
Sheriff Blackwell.
Stole Two Hams.
Sam Moore and his brother VIII gave
the police department something of di-
version last night. Sam was discovered
with two hams in his possession as he
walked along the treet and was halted
upon suspicion. While being carried back
to the store where he Is employed as
porter he threw the hams down and gave
the officer leg bail
When the officer returned to the spot
after having failed to catch his prisoner,
he found viii Moore had the two hams
and was walking off with them. The
hams were taken into custody and Will
was allowed to go. Reaching the store
1t developed that both negroes seemed to
be In the conspiracy and a search was in
stituted for both Sam and VIII, and they
were captured later. Sam was caught
just as he was about to board the l a.
m. train for Birmingham.
EIks' Home Opened Formally.
Tonight the Leautiful and commodius
Elks home was thrown open to the men,
bers of the order and their guests. The
affair while making the formal opening
of the building was informal In nature
and gave great enjoyment to the five
hundred persons who attended.
Decorations of bamboo with all the
electric lights shaded with purple shades
made an already handsome building all
the more so, and 1t was quite a revela-
ton to those who had not before seen
me place. Refreshments were served in
the Rathskeller while dancing was in
dulged In on the lodge room floor The
first floor was the scene of the recep-
ton.