The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
BODY TO MERIDIAN
MRS, sUMMERALL COMES HERE ON
 A SAD MISSION.
Her Husband Was Man Murdered In saloon Here Wednesday--Wtfe sti1i Faifhful-Discredfts
 Divorce PrOceedinge.

Mrs. cally Sumrall. wife of the mur- dered boiler maker, T. M. Sumrall, who was killed by Wade Hampton Hunter a brother boiler maker, Wednesday, reached Montgomery yesterday morn the remains of her husband to her home in Meridian. The bereaved wife came to the city via Selma, and reached here on the early Western of Alabama Mrs Sumrall was not accompanied by the mother of the murdered man. who was reported to be en route to this city, but came to Montgomery alone. Her mother-in-law, she stated, was too feeble to undertake the jour- ney, the unexpected death of her son and her age forbidding this respect to the dead mans remains
 When seen yesterday at the esteb- lishment of Coroner w. H. Tice, where she spent the day, Mrs. SuInrall denied part for the institution Of divorce pro ceedings by her husband. She said that her domestic life has always been rall had lived together in peace and that she does not believe that her hus- band, when sober, had made any state ment to the effect that a divorce was desired.
 A Comedy Woman.
 The widow Is a very comedy woman, of medium height and excellent appear ance She was dressed in black, and ney bore herself with fortitude and readily answered all questions that were requested of her.
 "The news of the killing of MT. Sum prise to all of us. word to the ef- feet that he had been shot was re- ceived in Meridian at night and i'm mediately upon hearing the news l pre- pared to come to Montgomery, to &C., company his remains back to his home city
 der man towards me, and because of this I cannot imagine how the report could have spread that divorce proceed ings. were pending He must have been drinking when ne gave utteranee to
 The wife showed unmistakabls signs of suffering. She was shown the re- mains of her husband immediately up- broke down completely when the cov- ering was removed from the corpse. Throughout the day, however, she met the. visitors who called at the fun eral parlors, discussed with caImness the murder. the grief of her children and herself.
 prosecute his murderer" Mrs Sumrall said, unless I'm called upon to do so. The State can attend to that matter better than I could, but if 1t is neces- hardly think will be the case. I viii appear in court, Of course I want the case prosecuted"
 T. M. Sumrali, the murdered man, is survived by his mother, two brothers. two sisters. his widow and four chill dren. His brothers are Fat Sumrall of Birmingham, and John Sumrall of Jasper His sisters are Mrs. Caroline Rodgers of Meridian, and Mrs. Lizzie Coughlin of Gulfport.
 His children are as follows: Ernest Sumrall, age seventeen; Carrie, age fifteen; Louis, age twelve, and Thomas, age eighteen months. Mir. Sumrali, the widow stated, had been away from Meridian since the 28th of May, stop ping over for a while in Birmingham, and coming later to Montgomery.
 The Louisville and Nashville train bearing the remains of Sumrall left the city shortly before o'clock for Birmingham, at which city they were, transferred to the Alabama Great Southern and carried direct to Merid- ian. The body was accompanied by the widow, and will reach Meridian at o'clock this morning. At Meridian the remains will be met by a delegation from the Boiler Makers Union of that place, and carried to the home of the mother and wife. The funeral services will be conducted at some hour to- morrow, to be deterimned upon when the body reaches the Mississippi city.