The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29

from his pocket and begin firing. I tucked down under the counter and, when I arose l saw Sumerall on the 1 floor.
 Here, you can have this pistol, ex- l claimed Hunter. But he then turned round. after laying the weapon down on the counter, snatched it up and said:
 No, it will take better men than you to get 1t from me-" With this declaration Hunter left the l saloon by the side door and walked up Pollard Street. darting into an alley in a settlement of negro houses in the rear of the saloon. Soon he reached the sidewalk again from beneath one or the negro houses and proceeded eastward on Pollard Street It was noticeable that he had no pistol
 Arrested by Engineer.
 At practically the sama time, Engl- neer Pruett, who was an eye witness to the shooting, was furnished a shot gun ! at Trentham's store, and. unassisted. overlook the slayer at the corner of Pollard and Hull Streets. He leveled 1 the weapon at Hunter and commanded | him to stop.
 Word was quickly sent to the police t1rracks and officers hurried to the 1 scene in an automobile. MT. Pruett held the prisoner at the point of the shot gun until he was safely landed in the automobile and driven to the county jail
 1 During this incident Alderman | James J. Sullivan had reached the scene, and he. In company with J. M. Perry, also an eye witness to the traG- edy, began search for the pistol used by Hunter Hunter had declared to them that he didn't know where the iweapon was.
 With the assistance of negro Eli McLain. the revolver was finally found under one of the negro houses, covered up with a piece of paper near a brick chimney. It had apparently been hid den there by Hunter who, after depos- iting the weapon in this place, reached the sidewalk by tearing away boarding that encircled the lower part of the l house.
 I When Coroner Tice arrived the pis- i tol was turned over to him and the body of the dead man was taken to Tice's parlors eTtNSouth Court street. 1 l.. c. Mooney who Is in charge Of the boiler making department at the Western shops. said after the killing. that Hunter had come to him about Il o'clock yesterday morning and asked that he be given his job back. MT. Mooney declined to employ him again and Hunter said then that he desired to go to Mobile but needed a little financial assistance to go there. MT. Mooney assisted him in this way and Hunter told him he expected to leave for Mobile Wednesday night. n
 Hunter Bore Good ReputntiOn%
 At the Crotty boarding house, where Hunter boarded and where Summerall boarded for some time, Hunter bore an excellent reputation. He drank occs- sionally but he conducted himself gen tlemanly.
 On the other hand, 1t was said that Summerall was usually drunk and tur- bulent In his drunken spells he would sometimes tell a bit of his history and from what could be gathered from his gihberish at those times, it seemed that he had been married and was either divorced from his wife or sep arated from her and that he had either married again or contemplated remar- rying.
 He also led Mrs. Crotty and board. CTS to believe that he was a bad man and was wanted in Meridian, Miss, fol murder or some felony, which grew out of a shooting scrape. He ire uuently declared that, if certain par ties in Meridian knew where he was they would have him arrested within twenty-four hours.
 This Is corroborated to a large ex- tent by Mir Mooney who says that Summerall was on bond for some grave offense in Meridian and was tc return to Meridian for trial September 8.
 It is known also that divorce pro- ceedings were pending in a Montgom- : cry court by Summerall against his i, wife,
 When the remains of the dead boiler maker were taken to Tice's parlors, ar examination of the body showed that one shot had entered the head just above the right eye and ranged down : ward producing almost instantaneous death, according to Dr. ]. H. Blue who conducted the post mortem. An other shot penetrated the right ear Another went through the dead mans right shoulder A large hole in the right groin indicated that the remain ing two shots probably entered the body at the point.
 On the person of the dead man wa: found a full loaded 3S calibre liar rington and Richardson revolver in hi! ] right front trousers pocket. ! several letters, incoherent in gram ! mar and almost illegible. were founc : addressed to him as T. NJ summerall from Meridian and Vicksburg. boiler diagram and two newspaper clippings one bearing on uniOnism, were found
 Coroner Tice rendered a verdict thal death was due to a pistol shot wound from a gun in the hands of Wade Hampton Hunter,
 Summerau was about forty years old and according to the pest information. came originally from Meridian. where an aged mother and a brother reside.
 His wife, from whom he has been separated, and his three children are said Co live in Jackson, Tenn He Is also said to have a brother residing in Birmingham.
 In an effort to ascertain the names of his relatives so that they might be informed of his death. T. T. Trentham examined effects of the dead man which were in his room at the Trentham residence. Other than a card. indtcat- ing that the dead man was a member of the boiler makers union In Merid- ian. no papers of value were found. His card bears the name of the Me ridian secretary and Coroner Tice has turned 1t over to the local boiler mak- CTS union, who will endeavor to es- tablish communication with relatives Mrada Hampton Hunter IS twenty