The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02

shooting. As was in the act of com ing back into the room he fired once at me and missed. I had never thought he was In earnest until he began sh oot- ing. Both Burge and I thought he was only playing some practical joke and did not know he was an officer.
 Several more shots were fred I could not say precisely how many As I ran out into the hall Burge said to me, Ben, I'm shot As nearly as I could tell only one of the bullets had struck him, entering his right breast. I hurried him to the elevator. as he was able to walk, and brought him down to the ground floor, where .he was placed in an ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
 T called for the men on the beat, Off, fcers Huffman, Hambright and Jones, and they went up at once to the scene of the shooting. The 12 men in the place at the time were placed under bond"
 Spectator Makes Statement.
 J. H. Harrington, who was in the room at the time of the shooting, stated that he was near Waggoner when Burge was shot and witnessed the affair from beginning to end. His statement in substance corroborates the testimony of Officer Cornett.
 T was standing with my hands up when Burge and Cornett entered" he said, and was not far from the man who had drawn his revolver on the crowd. As the two officers entered the door Waggoner turned his pistol on them and ordered them to throw up their hands. Burge only laughed, and seemed to think that WagEoner was only doing 1t in fun. He then showed his detective badge and told him they were officers. To the best of my knowledge five shots were fired and Burge staggered out into the hall, tell ing Cornett he was shot.
 Mayor o'Brien Discusses Affair.
 Mayor OBrien when asked about the matter stated that he had put WaR- goner and Carroll to work. "In regard to the shooting, it strikes me that when Burge and Cornett entered the room and saw these two men with their guns leveled on the crowd they should have surmised they were officers, and either put their hands up or shown their badges and stated they were officers, and helped Carroll and Waggoner" said the Mayor "Of course, I regret the matter very much. The only reason I can give for Burge and Cornett's action is that they thought the two men were defeated gamblers trying to hold the crowd up, or just playing a practical joke''
 BodekerS Statement.
 Chief Bodeker stated that he knew nothing of Carroll and Waggoner being at work: "Burge and Cornett were de- tailed by me to visit the various clubs. and they were following out their line of work when they entered the club. It hadn't even been reported to me that Mayor OBren had secured the three badges"
 Rush to the Room.
 Immediately after the shooting Brown and Burke, who were going toward the clubrooms, rushed up the rear steps to the fourth floor of the building. where the clubrooms are located. The shooting had occurred several minutes before the scheduled time for them to make their appearance, Burge and Cornett having gone up the elevator in the hotel and crossing a bridge into the annex, this bridge leading directly to the doors of the club It was in this way that they had failed to see Brown and Burke and walked Into the club at such an inop- perfume moment, though doing their reg uar duty
 Twelve men were arrested in the raid, while s626 50 in cash and some gambling paraphernalia were taken in charge A number of officers were on the scene within a few moments after the shoot. ing and Captain Easan took charge of 1t.