The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-11
MEN QUARREL AND
SHOOTING RESULTS
Edgar Wallis Dangerously Hurt
by Tim 0'fIinn
JOHN PORTS FOUND DEAD
Well Known Young Man of Selma
Accidentally Shoots Himself
While Drinking at
Bladen Springs.

Selma, July i0.z-(Special Last night
about o'clock Tim O'Flinn shot and
seriously wounded Edgar Wallis. Both
are young men and both are married.
Both also conduct hack lines In the city
Mr.. Wallis was sitting In front Of NJ. j.
Meyers livery stable when Mr.. OF1inn
came up and charged him with having
caused warrant to be sworn out, allleg
ing that O'F'linn was running his hacks
without paying the license. Mr.. Wallis
denied having been the instigator of the
warrant and Mr.. O'F'linn is said TO have
called him liar twice, whereupon Mr..
Wallis truck him and the two men passed
many blows.
Just about the time that bystanders in
terferred Mr.. O'Flinn is said to have
stepped back a pace and fired. The
wounded young man was carried to the
Selman infirmary, where an operation was
performed. The ball was not found 1t
not being deemed advisable to make fur
Their search for 1t after ascertaining that
none of the intestnes were cut. Today
Mr.. Wallis is resting well with many
hopes for his recovery.
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police authorities and was turned over
by them to the sheriff. He is now in jail
awaiting the results of the wound in
flicted.
Accidentally Killed.
Saturday night word was received in
the city of the death of John Ports, a
we'll known Selma young man during
that day at Baden Springs, this state.
There were no particulars given of the
cause of death in the message received
at late hour Saturday night and it was
not until this morning that it was gen
orally known that he had accidentally
shot himself.
Mr.. Ports had been Ill for more than
year. He had spent a tedious time in
hospital in Mobile and his mother was
In receipt only Saturday of a letter in
| forming her of the practical recovery of
her son. Before returning to the city the
young man decided to visit an uncle at
| Fladen Springs. Saturday morning he
| About o'clock he was found dead be-
side spring In his right hand was
cnched a tin dipper, and the load had
entered unuer MS GILL; causing prdcllcdlly
| instant death. The indications pointed to
Mr. Ports having held the gun in his
arms with the butt resting on the ground
| and in leaning over to get a dipper of
| water from the spring the trigger was
| IN some manner pulled, the whole load
| entering under the chin.
| Tax Commissioner Raising Values.
| Back Tax Commissioner Barker has
| cited several hundred citizens of Dallas
/ county to appear before the court of
| county revenues and show cause why
] their valuations should not be raised. The
| curt has set certain days for each OF
| che four divisions of the county and
each day is now occupied in lengthy ses-
s'ans of the court. The commissioners
/ seem disposed to make raises where there
is shown a difference in values of near
| by tracts of property. They are willing ia
| equalize values but are not inclined ID
make any lateral raise on general prin>
/ ciples
Personal and General.
| Mrs T. e. Gary and children have re-
| turned after a pleasant visit to relatives
in Birmingham.
Mrs H. A. Dansby and daughter, Miss
Aielene. have returned from a visit to
| Canada and others points.
] Mrs N Waller, who has been spending
some time in North Carolina, returned
| home last night. Mr. Waller went to At
| lanta to meet her.
| Miss Ida Roff Jarvis. after a pleasant
/ visit to Chronicle and Montgomery, has
| returned to her home in this city.
| J. e. Goson has accepted a position
with the Louisville and Nashville rail-
| road at Pensacola.
The negro Jerre HARRISON who was cap
| tured and charged with robbing a freight
car at Stanton on the Southern railway
on the preliminary trial admitted his
| guilt and implicated others. He was
| tried before Justice of the Peace Gardner
| at Maplesville.
r. D. Shruptirne Of Stafford was visitor
| to the city today.