The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-25
.ELV|RA WALKER Is KILLED BY A LAR Body Horribly MangIed Under
 the Wheels WAS GA YEARS OF AGE Ownership of a Hog Is Finally De. clded in Anniston Court-Costs
 Amount to Over Four
 Hundred Dollars.
WAS GA YEARS OF AGE

Anniston. May 24-(Special )-Mrs. El- vira S. Walker. 4 years of age, was run over and instantly killed at Oxford about s o'clock this morning. her head being crushed into pulp, her brains scattered about on the ground
 The accident occurred in front of Mrs. Walkers home near Duncans crossing. Mrs. Walker had gone out across the car tracks to a. meat wagon to purchase the days supply. The electric car was ap- preaching, going towards the lake. The horse attached to the wagon became a little nervous upon the approach of the car and Mrs. Walker. as if to avoid dan ger from the horse and wagon, but with indifference as to the car, turned to re cross the track and return to her house, but from some fatal cause, seemingly un- known, she fell prostrate across the tracks in front of the coming car and was crushed and ground beneath its wheels into a lifeless mass. After stop ping his car, the motorman tainted. Mrs. Walker is survived by six children, E.. A Walker, Kirk Walker, Bynum Walker, Mrs. Holland Wakefield and Mrs. J. P. Wakefield of Oxford. and Timmons Walk CT of Wisconsin.
 Considerable excitement was caused the federal court room yesterday at noon by the fainting of a witness as he was leaving the witness stand. The wit ness was Eglong Avery of Cleburne coun- ty. The attention of a physician soon brought him around.
 Judge T. w Coleman of the city court this morning rendered a decision in favor or the defendant, Frank Tillman, negro in long -drawn-out suit involving the ownership of a certain hog, valued at $l2, the decision carrying with it Judgment for the cost in the case to the amount of S4O4 The equally emphatic proof fur nished by fifteen or more witnesses on each side made a decision in this case very difficult to arrive at and Judge Cole man applied the principle of law, which requires the plaintiff to furnish pre- ponderance of evidence in order to recov- CT This being wanting on the part or the plaintiff. E. T. Ray, a white man, the hog was awarded to Tillman, the defendant The case was first tried in September, 1904, in a justices court before Judge A. r. McGhee. and has been pending in the city court since on appeal by the defend- ant In that trial the proof was so equal on each side that the court adjourned to go take a. look at the hog. hoping to dis cover the truth as to the real and rightful owner of his porcne majesty But no new light was thrown on the case calcu- lated to disclose the identity of the real owner. This scheme was adopted again yesterday by Judge Coleman of the clty court, who, with the attorneys in the case, paid his hogship another official visit But nothing was discovered except that the hog appeared to be satisfied with the eX- tension of his life over the period in- volved in the quarrel between two men over his ownership.
 f-ln n Memorial Baptist church will give ban quet at the Alabama on the evening or May 90, in honor of Prof. l.. P. Leavell. field secretary of the Sunday school of the southern Baptist convention.
 Superintendent T. F. Brooks and W. M. Duel of the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railways, respectively, were Tn the city yesterday on a tour of inspection and in consultation regarding the laying of joint tracks. They were accompanied by Assistant Superintendent w. E. Smith and Trainmaster J. N Teague, of the Louisville and Nashville and W. A. Moody of the Alabama Car Service association. With the exception of MT. Teague, all or the gentlemen are from Birmingham
 Secretary c. R. Barker of the local board of civil service examiners has re- ceved the grading of those who recently stood the examination under the auspices of the local board. There were seven who stood the examination, and of this number only one passed, that being Ben Adler, son of A. Adler, who received a grade of s2.75.
 John w. Coleman has returned from New York, Baltimore and other points in the east
 Two of the new cars that have been purchased by the Anniston Electric com pany have arrived. and will be put into commission as soon IS practicable.