The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-09
GUNS AND WHISKEY
BAD BIRMfNGHAM DISTRICT KEEPS # TO IS RECORD.
Fay Day at Mines, Furnaces and Other Industries Gives sheriH's Oface the Usual Hard
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Birmingham, Sept s.--tSpeciaI)-- Reports which were received at the office-of Sheriff Higdon Sunday of con- ditions throughout Jefferson County saturday night and sunday, following general pay at mines, furnaces. quar- ries and other works. show that much whiskey was indnlged in, and that pfs- tols were used.
 Accidents, affrays and officers mak- ing arrests provide for five negroes being shot, three of them fatally so, one white man shot fatally through an accident in dropping his pistol. while general fights and cutting scrapes were numerous.
 When the noon trains were in, the officers in the various parts of the county had not all reported and the not yet sent in the word as to results there.
 George j.. Lunden, night superin- tendent for William Spencer, contrac- tor, building a double track for the Louisville and. Nashville Railroad at Hardwood. south of Birmingham. was brought to the city sunday and carried to the St Vincent Hospital for treat ment. He was shot through and his condition as critical. Lunden dropped his pistol during the night and the bullet vent through him. A report reached the city early this morning that five negroes had been killed, following a raid On crap game | in the Spencer camp near Hardwood | and two deputy sLeriffs went to the scene, but discovered the report was l false.
 Deputy Sheriffs Curl, Carter and Col | Her went to Eighth Alley and Twenty | third Street in Birmingham at late | hour last night and raided a crap game. People living in the neighbor- i hood had made complaint. When the l officers were discovered, one of the ne. l groes drew his pistol and fired. barely
 missing one of the officers. This Wal l a signal. and no less than twenty shots were fired. Two or three of the game
 sters got away, but two seriously l wounded and seven badly frightened were carried to the county jail. on' l of the negroes cannot live.
 l At Ketona, a rock quarry. a few | miles north of Birmingham this morn ing, Ed Hill shot and fatally wounded l Pink Brown, both negroes. Hill came I In today and surrendered.
 | It seems that Brown was riding | along the road on a bicycle and rar | over a hog belonging to Hill. broWf | picked up rock and threw 1t at ths | Brown is said to have abused Hill ant I the latter stepped inside of his house
 and as Hill advanced on him with ! pistol. he fired both barrels or | double -barrelled gun. striking the ne | gro right in the front part of the body \ There is no hope for his recovery. Two negroes "scuffiing" for pisto l at the Woodward mines, south of th' l city~ this morning caused the pistol t' | go off, and Ali Grayson is now Tn | dangerous condition with a bulie l wound in his abdomen.
 Deputy Constable John Dagnai | brought Lee Franklin, a negro, iron the Blue Creek region, in the southern
 part of the county. this morning ant
 locked him up in the county Jall wisn out the privilege ofs giving bail IT Is charged. with shootipg another negr'
 named Jones. The Jones negro Will die Deputy Constable Dagnan also brough in Troy Anderson. negro, who bea
 up Will. ,HiIls another negyo, with
 bottlen irfiiotln twQpndH which ma
 prove fatal, 50 1t As charged Tn tn
 warrant sworn out.
 A negro made murderous attac
 on a street car conductor Saturda
 night and the conductor used the bu
 end of his pistol on the negro.s heae
 but not with serious effect. Becaus
 of so many attacks recently by ne
 groes on street car conductors and mo
 tormeu. all employees of the stree
 railway are preparing themselves t
 meet the attacks.