The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
OFFICER NELSON
 SHOOTS JAS. MANN Both Men Exchange Several Shots Officer Uninjured MAN SHOT WILL RECOVER  EnsIey Officer, In Trying to Keep Order In Saloon After Midnight, Has
 Trouble With the Bar
 keeper.
MAN SHOT WILL RECOVER

Ensley August S.-(Special )--James Mann, bartender in Mcvay's saloon on Seventeenth street, was shot twice by Police Officer G. D. Nelson at 1 o'clock this morning in the saloon
 Mann was not seriously wounded. One shot entered the chin and glanced down. ward, made two or three separate wounds in the neck. The ball finally lodged against the collar bone The other shot entered the hand. making a painful but not dangerous wound
 He was carried to his home at the cor ner of Avenue D and Eighteenth street. where his injuries were dressed by Dr. Jesse E. Robbins and pr. T. l.. Suggs. He was resting well as could be expected at a late hour this afternoon.
 It is claimed that several shots were fired by both men. The officer was un- injured.
 It is said that Officer Nelspn had warn ed the barkeeper to keep better order in the saloon which is visited by many negroes. The warning had been given the night before and 1t is claimed this morn- ing about o'clock the officer in passing heard cursing and confusion in the sa- loon and stepping inside ordered the bar keeper to suppress the noise.
 It is claimed that the barlSeeper resent ed this interference of the officer and they disputed one word bringing on another until guns were drawn and several shots exchanged. There are conflicting state ments as to who shot first.
 Both men have been put under bonds of $500 each pending an investigation. Off, ficer Nelson has been on the force but a few months.
 Notes and Personals.
 The dance given by the Fortnightly club at Camps hall tonight was greatly en- joyed by all present.
 Mrs. NJ. A. Vann, mother of the Vann Brothers, furniture dealers of this place, who has been quite sick for some days, at her home at East Highlands, Pratt City, is improving.
 Mrs. H. V. Shearer and little daughter are visiting Mrs. J. B. Chamblee at Min eral Springs.
 Mrs Robert Murray. who has been spending a few weeks visiting relatives and friends at Attalla, Ala, returned home last night
 Mr and Mrs. G. D. Smiley left last night for Kentucky, where they will spend some time visiting friends and relatives.
 Robert E. Bozeman has moved into his new residence on Palmer terrace.
 Mrs. Maddox of Kansas City is spend ing some time with her daughter, Mrs. Stewart, on Avenue D, between Nine teenth and Twentieth streets.
 Mrs. A. D. Wells, who has been sick for several days, is improving.
 The finance committee of the city coun- cil met at the city hall this afternoon at 80 o'clock and audited the accounts of the city for the past month.
 Dr. S. H. Mann has gone to New York, where he will take post graduate course in medicine.
 James Tollett, an employe of the steel plant, was painfully hurt yesterday by falling from a crane in the mill. He was carried to the Cunningham hospital where his injuries were dressed. He received a severe bruise about the temple which, though very painful, will not prove serl- ous.
 W. H. Davis, general time keeper at the steel works, nas returned from two weeks trip to Cleveland, o.