The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-05
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In the cottage surrounded by sur geons and police officers. the wounded breath he whispered: George shot me instead of J. D.-the red-headed
 It Is said that later in the night he What ss Hne Ss S the stass ment was no one will know until the preliminary hearing of the Glass boys.
 Young Glass; still holding in his from the scene with his brothers and friends and went directly to his home. S04 May Street, just across the street from the Adams Cotton factory. shooting soon after it occurred and Officers Avant, McDade, Russell and Carrigan. all in citizens clothes. went as quickly as possible to the scene. Resisted Arrest. A chump of figures was seen by the Glass's home and the officers approach ed quietly. Patrolman Avant had az. rested J. D. Glass on January 1st. and he was the only member of the party Slipping up to Glass. the officers made ready to seize him when he saw them and drew back. His hand flew to his hip pocket and long, ,nickle plated bar Before he could level 1t, Avant twisted the weapon out of his hand. Hardly had 1t dropped to the ground when m Ss bsns sodng the other side. had the arm in the twink1ing of an eye and it also fell harmless to the ground. These weap. ons were picked up by the officers. and the young man was taken in charge while his companions looked helpless ly son and made no resistance.
 That young Glass was just about to leave for parts unknown, is certain a Cf in n mir nf ha say that the boys friends admitted this was true.
 Prisoner UncOncerned.
 When the prisoner confronted the desk sergeant at police headquarters, his face showed little or no corncern and he seemed apparently ignorant of the enormity of his crime. He an- swered the questions asked him readily saying he was IT year sold, was born in Alabama and that his occupation was that of a lineman.
 The charge docketed against his name was suspicion" awaiting develop ments in Rutherford's condition.
 When seen in his cell by an Adverti, readily. He said that he had been asked yesterday morning by Ruther- ford to engage the negro band which was to furnish the music for the dance and that he had told him that he could not stand to lose anything by 1t. He ordered the band, he said, and when he went to the dance last night about S:30 o'clock in company with his two older brothers, Sturgeon Glass. a rhachinist, and George Glass, carpenter, and his friends Walter Boyd and F. J. Bedsole Rutherford met them at the door when he asked if the money had been col lected to pay the musicians, he said Rutherford cursed him and struck him with pair of brass knuckles.
 Says He Was Cursed.
 In relating the at the door the boy varied from this statement later on by saying that as soon as Ruther- ford saw him he said. What do you come in here,"and knocked him off the steps into the road. He followed him up. he said, and got on top of him and choked him. His brother remon- strated with Rutherford about beating a boy of his size but Rutherford would
 ' 1T a's'i tore the poclet of my coat in get ting my pistol out. and when I did get 1t out I shot him in the side,'' said young Glass coldly. shot him in self-defense. What would you do if you were my size and man was on you choking your
 Glass is small for his age, but his face shows determination. Although he spoke of Rutherford striking him in the head and on the forehead with brass knuckles, no skin showed broken or bruised. The boy said that he came to Mont gomery several months ago with his parents and brothers when the family moved here from Tallassee. He was employed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway and the Western Union Tele- graph Company in Atlanta as a line man up to about two weeks ago. he said, when he received a fall from a pole and was allowed a months leave | with pay in which to recover from its | effects.
 T came. home to spend that time IyxyffI TnNy fn1l lyo hn o6A lN | though refiecting on his trouble. It was evident from the flushed face of the prisoner that he had been drink | ing. He said that he had never had any previous trouble with Rutherford and considered him his friend. George Glass Arrested. At 1925 o'clock this morning mount | ed patrolmen located George Glass, one of the brothers who was present at the shooting, and arrested him for com plicity in the crime.
 peculiar phase of the tragedy is that after J. D. Glass's admission that statement which he was told might be his last said that George Glass and not J. D. Glass shot him.
 All the witnesses and the Glass brothers declare that J. D. Glass did the shooting.
 George Glass is 19 years old and is carpenter. He was confined in a cell charged with suspicion pending the
  the wounded man dies from the pistol shot. both boys will be charged with murder.
 The police are of the opinion that Rutherford was not in control of his faculties when he made the statement regarding George Glass, although the matter will be left for the coroner to decide should Rutherford die.
 George Glass was found at the home of a friend in the new factory row, just few doors from the home of the dying man. He had gone to bed when he was arrested. He denied having shot Rutherford and had no pistol when arrested.
 The two pistols taken from J. D. Glass were 3S calibre improved Smith and Wesson revolver and a A calibre Colts pistol. Four exploded cartridges and one unused shell were with this weapon that the shot or shots were fired.
 Scene at Deathbed.
 When representative of The Adver- tiser reached the bedside of Ruther- ford, the ashiness of death had spread over his once ruddy face, the rattle of death was in his throat. His lips would never articulate another sem tence.
 eXamined. In the adjoining room could be heard the sobs of women. At l o'clock the surgeons quit the bedside. Their work was done. Nothing but Providence could save the life of Nor ris Rutherford
 Outside of the house a throng of the neighbors, men, women and children stood In bated breath they spoke of the shooting.
 Sentiment on Factory Row is against~