The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-25
Grlhin,s Statement.

"I heard yesterday that Hudson and
Watkins were lolling for me and intended
licking me when they saw me- I heard
that watkins told Hudson that l said
that he GIudson) had been a rat in At
lanta before he Joined the union
81 have never made any such statement
and have always considered Watkins and
Hudson as friends of mine and especially
Hudson. Yesterday afternoon Hudson
met me and told ME that he had heard
that made remarks about him. | denied
this and said that that was lie. Later
we met in front of the Age-Herald office
and the matter came up again. lie
abused me about the matter and said
that he was going to lick me right away
He was bigger man than l was and had
two other men with him, and | told him
that he might lick me, but l would fight
him.
"Fe then struck me and I drew my
pocket knife and we scuffled half way
across the street ! cut him, but don't
know when / did it, I was SO excited.
! was cut myself across the hand and the
Joint of my thumb is almost severed,
II am sorry that the trouble came up.
hope Hudson will live for | dislike to
get mixed up in an ARRAY. | was afraid
they would lick me and | defended my
self
81 have always thought a great deal
of Hudson and considered him one Of my
best friends.
"After l had cut Hudson yesterday he
knocked me down twice. He hit me sew
eral times about the head and the face"
After the Cutting.
After Hudson had been cut he walked
to the office of DR.. w. T. Berry, 11Slz
| North Nineteenth street, where the flow
of blood was stopped long enough for
him to be taken to the EIilman hospital
lie was taken to the hospital in the am
bulance of the Gaudin company, where
the physicians worked on him several
| hours.
Ed H. Black. union printer, arrested
Griffin just after the cutting. Griffin
stated to him that he intended surrender
ing and was going to police headquarters
to do so. The two walked part of the
way to the station and met Policemen
Baker and Dlsheroon, and Black turned
| Griffin over to them.
E. n. Blacks Statement.
| Black stated last night:
"The trouble was over something that
| Griffin said about Hudson. I saw Grif-
fin on Second avenue just as the cutting
ARRAY was over and grabbed him. | told
him that I was going to have him locked
up and he said that it was all right; that
he intended surrenderins. He, however,
tried to pull away from me, but | held
him and kept hold of him until [ turned
him over to the policemen"
| Hudson lives at East Lake and has a
wife and one child. He is well thought of
by the other printers in the city and was
| considered a quiet and peaceable man.
Griffin lives with his mother and sisterg
| at 2l27 Eighth avenue. and was also popu-
| lar with the printers in the city. From
what can be learned of him he was quiet
and a peaceful man. He was not allowed
bail last night.
| DR.. Berry stated this morning about
o'clock that the wound was exceedingly
dangerous, but that he was hopeful lie
said:
Until an hour ago I would not have
given much for Mr.. Hudson's chances. Ev-
cry muscle, artery and blood vessel on one
side of his head was severed except the
oerotid and the knife missed that by
some miracle.
"The best way I can explain the wound
is that the knife severed one half of Mr..
Hudson's head. The wound extends about
10 inches and is clean to the bone 1t was
upward and backward and in that way
missed the cerotid artery otherwise it
would have been absolutely impossible to
save him"