The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
DEFENDS BROTHER WITH 4 REVOLVER Miss Cumi Paris Draws Pistol
 on John CoIIey DAUGHTER OF CORONER Warrants and Counter Warrants as Result of Trouble Between Fam
 lilies In Vegetable Garden
 at Green Springs.
DAUGHTER OF CORONER

You shoot my brother and I'll shoot you" are the words credited to pretty Miss Cumi Paris as she is said to have raised revolver and pointed it at John Colley. The scene was in the garden of | the home of Joseph Colley, the son of John Colley, and MT. Colley, Sr., is said | to have had a gun drawn on Leo Paris. son of Coroner W. D. Paris, and brother of the young woman who was taking his part.
 l As a result of the trouble warrants and | counter warrants have been sworn out | against nearly every member of the two families No arrests were made although an emergency call was made on the po- | lice department and Policemen Ray and Elledge responded. They considered it a civil case, and so advised the families, but it has assumed critical aspect, Cor | oner Paris having sworn out warrant against MT. Colley for carrying concealed weapons, and MT. Colley having made I similar charge against Miss Cumi Paris.
 The coroner did not stop when he sworc out warrant against MT. Colley. Add- tional warrants were sworn out against Joseph Colley, charging abusive and in- sulting language to Mrs. Paris; Miss Catherine Coley, for abusive language; Miss Jessie Colley abusive language, and Mrs. Sallie Baker, neighbor of the Coi- | ley family, for abusive language and tres- pass.
 | While the coroner was swearing out warrants Mir Colley and his son were not idle. Besides charging Miss Cumi Paris with carrying a concealed weapon, MT. Colley has sworn out warrants against the coroner, his wife, Miss Gertrude Paris and Leo Paris, charging them with trespass. No time has been set for the trial of the case, but interesting deyel- opments are expected.
 Up to the time of the trouble both families, who live near each other at Green Springs, have been on the best | of terms As coroner of Jefferson county | MT. Paris is widely known. His family and the family of MT. Cooley stand high in the community. MT. Colley conducts a | prosperous business.
 Caused By Vegetables. The trouble was caused over the possess sion of vegetables in a garden in the rear | of the old Green homestead at Green Springs. It was in this garden that the controversy occurred.
 According to Coroner Paris his lease on the place, which he sub-let to J. r. Birch field expired October 1, and he decided not to renew it. He heard, that Joseph Colley had leased it, and says he went to him about the vegetables on a portion of the ground which he had retained for him. | self as garden.
 q did not want to cut the corn and | beans down at that time," said the cor- | oner yesterday ''and asked Mir. Coley to l let them remain on the place until about | the middle of October. He agreed and l told him to tell his family to as l many as they cared for. I thought no more of the matter until I was informed l Thursday night that my wife had been told to stay out of the garden, which is fenced off from the regular garden of the premises. I called on MT. Colley the same | night to get an explantion, reminding him that he had agreed about the middle of | September to let the vegetables remain there as my property. His answer was not satisfactory and I told my family to go there Friday and get them out l wrote note to MT. Colley, telling him of their intention The next heard was the story of the trouble in which MT. Colley threat ened to shoot my boy and my daughter protected him."
 Colley's Statement.
 Mr. Colley last night gave his version of the affair.
 My son made no agreement with Mir Paris. In fact the vegetables are not worth anything like the trouble they have caused. Why MT Paris had turned a horse, or ordered it turned into the garden before Mrs. Paris was ever asked to keep away. We assumed by this that he did not value anything there. After he explained the circumstances to Mrs. Paris Thursday I told my son to go to Bessemer and look after my business there and we (my wife and family) would look after his wife, who is i'll. When I saw the Paris family in the garden Friday took my revolver ill hand and walked out The boy was in the act of cutting down stalk of corn and l told him that if he proceeded he would do so at his peril. It was then that Miss Paris displayed revolver and the whole thing ended in a fiasco."
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