The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-10
SAFE BLOWN OPEN IN SELMA STORE A Gold Watch and Three Dol
 lars Taken
 CLARENCE HAWKINS HURT Hand Car Is Thrown From Track and Hawkins Receives Injuries From Which He May
CLARENCE HAWKINS HURT

Selma, June 9.-(Special.) )-There was a safe-blowing, evidently by a practiced hand, in Selma Sunday night A. D.. Moore, a groceryman running a store on Broad street near the Union Passenger station was the victim When MT. Moore opened his place of business this morning he found the door of his safe Flown off and lying on two flour sacks, placed on the floor in front of the safe 10 catch it as it fell.
 Near the door on the floor was a sledge ammer. brace and bit and a file, all of which had been used in the destruc- tion of the safe. A hole had been drilled
 near the combination knob and nitro gycern used. The report of the explo-
 sion was heard by several persons, who recalled it today.
 gold watch and about B in money vas secured, the remainder of the funds
 having been taken away Saturday night
 ty MT. Moore. No clew has been dis
 covered by the authorities but they are working on the case with all possible energy.
 In Hand Car Wreck. Clarence Hawkins, assistant section foreman of the Myrtlewood branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, met
 with serious accident yesterday morning which will likely result in his death. While riding a hand-car about six
 miles from the city near Krkview, d jack fell from the car to the track and ! threw the car from the rails. MT. flaw kins fell off of the car. his back striking | the rails terrible blow. He was brought l to Selma on the morning train and car
 ried to the Union Street hospital, where 1 t was found that his spinal column had been crushed like an egg shell. The un-
 fortunate man was paralyzed from his 1 hips down and his condition is considered ] critical. The bone that had been crushed
 was cut away by the surgeons at the
 hospital and the pressure relieved from
 the cord, but the paralysis continues. There have been a number of mad i dogs showing signs of rabies in Selma
 recently and a close watch is being kept i on all canines.
 Mrs. F. Meyer of Mobile is visiting rel l atives in Selma.
 | Mir and Mrs. Rudulph Richard have gone to French Lick Springs. 1 Lester Jacobi of Montgomery spent yes
 :erday in Selma.
 l M. J. Meyer and family left yesterday | afternoon for San Antonio, Tex, and Sar | Francisco. They will return via Port i land, Ore.
 Miss Lillian Leva has gone to Atlanta
 tc visit relatives e -sar 1 Miss Mary Adamson, who has been the ] guest of Mrs. R. E. L. Mel, left today
 for her home in Rome, Ga
 Craps Game Killing. | John Rivers, a well-known negro about | town, was brought to hls home in the city today from Riderville, were on Sun day he received, perhaps fatal injuries from row that occurred over a game of craps. Arthur Edmunds, another Selma ! negro, who was in the same game, was killed outright in the shooting scrape that broke up the game. Sunday is a day for craps in the vicinity of the big lumber camp at Rderville and Edmunds and Rivers went to the place Saturday aft ernoon ostensibly to secure work, but in reality to try and make killing with the "bones" dispute arose as to a point" and pistols were drawn and something like 50 shots fired. When the
 smoke cleared away Edmunds was dead having been killed instantly and Rivers | was mortally wounded. He was brought t1 his home here this morning, but little hope is felt for his recovery