The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-04
1922. First Avenue.

and told John Jones to hold up his hands, and that then Frank Wynn, who was at the barber shop door, shot at him and he returned the latter's fire. Then Mike Jones commenced shooting, and he (Freiklehus) shot at the whole bunch.
 Mike Jones states that he asked FreilSle- hus about the fight and that the latter told him he would find out about it at headquarters at the same time lingering the pistol under the counter; that he told him he was not after any trouble, but wanted to find out about the difficulty. That about that time his brother John Jones came in and Freiklehus called to him to throw up his hands, that Freikle- hus then turned the pistol on him (Mike Jones) and commanded him to throw up his hands; that he told him he wouldn't do it; that he would die first, and that Freiklehus then shot him, the ball passing through the shoulder of his coat and graz ing the skin That he then commenced shooting at Freiklehus and the latter lodged behind the counter still pulling his trigger, and that he (Jones) leaned over the counter and tried to shoot him. Officer Smith, who reached the scene shortly after the first shots were fired, states that he did not find any pistol in John Jones possession, and that he did not see Frank Wynn in the saloon. There
 was only one pistol in Mike Jones' pos session, and Freilxlehus had only one. Who fired the other shots Is the mystery Wynn declares that he was not in the
 saloon at the time of the shooting and no one has been found except Freklehus that claims to have seen him.
 Warrants had not been made out for
 John Jones and Jay Freeman and the
 Mayor after hearing the testimony this
 morning ordered warrants for their ar
 rest and held up his decision until hear
 ing the evidence in that case tomorrow
 morning.
 May Sue the Railroad.
 The selmans who spent the night in
 the woods on the Southern train that was wrecked near Marion Wednesday | afternoon may sue the Southern railway | for damages Hon. Watkins Vaughan. who was a mer.ber of the late constitu- 1 tional convention, and who was one of | the number, is out in a signed communi- ! cation to a local paper denouncing the | negligence of the railroad officials as hardly less than criminal and stating that | the matter of recourse at law was being | looked into. MT. Vaughan claims that the | engine and two cars of the train came | to Selma and returned with the wrecking | train and that no coaches were brought 10 transfer the passengers and carry | them to the city, that the regular pas | senger train was stopped within two | miles of them and remained there all l night, coming back to town next morn | ing. There were a number of ladies in | the party and there is much criticism indulged in over the keeping of the party fifteen hours on the road with communi- cation established between the wreck and Selma.
 Claims Father Deserted Him. After Mayors court adjourned this
 morning two dirty and ill-kept boys, one a white boy, the other negro and neither over 8 years of age, were pre- sented before the Mayor for investiga- ton. They were found early this morning asleep in one of tho cotton yards and the negro stated that he had slept there for two nights before and told the white boy about it yesterday afternoon. The white boy gave his name as Frank Me- man In the Southern railway yard here
 until last pay day, when he went to
 Meridian, leaving him in a boarding house. and that he was driven away from the boarding house because he did not have any money to pay his board and his father had not come back The Mayor is making an investigation to see whether the boy ran away from the boarding house or was turned adrift He is an exceedingly bright boy and said that his mother was dead and he lived with his aunt at Calera until his fa- ther brought him to Selma, then left him.