The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-30
w. H. HUNTER TRIED
JURY HAD NOT REACHED VERDICT
 EARLY THIS MORNING.
sister of Man Accused of Murder of IT. M. Sumrau Sits By His Side
 and Hears Evidence of Eye-Witnesses.

Wade Hampton Hunter, charged with ! the murder of T. M. Sumrall at the sa- * loon of T. T. Trentham at North Me-
 Donough and Pollard Streets; was put put I yesterday morning. The entire day t session was consumed in hearing the case, and at an early hour this morning 6
 the jury had failed to reach verdict. The case went to the jury yesterday afternoon at 6;14 o'clock, after Judge r William H. Thomas had delivered an = exhaustive charge.
 Throughout the trial a sister of the ! accused sat just to his right, and fre- . quently spoke to him during the trial
 and on several occasions was unable to
 control her emotions breaking frnm into Sumter, s. C.. where she is engaged as ! a school teacher. She was accompanied 4 to the court room by two women with whom she is stopping here: The prisoner is man of 26 years or age with a bright face and erect car
 riage. He was rather pallid from his two months incarceration, but controll- ' ed his emotions admirably. The murder with which Hunter was charged was committed at 3:3O o'clock on the afternoon of August 2S. There were several eye-witnesses, and all tes- fired at Sumrall.
 In his case yesterday the defendant i did not introduce any witnesses except those to prove that Sumrall had made threats against him. One of these. who was foreman over both of the men in < a railroad shop, testified that Sumrall ! had said that he wanted to get oH Tor $ the day on which the homicide took place for the purpose of killing Hun ! ter.
 Perry and Thomas McGillis, were intro duced by the State. The statements of these witnesses were almost identical. $They were in the saloon at the time the z homicide occurred.
 { day both men had been in the saloon. where he was tending bar. and that Sumra,l had pointed pistol at Hunter
 and had cursed him to everything he Later in the day Spmrall and Hunter came into the saloon together: Hunter ordered, bottle of beer and Sumrall
 standing at the bar witness gathered that they had come to a reconciitation He heard Hunter ask Sumran if he had Sumraii replies with an oath that he
 Immediately Hunter flashed re- fvolver and fired. He fired five shots. laid not see Sumrall make a motion as [if to draw a revolver before Hunter 5dred.
 lin the saloon when Hunter and sum 3raIl entered together. They then stat
 ed practically the same facts as Mc- 2Gillis.-
 In his statement Hunter said that 5he had been told that Sumrall had Threatened his life. He was not armed when he met Sumrall in Trentham's saloon early in the day. At that time *Sumrall was drinking, and seemed to be in a dangerous humor. He had heard that Sumrall was fbad man and that he had killed a *inan once before
 SumraIl started picking a fuss with him, and pulled a revolver. pointing 1t 2 lat him and cursing him to vile names.
 He was not armed and co1jo not re- ssent these insu it's.
 Later he got revolver with which Ito protect himself in tne event Sumrall sh ould attack him again. He met SGmrall and they talked mat ters over and shook hands in friendly manner. They went to take drink
 on the strength If the reconciliation. When they were standing at the bar discussing the events. he asked Sum- lrall if he had called him the name. aSumrall said, with an oath, that he had, and reached for his revolver. "When I saw him reach for his pls- 'tol. shot him." said Hunter. Other witnesses were introduced to