The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
SHOOTING AFFRAY
 IN WILLIAM SALOON Joe Hooper Shoots and &c., riously Wounds Carl Bubie BUBIE MAY NOT RECOVER A General Quarrel Seems to Have Pre- ceded the Shooting, In Which
 Hooper Was Injured.
 He Is In Jail.
BUBIE MAY NOT RECOVER

Ensley, February S.-(Special.)-In what seemed to have been d general row at Wylam this evening at o'clock, Joe Hooper shot and in all probability fatally wounded Carl Bubie in front of Mentz Bros. saloon In a quarrel prior to the shooting Hooper had been badly beaten up in a three-cornered quarrel tt Dave McCorey's saloon, in which he. James and Fleming Vance are said to have been engaged. The men had started to Mentz Bros saloon and were in the act Of entering the front door when Hooper ran behind the counter. secured revolver be- bullet entering MT. Bubie's stomach and inhicting a bad wound.
 Hooper was arrested by Chief of Police Walker of Wylam and brought to Ensley, where his wounds were attended to by Dr. E. T. Fields He received two cuts on the head and a stab in the side. Bubie was carried to the St. Vincents hospital, where an operation was performed tonight at II o'clock The bullet penetrated the gall bladder and the intestnes and lodged somewhere in the bowels. Little hopes are
 
 blacksmith at the Ensley Steel plant and Rubie is a miner.
 Hooper was carried to Birmingham by Deputy Sheriff Clinton Eubank and lodged in the county jail, warrant being sworn out by w. l.. Shoemake, charging him with an assault with intent to mur- der.
 The details of the shooting are very lna xryit, Of ha renee were unable to tell much about it. The affair seems to be very much mixed up.
 Deputy Sheriff Eubank stated the fol- lowing about the shooting: Tt appears that Jim Vance, Fleming Vance and Joe Hooper had engaged in a row at Dave McCorey's saloon. They had been separated and had started in the di- rection of Mentzs saloon when Hooper rushed into Mentzs, obtained revolver, went to the door and opened fire, shoot ing Bubie in the stomach. Some say that Hooper was shooting at the Vances and others say that he aimed at Bubie."
 W. A. Mentz, in front of whose saloon the shooting occurred, said:
 "The first I knew of any trouble was when Hooper rushed behind my counter and secured my revolver, which was lying near the register. l started after him, at the same time calling nm to put down the revolver. When he reached the door he fired, the load hitting MT. Bubie. The revolver was a 3S caibre Colts If the men had had any difficulty In my place knew nothing of it.'
 owing to Hooper's physical condition, caused by the wounds he received, he was unable to give any intelligent account of the shooting other than to say that he had done nothing wrong and that he acted In self defense.
 Miller May Be Assistant.
 It is understood that the newly appoint ed postmaster. J. w. Clayton. will ap- point l. A Miller as assistant postmaster While MT. Clayton has declined to con- firm or deny the report 1t is generally conceded dthat Mir Mill/e will be offered the place.
 MT. Miller was formerly assistant post master of the Ensley office for several years and filled the place with much credit He is popular with the patrons of the office and his appointment will meet with general approval.
 Mir Clayton will take charge as soon as his commission is received. which w probably be in the next few days. He has been a resident of this city for sev- eral years. having been born in Kentucky and resided in Brooklyn during the greater portion of his life.