The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-11
MOBILE BOY
 KILLS FRIEND Mistake Causes Death of w. J. Patterson, Jr. SHOT BY FREMONT THRoWER Both Young Men Answered Screams
 of Girls. Load From Gun Enters Stomach and Popular Boy succumbs to Wounds --Assailant Is Overcome
 With Grief.
SHOT BY FREMONT THRowER

Mobile, Aug. 10.-(Special )-When fs-year- old Fremont Thrower. Jr., who resides at 10S North Hallet Street, walked into police headquarters this morning and surrendered himself to the police authorities stating that 1t was he who shot and fatally wounded William J. Patterson. Jr, in front of the residence of John F. Yeend. at No. 240 Spring Hill Avenue, shortly after 12 o'clock Friday night. the full details of the most deplorable acci- dental shootings in the city's history were brought to light MT, Patterson died at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon.
 At the time that young Fremont was relating his pitiable story, Pat terson was lying at the Providence In- flrnary at deaths door and the young mans story was more than once in terrupted by his emotions getting the better of him.
 when a short time later repre- sentative of The Advertiser went to the cell at headquarters, where the young man is confined, he round young Thrower with his face buried In his arms, sobbing. And again there were frequent interruptions of the story as the narrator paused to control his emo tions.
 Mistaken for Negro.
 The shooting to which young 1hrow- CT confessed tOOh pldCc cdtuA way ihO. h- ing at 1915 o'clock, immediately in front of the residence of John F. Yeend at No. 240 Spring Hill Avenue. William J. Patterson, Jr.. received load of bird shot fired from a shot gun in Thrower's hands, in the chest and abdomen, and died at the Provi- dence Inirmary. At the time Thrower did the shooting. he believed Patter- son to be a negro who had entered the nf few minutes before.
 Just prior to the shooting, the two daughters of Mr. ! eend were awak- ened by the presence of man Tn their room. The man when discovered by the young women, was standing over the bed in which they were sleeping and seemed to be pulling at the mos- quito bar. Both young women scream ed several times and the intruder sprang from the open window, through which he had entered, and disap- peared.
 Young Thrower, who was sitting with his sister in the latter's house, which is separated from the Yeend residence by vacant lot, seized the gun and ran in the direction of the screams
 According to tLe young mans story, just before reaching MT. Yeend's yard, he discovered several people running towards the rear of the house. One of them called out, Who has a gunT Thrower caller back that he had, when almost instantly, a man came rather hurriedly down the front steps of. the Yeend residence.
 Al this instant, the parties in the rear of the house began calling to Thrower, There he goes! Shoot him! Shoot himv Thrower called twice to the man who was approaching him, to halt and when the latter failed to do so Thrower fired the fatal shot.
 The wounded man lived at No. PAP Spring Hill Avenue. the house next fo that of MT. Yeend. On hearing the young women scream, he hurriedly slipped on a portion of his clothing and rushed to the Yeend residence, running up the front steps and at temptinx to gain entrance through the front door Finding the door locked. he started toward the rear of the house. It was just at this moment that young Thrower appeared on the scene, and those in the rear of the house caught sight of MT. Patterson