The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Accounts Do Not Vary.

began the shooting.
Accounts Do Not Vary.
Accounts of the awful Incident do not
vary. Police OFFICER e. II. Jones, VINO
went with Officer Little to the place, gave
a detailed account of the affair to an Age
Herald reporter last night.
Officer Jones stated that while it has
been suspected that Harris was selling
liquor at his home, it was not for the
purpose of arresting him that he (Jones1
and Officer Little went to Harris resi-
dence last night.
Officer Jones states that it had been
reported to the police that John II. Ems
len had caused some disturbance in the
vicinity of Horris residence while in an
intoxicated condition, and that he and
Officer Little went to Harris place late
yesterday evening to try to find Ems
!en inasmuch as charges of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct had been pre-
ferred against him.
Mr.. Jones states that he and OFFICER
Little left town about 6:15 o'clock on
their way to Harris residence. He says
that in order to prevent Enslen's escape
K was decided that one would go to
the front door and the other to the back
door of the house.
Jones Goes to Front Door.
OFFICER Jones relates that he was to go
70 the front door and that he did go TO
the door and ring the bell. 1t seems that
Harris. himself, answered the door, and
when Officer Jones told him that he had
come to get Enslen he declined TO let
him inside the house. Ear Jones sea'es
that he told Harris that 1t was no uso
for him to resist, that he was ponce
officer and had right to arrest hnsieii
il he was In the house
IT ia understood that after some niue
remonstrance Harris agreed to allo" III
6rer Jones to look through the mousse
6. atine that it was not worth wnlie as
Enslen was not there. Mr.. Jones states
that he looked through the house. anu
that he found Womack just sitting doMh
70 the supper table with the little Harris
or, in his arms. He stares that AFTER
searching the house and not hndlns Ems
len he thanked Harris for his trouble
and nor seeing officer Little at the pack
door ha went out to get him in order
that they might come back to town To-
rether.
Mr.. Jcnes states that he Went pack ou'
the front door and passed around the
louse by way of a private alley on MS
wav to the hack doof. 1t seems that
i. fter he had gotten into the alley ne
decided TO blow his whistle and call oHi-
Ger Little to him.
=. J.. understand. however that in the
meantime Officer Little had succeeded IN
getting In the back door ana oHicer
Jones saws that just as he blew MS poiice
whistle he heard about 10 SHOTS hreo III
un,ck succession in the house lie states
th.+ os soon as 1t was possible he ran
,..o .,,a house to Officer Titles assist
ance.
r,N,cer Jones states that when he en-
tarad the house some man ran by him
i,,s+ az he passed through the front
door. He states that when he entered
the kitchen of the house Officer Little
cried:
Jones, I'm killed.
Both Trying to Fire Again.
Mr.. Jones states that both officer Lit
tie and Harris had been shot and that
the two, both In a fainting condition,
we're trying to fire again. He says thar
they were within only few feet OF
each other and both were fourishing
their pistols. He states that he ran be-
tween them and grasped both revolvers
Mr. Jones says that as he grasped the
two revolvers he pushed them toward the
floor in order to keep the men from FIR
ing either at him or at each other. He
says that in doing this he leaned over
considerably and that as he did SO
womack walked up behind him and fired
over his shoulder
Officer Jones declares that he believes
the bullet fired by Womack was in
tended for him. inasmuch as it barely
erazed his back and entered Officer Lit
ties right jaw 1t was this bullet that
very likely killed officer Little, for when
it struck him he sank to the floor and
died almost Immediately.
IT is stated by OFFICER Jones that when
Womack fired the shot he (Jones) turned
and fred upon him. The bullet en-
tered the breast squarely and WomaclS
died within very few minutes. 1t lis
understood that as Womack sank to the
aoor he fell upon the little girl and
crushed her temple against the corner Of
the whisky box. 1t was afterward dis
covered that a bullet had entered the lit
rio pirls abdomen but il is thought