The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-29
CRIME IN DALLAS
NEGREss sLAYs HUSBAND WHO
 BEAT HER.
Free for All Fight is InduIEed in By Blacks Near City Limits
 oil in WilcOa
 County.
Advertiser Bureau,
 SeIu,a Ian 22

Selma, Jan. 2S. Crime seems to have broken out
 afresh among the negro population of
 Dallas County. Three homicides were l reported this morning and one shoot- | ing scrape, but only one killing can be l confirmed. Fl From the Moore place, about seven miles from the city negro woman. Emma Woods, came to the County jail this morning and gave herself up to the County authorities She told them that late Saturday night at their home she had killed her husband, Bob Woods. The act, she said, was done in self-de- fense and upon the advice of some of her friends she canie to Selma and sur rendered. It seems that last Saturday Bob
 Woods came to Selma and during the
 day drank a quantity of mean whis-
 key to warm himself against the cold
 weather. That night before he left for
 his home he purchased bottle of whis-
 key, the most of which he drank be-
 fore reaching home.
 When he arrived at his home he was
 in fighting condition and began quar-
 reling with his wife. He soon tired of
 quarreling with her tied her and began
 to beat the woman terribly. While he
 was still beating upon her Emma
 Woods seized an axe in a corner of the room and picking 1t up ran to her hus-
 band, cutting him several times with
 it. killing him almost instantly.
 The rumor of the second homicide was to the effect that some miles across the river last night another negro wo- man had killed her husband. The po- lice authorities of the sheriff's office could learn nothing of this killing and 1t Is believed that there is no truth in the report.
 Near the old Jewish cemetery fin the eastern part of the city late last night was a shooting scrape between negroes which resulted in three of the negroes being slightly wounded. although the extent of the wounds two of the me- groes received could not be learned as they have been eluding the police. Ed | Ryley, one of the negroes. had his | right leg peppered with a load of bird | shot. Tie other two wounded negroes l are Bud Anderson and Will FulIenwid- 1 CT. Each one of the negroes received a | load of bird shot and it is not thought | that they are seriously injured.
 The difficulty which led up to the shooting was principally between Ed | Ryley. one of the injured negroes. and Wlil Kelley. who did the shooting.
 There was jealousy between the two negroes about woman and last night Ed Ryley went to see her in com pany with the other two negroes Shortly afterwards Will Kelley called at the house but when through A win dow he saw that his rival had arrived hrst he went home and got his shotgun and returned.
 Almost in front of the home of the woman there is sand pit and in this Kelley hid himself and waited for his 'lvai to leave. When the three negroes came out or the house he began shoot ng.
 Each one of the first two shots fired rom the gun hit the man 1t was aimed It. Kelley then reloaded the gun and began shooting again. one of the shots being fired wild. After the shootinp { Kelley escaped and has not yet been captured by the police force