The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
RACE FOR
NEGR0'S LIFE
Fred P. Hollis Killed by
Blacks.
sLAys< in SELMA PRISON
ought Son Of Prisoner Has Been
Lynched.
Prominent and wealthy Young Man
Of Marengo County Meets Death
I'm Endeavor to Collect
Money.
sLAy.< in SELMA PRISON

Selma, May 3.-(SpeciaL)-- Fired P.
Hollis, one of the most prominent
young men in Marengo County. was
shot and killed this morning near
Consul in a duel with an old negro
named Famine Glover and his son Ed.
Glover.
The shooting occurred on the Con-
ner plantation near Consul about Q
o'clock and Hollis received a pistol
wound in the head from which death
resulted this afternoon about 2o'clock.
The cause of the shooting Is said
to have been on account of some
money which the negroes owed Hollis.
Hollis went to the homes of the ne
groes yesterday afternoon 10 collect
this money when a dispute followed
in which cursing was INDUCED in by
all three
Being unarmed Hollis returned to
his home and this morning accom-
panied by two cousins, Charley Hollis
and the other a Mr.. Mcneil. all three
armed with shot guns loaded with
buckshot and pistols, returned to the
nome of the two negroes.
After the quarrel of the evening be-
fore the two negroes evidently ex-
pected trouble for they secured pistols
and took them to the field with them
this morning. When Hollis and his
two cousins reached the field he and
the two negroes began shooting al
each other about the same time. Eight
or ten shots were exchanged when
Hollis dropped to the ground shot
through the head. The cousins. who
had not fred shot, became alarmed
and, dropped their guns and began
seeing what they could 90 for the
wounded man while the two negroes
left the field.
reached Consul and deputy sheriff and
the shooting.
Old Negro Captured.
From there they went to the home
of the negroes and found the old ne
gro Famine Glover sitting on the steps
to the house holding empty pistol In
his hands. He was placed under ar
rest by the deputy sheriff who accom-
panied by e. C. Coates. Jr., started for
Uniontown, he being afraid that mob
would form and lynch the prisoner.
When near Uniontown, the officer be-
came alarmed again ana carried the
prisoner to Ella White, a few miles
from JJniontown and took him to the
home of Val Taylor.
Young coates then started for I'm
iontown where he told several where
the prisoner was being held. Mr. Tay-
lor was not at home and Mrs. Taylor's
father hearing the talk about the MUIR
der in Uniontown. telephoned mis-
daughter to have the negro taken from
her home. Coates also heard of this
talk and hurried back to the Taylor
home and ne and the deputy started on
run with the negro for Tayloe station
seven miles this side Of Uniontown, sc
as to catch a train and bring the priso-
ner to Selma.
Oficer Left Behind.
The seven mile run through mud an6
water was too much for the omcer' ano
he was left, but Coates, with the pris
oner, caught the train and reached her'
shortly before o'clock, and he wa:
placed in the county jail. The old ne
gro states that he had nothing to d.
with the shooting, and that the frs
he knew of it, his son and Mr.. Hoili'
were shooting at each other.
He said that his son was wounded
once or twice in the duel, and that h
could not go far. Wild rumors of rae
riot around Consul were afioat here al
of the afternoon, but they have proven
untrue. While no information Is OBJ
tainable. it Is generally believed her
that the other negro, Ed Glover, ha
been caught by a posse which wa
formed to search for him, and tina
when he was caught, that he was huns
TO the nearest tree. Fred p. Hollis 4
the only son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Hol
lis and was widely known and we'll
liked.