The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-10
LEHMAN KILLING SUBJECT OF TALK Many Rumors Are AAoat in
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Selma, January 9-(Special) l)-The talk of the streets today has been the killing Of Mir. II. Beiman, which occurred yes terday in his store on Broad street, death having resulted from a pistol shot fired by MT. Walter Lawrence, a clerk in the store.
 There have been hundreds of rumors and counter-rumors afloat linking the name of the young man. in whose hands 1 the pistol was when the shooting took place, and that of Mrs. Beiman, the wife of the dead man. MT. Lawrence had room at the Beiman home. The direct accusation of wrong doing on the part of the couple was made by the wounded man as he lay on the floor l of the store, shortly after the shoot l ing. MT. Beiman is a Russian Jew and 1 it was in the language of his native
 land that he told S. Eagle that the man who had shot him had been intimate
 with his wife for three years past He
 stated further that he was going to die and that he wanted his brothers, sister 1 and mother to have his property, eX-
 cept 5000 life insurance which he had 1 in favor of his chlIuren. A gentleman
 who had spent some time in Germany l and is able to converse to some ex- tent in that language corroborated MT Eagles statement of much that was said to him by the dying man.
 While lying on the flood MT. Beiman said in broken English: What for he shoot me? I will die He want to marry my wife" Mir Lawrence, who was helping the physicians to attend the in- tured man, replied: MT. Beiman, you know I never shot you purposeiy.
 It was MT. Lawrence who hastened for help for the injured man and did all in his power to assist the physicians To friends and Chief of Police Walters, when arrested, MT. Layrence said that the shooting was purely accidental. That he had his own and Mir. Beiman's pistol out cleaning them. That he was going to Autauga county Monday to collect some bills that were due. Mir Beiman came in the office and asked him for the note of customer which was due Monday, and that holding the pistol in his left hand he went to the desk to get the pa pers Mir. Beiman standing by his side and that it was discharged In some man ner, he Gawrence) not knowing that there was a load in the pistol.
 The store was visited by Officer White and Mir. Eagle yesterday afternoon and the two pistols were found on the desk. There was but one shell In either of them and that had been discharged.
 There will probably arise considerable l legal contention over the estate of the dead man. The keys of the store was yesterday turned over to MT. s. Eagle as | he seemed a friend of the injured man. 1 Late yesterday afternoon upon the ad-
 vice of friends and her attorney Mrs. Beiman demanded and secured the keys
 to the store. This morning MT. s. Eagle applied for the appointment of a special l administrator of the estate of H. Bei- man. The Probate court appointed s.
 Eagle and w. B. Craig as special admin istrators, requiring them to give bond. Whether or not MT. Beiman left will is not known. though it is reported that he did
 The household servants and neighbors have been summoned to appear as wit nesses in the preliminary examination
 which has been set for o'clock Friday morning.