The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-06
 DIES OF WOUND Three Arrests Grow Out
 of Tragedy. BEDS0LE THE THIRD MAN Glass Brothers Are Held at
 Police Headquarters. West End Feels Deep Sorrow at Loss of n Good Citisen-Hearing of
 Arrested Men Not

Morris l.. Rutherford, who was shot and fatally wounded by J, D. Glass, a
 young lineman, at a dance in West
 End Saturday night, died at 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning.
 A charge of murder was registered |against J. D. Glass who is confined in
 the city prison. His brother, George
 Glass; carpenter, is also in the prison,
 being held under suspicion of com
 plicity in the homicide.
 Frank Bedsole, young white man,
 who was with the Glass boys at the
 time of the shooting, was yesterday arrested by Mounted Patrolmen Cowl-
 ing and LaPrade. He is charged with
 complicity in the alleged murder and carrying a concealed pistol. The ar rest was made on Factory Row, near the scene of Saturday nights tragedy. Young BedsoIe Arrested. Young Bedsole, when arrested, was seated on a porch of one of the houses conversing with some young women. On his person was found a revolver. The warrant for Bedsole was sworn out by R. G. Gregory. As yet no war rant has been sworn out before mag istrate.s It is understood that this will be done today and that the young men will be transferred to the county jail until their preliminary hearing. Rutherford, boiler maker, it will be remembered, was shot in front of the residence of James Millner, at 3 Factory Row, where a dance was in progress. Three daughters of Ruther- | ford were at the dance. It is said that the Glass brothers were cursing- outside the house and that Rutherford went out to quiet them, when a fight ensued. Two shots were fired and Rutherford fell mortaIly wounded as his daughters
 and the other young people rushed out l of the house from the scene of merri- ment.
 There is a conflict of statements as to who fired the fatal shot. J. D. Glass stood there with a smoking re- volver in his hand. His brother, George Glass, was also in the fight. At'Police Headquarters J. D. Glass. who is IT years old, and lineman, said he did the shooting. He was arrested some time before the police captured his brother. George Glass, 19 years old. Rutherford died with & statement on his lips that he was shot by George Glass-"the red-headed one.' This dying declaration of the boiler maker may play an important part in the trial of the Glass brothers, who are sons of Charles R. Glass, respected coal
 dealer of West End, living at 3o4 May Street.
 That Dying Stntement. The police do not attach much i'm portance to the dying statement of
 Rutherford. They do not believe he
 was capable of making a rational
 statement as to the tragedy. It is pointed out. however, that Rutherford in his statement was explicit in de-
 scribing the man who shot him as ''the red headed one," which description fits George Glass.
 It is believed that both of the Glass boys were planning to leave Montgom- cry when they were arrested and 1t Is pointed out that J. D. Glass, who was first arrested may have confessed the
 shooting in the hope that his brother would get away and that subsequent developments would cause his release. There was sorrow and excitement yesterday among the operatives of the Peoples Cotton Factory. It was not | the usual quiet Sabbath in Factory
 Row. The men stood In groups and discussed the tragedy. Each man i1ad
 his own particular theory of how the killing occurred and he gave his
 neighbor the benefit of his reasoning. Sorrow fin West End. At 19 Factory Row there was deep sorrow. MT. Rutherford was a popular
 man and the hearts of the people of the ineighborhood went out to his three orphan daughters. Many of the neigh
 bors visited the home of the deceased and expressed their sorrow.
 l Members of the various Montgomery
 lodge of Odd Fellows took charge of
 the remains and the body will be in
 tered with all the honors of Odd Eel | lowship.
 | MT. Rutherford was a member of the ITallassee Lodge of CSid Fellows and
 took a great interest in the order. 1 The funeral will take place this af- ternoon at 3 o'clock from the late
 home of the deceased 19 Factory Row. Rev. Walter M. Crawford pastor of
 the First Cumberland Presbyterian
 church will of1ciate.