The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
SWIFT DEATH COMES
 TOT. L SWEARLNGEN

to resist further assault, and was con- aao,teDtfv subiected, witnesses declare fo a severe beating, which. after his bruises from the collision. injured nm to great extent.
 swearfngen had also, the next morn ing attacked Mjko Davis. another Wit- ness in the case of manslaughter.
 Nothing came of the alleged assault untll Monday morning, when Parker. after buying shells and borrowing dog from R. D. Lee, a Bell Street merchant. had gone out Bell Street from the store. starting upon a rabbit hunting excursion. Swearingen, riding in hiel buggy to begin the days work met the huntsman.
 As to the actual occurrence preced- ing the shooting the few witnesses vary. One version. as related by a negro girl, is that Parker shot upon sight. and that Swearingen did not stop his buggy. and did not reach for his weapon. The shot was made from the side and as Swearingen had partly passed. she relates, she also says that no word was passed. Others relate that Parker, who had turned around in his walk to call the straying dos, turned to face Swearingea, who had stopped his buggy in the road. Swearingen. the second story goes, accosted his victim of Thursday night. Well, so you've | come to me with a gun. have your with an oath.
 At the same time, the witnesses say, l Swearingen reached within his coat. l Then 1t was that Parker shot. empty | ing both barrels into Swearinsens I neck and body. | side of his neck. He half arose, to fall 1 back into the seat as the second load 1 of shot went through hia side te his l heart. The shot possessed a deadly eI- l fecttveness at the close range. i Swearfngen was dead almost in- I stantly His horse, taking fright al I the explosions so near, broke and tore i off at gailop. Sweariugen, fallen back against the seat. sWayed to apc 1 fro with the iurching of the buggy and I had nearly fallen when the horse was l stopped, some distance from the scene | of the shooting. Physicians on the I scene announced him dead when he was lifted from the buggy.
 Weapon on Victim. I In A holster strapped under his coal I WAS a revolver. The weapon had no'
 been removed but according to the wit 1 nesses. It was after the weapon tna' I he reached just before the action oi 1 Parker. The handle of the revolver | was sfatteredbv the shot.
 The shooting occurred near the of ] flee of Justice of the Peace Taylor, t' I whom Parker made his way -immedi ately. and surrendered. Constable Stone. taking charge of Parker. con
 veyed the prisoner to jail, where h'
 was lodged, pending a preliminary tria on Thursday before Justice Taylor. I The body of Swearingen was takei
 to the office of Coroner Tice, and pre-
 pared for burial The dead man |
 survived by wife and several smal
 children He was. until a few month
 ago, a member of the police force, be
 ing dismissed after charge of bru
 taiity.
 Parker Is A years old. the younges
 son of pr. L. B ParkerI prominen
 Alabamian during his life. He 1
 married and the father of twelve chll
 dren. He was, until a few years ago
 \ resident of Prattyille.
 A stout, fiorid man, Parker looks bu
 little the part of murderer. When ad
 nitted to visitors at the County jail he showed an utter collapse from ner
 vousness following the first excite lment. His good-natured face, appar Antly usually phlegmatic, looked un l kempt and he was restless. pacing. [ ,. ane fro shivering,s though the whist of the heating steam was heard. an the cell was warm.
 He admitted his dislike of Swearln gen from the first, and told of tn