The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-21
NEGRO IS SHOT
 BY HIS OWN GUN Had Brought Weapon to Town
 With His Cotton. NEGRO "DUMMY" IN COURT Is Given Ten Days for DisorderIy Con. duct-Crazed By Drink, He Had
 Been Threatening Officers.
 Other Selma News.
NEGRO "DUMMY" IN COURT

Selma November -SpecaD.-Carter Wright. a well-to-do negro living on the Haynes place. near Collrine, suffered serious, ard, perhaps, fatal wound this morning L,l this city from the baleful pra C. tce persisted in by negroes of carrying weaponh with them whenever they leave home
 Wright had brought to the warehouse of tie Gulf Compress company three bales Of cotton, and had gotten down from the ragon, preparatory to unloading it. He reached up and pulled his Winchester rifle toward him, having caught hold of the barrel, when 1t was exploded. the ball entering the front of the shoulder ranging downward, and coming out at the back. A surgeon was summoned and had the negro carried to the city hospital, where he was given attention.
 Sunday School Convention.
 The Dallas County Sunday School asso- citation Is in its thirteenth annual con vention In Selma, the sessions being held at the First Baptist church. The pre- gramme is an unusually interesting one. and there is a large number of delegates
 
 county. Among the visitors of note on hand is Judge Joseph Carthel. formerly of Anniston. who is now field agent for the state.
 Dummy" In Court.
 There was a ludicrous case in Mayors court this morning. In fact, even the Mayor lost his usual equilibrium ana smiled audibly.
 The style of the case was the muuc- ipalty of Selma vs. Dummy" Now Dum- my might mean anybody whose power of speech ana hearing had been lost, but this parhrdlar dummy was d negro who lives agrjss the river. and comes to the city pstJling pine and other woods. MT. V. !~ Ioung, manager for the Palace sa- J. A was the first witness called after the -dayor had entered, on his own account, Il plea of not guilty to the charge of dis orderly conduct, as registered against the name of the negro.
 Mr. Young told how last night in front of his place of business on Washington street he heard a noise like bear groWl- ing, and going to the door, found the negro running after everybody and acting as one crazed. He telephoned for an off cer, and Policeman Barker responded, but after catching hold of the deaf and dunno
  the trouble was, left him. After the off, cer left. the dumb negro searched around in the alley and found a little dehringer, which he picked up and then to a crowd of negroes standing around, he went through a pantomine. pointing the pistol at an imaginary foe, making signs of star on his coat lapel and a club In his hand, then pretending to pull the trigger and the officer falling dead, following the whole with putting his crossed fingers be- fore his eyes as if looking through the bars of the jail, the pantomine saying very clearly that he was going to kill the policeman and go to jail for it. Mir Young aJrin telephoned for the officers, and Offices Blanton and Baker responded They succeeded is arrestng Dummy, but not before he had fought them, and they had tS use their clubs on him
 MT. Young gave his testimony and was about to leave the stand when Chief Wal ters said MT. Mayor. I think the pris- oner wants to ask the witness a question" the officers and others it was ascertained that the negro was drinking, and was very disorderly. The Mayor thereupon de- cided to assess a fine of $5 or ten days Chief Walters then turned to Dummy with his most affidavit expression, and said: "S5 or 10 days for you," and court again was almost broken up.
 The case was a serious one despite it's 1udicrous aspect, as the negro. besides be- ing deaf and dumb Is evidently crazy, or half so, and had not the officers acted quickly he might have shot them