The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
BLEDSOE IS FREED
SLAYER OF F. O. WEBB MAKES
 e2yooo BOND.
Witnesses From Th0mast0n Swear TO Tragedy In Which the Town Marshal Slew . We'll Known
 Citizen.

Linden, Dec. Is.-(speciai.)-Thom H. Bledsoe, marshal of Thomaston' Wno shot and killed E. Q Webb sdm,tted at fnt5 to bail by Judge A. L., Hasty after 2 through three days; The bond was as trouble in making the bond.
 c. W. Davis, a citizen of Thomaston, sixty-six years old, testified that ne but tsst he did net tse see the Shooting He swore that the clothing. of Wepo indicated that he had been shot in the back.
 pr. T. G. Kimbrough, a physician and surgeon of Thomaston. was intro. duced to testify as to the wounds or
 Hon. John J. King, of Consul. who was in Thomaston the day of the shoot. ing, swore that he knew nothing or the dificulty which led up to the trag- edy; He knows Bledsoe ,iaaaon and ne knsw Inng time and did not regard him as | al man although he had known Of him In two or three quarreIs, ,h. was an eyewitness to the snooting went over the tragedy with the aid Of diagram of the scene.
 about half an hour before the sh oot- ing and saw him when he was killed. The shooting occurred near the pho tograph gallery. Webb fell on the
 "The first knowledge I had of any trouble" said pr. Thomas, was while 1 was passing up the street. Bledsoe was talking to negro, Lewis Wooten. I saw Webb approach them with an axe handle in his hand. I did not hear what was said by either of them. gro alone Webb said you are inter fering with my business; let the negro alone yoursef.' Bledsoe said he was not and Webb called Bledsoe a liar ef,.rr I r-l, 13a
 pr. Thomas swore than when Bled- soc was cursed he backed off the side walk and Webb follow ed him. He did not hear Bledsoe curse Webb. Bledsoe told Webb to go away and let the
 T heard Bledsoe ask him repeatedly to to- go away continued Dr. Thomas ,; hand and his left hand was in his coat | pocket. Webb told Bledsoe he was no, good as the negro, An opprobrious preaching Bledsoe in a threatening at. shot rather downward. Webb was facing Bledsos when the first shot was 1 fired. Then. Webb whirled around tC shots.''
 pr. Thomas swore that he had knowr l Webb ten years and that he was "s l man."
 The witness admitted that he wal not friendly to Webb. He said tha' | while he was not a partisan of Bled soc he had regarded him as his friend He denied having told several persons that he had not seen the shooting. 1 G. F. Turner, of Thomaston, sswor, that he had heard Bledsoe mak, threats against Webb two or three months ago. Bledsoe and Georg Webb, brother of the dead man, hat had a fuss. Bledsoe went off and go a rifle. He came back and sat witl 1t across his lap, saying: If he come back l will Kill him." meaning Franl
 The witness said he did not regar, Frank Webb as a bloodthirsty man He could not say if he was drinkin. on the day he was killed.
 J. w. Buck, of Thomaston, testitie, to hearing the shots that killed Webb He regarded the deceased as a tur 1 bulent man. He had gone to tn scene of the shooting soon after 1t oc cured and picked up the axe handl which lay alongside Webb's body.
 MT: Buck said he was not relate, to Bledsoe although Bledsoe's brothe married his daughter.