The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08

the Lower Wetumpka road. 1t IL not
far from Newton. q negro settlement.
The officers had received advice that
some of the negroes Of that vicinity
were engaged In crap game. With
the intelligence came the warning tnat
some of the negroes had said they
would kill the first policeman who at
tempted to arrest them. Such state
ments. which have proven entirely ir-
responsible. have been made SO often,
however, that but little attention was
paid to this warning, beyond a readi-
ness on the part of the raiding omcsrs
for trouble, II any should como.
1t was perhaps Q o'clock when
Mounted Ofiicers J. F. Partin, 7. J.
Swearingen, c. c. Russell and T, Muir
rell left for the place where the crap
shooting was in progress Upon their
arrival at the scene, the negroes. deep
ly engrossed in the game, were seen
to be surrounding cleared spot on the
ground, where the dice were being
eagerly watched by the dim light OF
lantern.
The light around the spot where the
crap shooting was taking place threw
the surrounding woods into deeper
gloom. and the officers were almost
upon the negroes before they were dis
covered.
interruption was seen by one Of the
| black men, he pulled his revolver and
fred almost pointblank at officer Par
tin. Partin replied. but the negro
| who opened fire, succeeded in escap-
| ing in the darkness
| 1t wa searly In the night that a
| buckshot from a gun in the hands of
one of the negroes pierred the sfoul-
| der of officer Partin. He. however,
6r.~. xryoC ~
| until some time later that the other
| officers knew he had been struck.
| Apparently three bullets from the
revolver o fone of the officers, who is
believed to have been Mr.. Partin,
struck the negro Banks. This also
occurred early in the fight. TWO
| passed through his left arm and one
| or more cut diagonally through his
body, piercing almost every one OF
| his vital organs.
One by one, as the fire from the Of
eers became stronger and more &C
curate, the negroes fled to the swamp.
Several Of them dropped their weap-
| ons, which wre recovered by the po-
| lic..
One of the negroes, from his posi-
| ton in the black swamp, had a pis-
| toll duel at short range with Onicer
| Swearingen. after most of the negroes
| mai Heu. lie Object anu Ills iia"h -
| the swamp, the former from posi-
| ton of vantage with tree protect
| ing most of his body, exchanged per-
| hans half a dozen shots before the
| regro followed his comraLes across
the swamp. away from the scene.
As soon as the officers had returned
to the city with their single prisoner
| City Physician Greil was called, and
dressed the wounds of Partin and the
| negro.
The bullet that struck Officer Par
tin did not hit the bone in passing
through his shoulder. and while the
wound Is quite painful. 1t is not re-
garded as at all serious.
The negros wounds, however, are
very serious. Bullets from the oni-
GERS revolver ranged through one
lung, pierced the diaphragm. passed
through the stomach, leaving two
clear incisions, cut a terrible cash In
the liver, that organ being ripped sew
eral inches on the lower side, and
lodged in one kidney.
Dr.. Greil stated yesterday that with