The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01

Ing youngster that ,. D GIass is. His
 dress Is not near so elaborate, although
 tho older brother has never been in
 jail He s the typical cotton mill man.
 but he, too, has voice that had more than a little sorrow in it's information and he was as naturally polite and gentle as any gentleman to the manor born.
 "Looking For Trouble, Yesterdays session of the court was
 a ceaseless grind with few enlivening features. The States attorney showed that Glass and Bedsole, having armed themselves. went to the Miner house,
 to use slang expression. looking for trouble"
 At the door of the Milner house, where neighborhood dance was go- ing on, Glass inquired for man named pPrice,' whose identity was never dis closed who. he claimed. had maltreat- l ed him previously in the evening. Mil ner told him he was not in but as , Glass continued to use profanity. he
 was asked to leave the premises. Glass replied with threat to kill Milner, drawing his revolver. He said that he was going to take the music away from the dance or stand his ground. ] In the meantime Rutherford appeared | VII tUe SCeHt. hutnGF1CEu ndu tEEee daughters in the merry throng within and he told Glass to cease his pro- fanity out of respect to them. Glass became angered and threatened to kill Rutherford at the same time pulling for his gun. Rutherford was on him in second. With the strong arm of the boilermaker he pinioncd the young mans pistol hand to the ground to which he showed him. While the men
 were in this position, Bedsole inter- rupted. Throwing his gun on Ruther- ford he commanded him to rise from Glass or he would blow his brains out. When Rutherford rose, Glass fired twice. One of the shots proving fatal. On tho other hand the evidence ot the defendant showed that Rutherford angered with the disturbance outside rushed impetuously from the house and struck Glass unawares and had him on the ground when Glass fired to save his life.
 First State Witness. The first witness called by the State was James Milner, factory operative. in front of whose house the killing oc- cured.
 He testified that Glass went to the dance and asked him If a man named Price was in the house. Miner replied that. he was not and asked the young defendant why. He tried to run over me down the road he is reported to have said. Glass then turned to Bed sole and asked him to give him his other gun. The boy had already dis played one, gun. Miiner asked Glass to go in the house and behave himself.
 The defendant, according to the wit ness, continued disorderly and Milner ordered him out of the house. The youth replied thatSjf he went he was - sure the music would go with him" Milner replied firmly that he would have to go. Glass threatened to kill the witness& and cursed his son when he interfereM During the con- versation, the witness said, Glass ap- piled the vilest epithets to both the witness and his son.
 Rutherford then appealed and told Glass that he had daughters in the house and he would have to quit CUTS ing. The witness testified that Glass turned and cursed the man he killed and threatened to take his life. As he uttered the threat, Glass made for his gun. Rutherford sprang for the boy and grasped the hand that had clutch ed the revolver. He showed him down. Bedsole rushed up and told Rutherford that lie would kill him if he didn't let Glass up. The older man arose. Just as he did so, Glass, while still lying down, fired he pistol, His first shot went wild. The next one entered the right side Of Rutherford and passed through the body. He fell and both boys ran.
 Millner was closely 'cross-examined in reference to distances.He denied any special activity in the case. and denied that he had been in a caucus to lynch the boys.
 Miner said that there were several men nearby at the time of the killing. Rutherford, he said, weighed between 15O and 160 pounds and was a boiler maker.
 The efforts of the defendants coun- sel to confuse Miner proved unavail-