The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
ALABAMA BOY
 HELD IN JAIL j. [. Harwood Kills a
 Bartender. DEMOPOLIS MAN ARRESTED Goes to West and Commits Terrible
 Crime. Henry Meier Wa Shot Dead By . Southern Youth Who is Said to
 Have Been

sNus. Sames l.. HAYWOOD, aged "a years. who came to Denver three days ago from Demopolis. Ala, Is in the city jail charged with the killing oi Henry Meier, day bartender of the Att las bar. Seventeenth and Blake Streets. at 6:l5 o'clock Saturday even Ing, says The Denver Post No excuse can be given for the mur- der. only that Harwood was under the influence of liquor.
 Harwood also fired one shot at Rob- ert E.. Jack, the night bartender, bu, the bullet went wide of its mark and shattered the plate glass mirror in the rear of the bar.
 Meier had just gone off duty and was standing in front of the bar with bun dies In his arms when Harwood, who was intoxicated. entered.
 Give me drink" he said to Rob- ert Jack. who had just gone on duty
 Upon being refused service because of his drunkenness. he swore, saying. You had better give me drink"
 Before either Meier or Jack knew what was doing. Harwood. according to the statements of spectators, whipped out revolver and fired at Jack. Meier who was just raising a glass of beer to his lips. tried to interfere. but the drink -crazed Harwood turned on him without warning and pulled the trig- ger which sent bullet crashing through his brain.
 Harwood turned and leisurely walk ed out of the front door of the place Witnesses to the murder were so dum- founded at the suddenness of the shoot ing they made no effort to capture the man until Pau Askridge of the St Elmo Hotel. who was In the saloon at the time, started out the door aftel him.
 After Harwood reached the sidewalk he started to run toward Wazee Street with Askridge close behind. Police. man Barberri and Detective Greer joined in the chase. They. with the as. sistance of Askridge, captured HarwooG and disarmed him. while he wal standing at the patrol box waiting fol the wagon to arrive, Harwood appeared to have no regrets.
 q bought that gun down in Ala | bafna." he said to Policeman Barberr and Detective Green, "and there art | two emptpy shells in 1t. That means I just killed two of the kind of mer my friends down home told me I would find out here"
 When Harwood was taken before Captain Rinker at the police station he said he could remember shooting a
  | did.
 Warned By Friends. T bought the gun down in Alabama about one wek ago." continued liar wood to Captain Rinker. because my | friends told me that this was a 'bat land out here and that would need Il | to protect myself.
 q did not shoot anyone and dom see why have been arrested. did no intend to kill anyone and you will fnt 1 that all the shells are still in my gun l All of the shells were there. but two empty ones told the tale of the tragedy | that happened but a. few minutes Ebefore.
 [ T had just come on duty" says Rob ert Jack, and relieved Henry Meier when this fellow entered the place witt another man, or either he followed | some one in.
 Meier started out the door. He turn ed back and said, Bob, give me @ glasi of beer before I go home.' By thii time the man who did the shooting was leaning against the bar and I no l ticed he had been drinking heavily and was greatly under the influence O liquor.
 "'Givs me a drink he said to me il Southern accent.
 "T can't serve you when you art drunk replied, and thereupon h' called me a vile name and said ha( | better give him a drink. I was maC about the name he called me and started to push him away from thu bar, when he whipped out gun ant fired point blank at me.
 For time I did not know whethe I was shot or not. but saw Meie grab hm by the arm and say. 'Wha are you trying to do around here?
 "The man turned on Meier withou saying & word and fired. and I say Meier fall in a heap, with a terribl
 wound in the side of his head.
 Before I had time to stop him O | do anything at all, Harwood turne, around and walked out of the place I called the police station on the tele phone and in the meantime Harwoo'
 was arrested.
 q never saw the man before in m. life and I know that he did not knov Meier, There could have been no III feeling existing between them, becaus Henry had never had any trouble witt anyone and he was well liked by every | one who knew him.
 | CT tell you 1t is pretty hard for fellow to get off work and start ol his way home to his wife and children and be shot down like dog in tn | streets. Henry was Just staFtinB U | take a drink when the shot that ende his left was fired.
 q was standing at the end of tn bar" said Paul Askridge. who assiste in eapturing Harwood, when I hear the first shot. I was alarmed, but di not think that anyone was trying t shoot anybody in the saloon. The sho sounded like in came from outside. | "Right after the first shot, I turne and saw the revolver in the stranger hand Before I knew it he turned tn
 gun on Henry Meier and fired. say | Henry fail and ran to him, forgetting
 about the murderer for the first feV minutes"
 ]. A. Scott, ranchman of Deer Trai | Colo. was In the place at the time O i the shooting, talking with frien l about the sale of some land. Incid | entaIlv Scott seemed to be leadin Il spirit in the talked of lynching,
 1T was sitting at the table when thi feIlow came in," said Scott. "and hi actions attracted my attention. Whei I heard him utter the vile oath. sus
 pected that he was trying to star | trouble.
 "The next thing I knew heard tn | shot intended for Bob Jack, and then was horrifed to see him point the gu