The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
MISS EDWARDS IS
 STILL CONSCIOUS
Condition of Woman Shot by
 Mrs. Kaiser Desperate
MAY PERFORM OPERATION
If Miss Edwards Survives Until Today Surgeons Will Probably Make Ef- fort to Extract Bullet.
 What Kaiser Says.

Miss Nellie Edwards, who was shot Friday afternoon by Mrs. John A. Kali ser, who afterwards committed suicide on a street car, is still living, and if she survives the night. 1t is probable that an operation will be performed today for the purpose of extracting the bullet.
 At best the operation will be very serious one but there is a chance, it is said for Miss Edwards to recover if this operation is successful. It will probably be performed by Drs. B. G. Copeland, Cunningham Wilson and Charles Whe- Ian.
 Miss Edwards remains conscious, all though her body is paralyzed from the pressure of the bullet on the spinal col umn. She realizes the fact that her chances of living are comparatively small but she seems cheerful and does not com plain.
 The remains of Mrs. Kaiser have been carried from the undertaking establish ment of the Gaudin company to the resi- denee of her cousin, Mrs Vollmer, on Twenty-sixth street and Avenue 1, where they VIII De u6lu uIlll lut lulltA al al engagements are made.
 The arrangements will not | announced until a message Is received from the mother of the dead woman, who lives in Pine Bluff, Ark. If she is coming to att tend the funeral the arrangements will not be made until she arrives. If she Is not coming the funeral may take place this afternoon. In that event the inter- ment will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
 Mr Kaiser returned early yesterday morning from his run on the Alabama Great Southern as engineer. He stated that he received the telegram at Fort Payne and that it was a great surprise to him, as he had left his wife Friday morning when. she seemed to be cheerful and all right.
 MT. Kaiser denied that he had made any effort to secure a divorce. He stated that his wife was of a jealous dis position and that she had made threats on her life, but he thought that matter was settled. He said that he had never called on Miss Edwards since he mar rled his wife, and that he would not have been allowed to do so if he had so wished.
 Mir. Kaiser found a letter in his room, left by. his wife, in which she begged that her clothing be sent to Pine Bluff, Ark. and thas she be buried in Bir- mngham. He would not state what else was m the letter. except that his wife said ahe was heart broken.
 There are many who express doubt that the man who accompanied Mrs. Kali ser was a negro. Both Mrs. Edwards and Miss Edwards stated that 1t was a negro, but Street Car Conductor J. w. Myers. on whose car Mrs. Kaiser com mitted suicide, stated that he saw the man with Mrs. Kaiser and that he was well dressed white man. Motorman Wright, who was running the same car, also states that it was a white man, and L. B. Hood who lives at Woodlawn, says that he saw a white man and Mrs. Kaiser walking around Woodlawn and that they attracted his attention by their curious conduct.
 If there was a white man in the case, his identity is entirely unknown, and as yet there is. no trace of such a man Opinion is divided as to whether he was white or colored.