The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
DUEL AL'OUTRANCE
ETowAH DEPUTY RECEIVES CHAL-
 LENGE TO FIGHT.
Man, Who He Arrested Would Settle Affair According to Code Dueilo -Can Name His Own
 wenpOns

Gadsden, June 5--(Special )---Deputy Sheriff W. L. Griffin Is in receipt of challenge for duel to death sent to him by W. A. Burgess. of Champion, Blount County. The challenge came by mail Monday morning and invites Mir Griffin to name the time and place for the fight and the manner of the fight. being allowed to select his own weapons. After announcing his chal- lenge to fight the duel Mir. Burgess says that if he does not accept the challenge he Is coward. The trouble comes from the arrest of Burgess some weeks ago by Mir. Grimm. Bur gess got into some trouble some time ago with q woman over some money and was locked un by the Alabama City police. Later he was turned over to the county authorities and Grimm was the officer who locked him up. On investigation of the affair it was found that there was nothing in 1t. Burgess went to Champion and has since planned the duel
 Major willoughby, right of way agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, was in Gadsden Monday for the purpose of closing deals for right ot way for an l.. and N. spur track from the mountain switch to the fur mace of the Alabama Consolidated Fur mace. It is understood that all of the franchises and rights of way desired II tant addition to the l.. and N will be built in Gadsden- The L. and N has heretofore, depended upon the Southern and Alabama Great Southern for switching facilities. The spur will leave the mountain road north of the Standard Oil Tanks and will run south parallel to the Southern's main line.
 Will Egan. the alleged slayer of Ben Glaze. was captured at Cartersville. Ga. last Friday and was landed in jail in Gadsden Sunday afternoon. Friday, Sheriff Chandler received telegram from the sheriff of Cartersville stat ing that Eagan had been arrested and was being held by the local authorities. Sheriff Chandler went to Gainesville Saturday and returned Sunday with his man. who is now in jail Eagan is charged with killing Ben Glaze, young white man near Burton's bridge in Wills Valley. The killing occurred at the home of Ben Glaze on Saturday night several weeks age. Glaze, Will Amos and Eagan were at the Glaze home late at night and the trouble arose over a girl who has since married Glaze's brother. There was no light in the house al the time of the kill ing and the true story has never been learned At the coroners inquest 1t was stated that Glaze fired shot gun at the door and that some one fired pistol which killed Glaze. Some said WILL AI1OS IlTCQ t4iC StiON anu OtAiOhS say Eagan did the shooting. Both are in the county jail
 Sunday morning at the Second Bap- tist Church the pastor, Rev. J. w. Dun away chose as his subject As a man loves his wife SO ought he to lov. Jesus Christ" He handled the sub feet with great earnestness- He wat very much surprised when MT. Char lev Mariow and Miss Lottie Daffon, al the conclusion of the discourse. came up the aisle to the pulpit and requested that Rev Dunaway unite them in the holy bonds of matrimony, which ne did in most impressive manner MT. Mar low is the only son of T. II. Mariow. d highly respected contractor, and his bride is pretty and accomplished young woman.
 Engineers were at work surveying the site for the rolling mill plant or the Weller Rolling Mill Company Mon- day morning and later in the day en- gineers of the Louisville and Nash vile Railway arrived to piaee tne switches. As soon as the survey IS completed Morris Bros. will begin to sink the foundation for the plant. Messrs. Weller and Harden will per sonally superintend the construction or the plant, the erection of which means much to Gadsden.
 The Marshall County Rural Letter Carriers Association was called to or der in the Odd Fellows Hall at Boaz May 30 at 1 o'clock. by A F. White nresident. An interesting talk was made by the president of the lmpor- tancA of the carriers, and the constitu- ton was then read by the secretary: AIhertviIle and J. K. Beadberry. or Horton. alternates to the State Rural Letter Carriers Association, which meets in Birmingham, in July.