The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-19
Fracas, at the Victims Home.
  BULLET FIRED BY OFFICER sLEDeE -, " tA -Hf -
t ls Claimed That T,dd Was Abusing Family.
Aeter Bei.r shet, the I,jfsa Man is
 asiA ts Hsve Fired Upt. Some
 one With . sDrbx- >AeiA Riae. s

mood beating hts WIZ eno young d4uxhter. according to this daughters ststement, George Tod. Captain of Battery B. was yesteray shot in the left lsg by Police omcf Boiling sledse. The shooting ocurredfat the home of the victim, 1i3 Je1t Davis Avenue, about 12:45 o'clock yesterday after- noon. e
 Alter. being hit bi the bullet from the revolver of o6er Sledse. Iooc Tai, into his home. sad. 1t Is said. nreo several shots at etner the poiicemsn or his daughter. or both, with a new smproyed s5ringf,el rife. None of the shots fired by Toddtook effect.
 Of6ear Ayant an} Night Police Ser srant' Morreii, wh live in the neigh borhood. were awi ikened by the snots. and rushing to te scene. found that Todd had barricsied himself in an up per room of hif mothers mousse su
 joinine his ownland that ne nau an. nounced no onecouid arres. n telephone alarm sent to headquarters hrourht BicycF Patroimen Loe and
 Tv.ns to the tene, and Chief Taylor also hurried dt.
 Before the .irrival or Cniet IeyioI: ths os1eers or,the scene had persuaded
 MT. T,eorre Todd. ST.. to talk to her son,-snd impyre him to submit auietIy to arrest Ms. Todd's talk with ner son resulted h the arrest being quietly sfsecfed by Jergeant Morrell and ofh-
 cer Curtis. ..=-'
 Todd wa,taken to police headquar- ,-ters in Chic Taylor's buggy, and made
 hond for loo for his appearance In
 poIfce Coyt this afternoon. On leav-
 inr headdarters Todd made request
 for the Srfngfield rifle. which he said
 beloneedto the Government. Chief
 Tayfor 1fused the request. and Todd
 stated lat he would sue for its pos
 session5'
 q, Taken to Infrmnry.
 Aftej his release from headquarters.
 Todd Id his wound dressed, and last
 nfrhtRas reported to be in excellent
 condlon at the infirmary. to which
 he, ht been taken.
 wen seen last night at her home.
 MrsGeorge Todd said that she would
 noflalk, but that her daughter might
 teliof the trouble If she was so in-
 cited.
 gfrs. Hugh sewell. Todd's daughter.
 eA that her father had come home
 athe usual time for dinner in drunk
 q condition. and that the family, with
 ie exception of Todd's two young boys. 1t down to dinner. Everything. said usual. until the two young boys Hem ry and George. got to nshtins in the back yard.
 "Their crfes attracted the attention of their father" said Mrs. SewelI, "and he jumped from the table with his knife. and started after Henry. the old est of the boys. My mother then went after father. and tried to prevent him from cutting Henry with the. knife. which she thought he seemed bent on doing.
 Father then struck mother, and I joined her. putting my arms around her neck and trying to ward off fath- CTS blows. Father then became en- ragged withsfne. and used some strong language to us both. He stopped beat Ing mother and tried to put me out of the house. - ',. |"At the front door he struck me in he face. l. don't know whether he hit me with the palm ot his hand or with his 1fist. but the blow struck me heavily on the mouth. Mir Sledse, the was pasisng by the house. and father called to him to put me out of his house. This MT. Sledge refused 10 do. saying that'it was not in his power to do so. according to the law.
 Father then become 1enraged with MT. rSledge. and began fighting him. Mr.. sledge pulled his revolver. and began shooting. One of the shots hit Iather. in the leg, and another entered Inc facing of the front door. 'nfother in the meanwhile had. gone put the back door of the house, over next door to the home of fathers mother. and began running across the ,treet. 7 N<-' 'y Todd Gets Rife.
 Father. after being shot.by Mir. Sledge, went into the house and got his rifle, frfng three or four shots at either Mir. Sledge or myself. don't know which. He then shut himself up in. tho iouse. and by that time. there we're lbout eight policemen around the rouse. with father inside swearing that nobody should arrest him. e~Chief Taylor then drove up, and ,ather. was taken down town In his ,uggy. swore out warrant charg. nR assault and battery" 2 Throughout Mrs. Sewelrs narrative, Mrs Todd made. Interruptions. saying tt one time that her husband frequent y came home in such condition of trunk enness. and that she had been beaten many times. Every detail of Mrs. Sewelrs narrative she corroborat- Id from time to time. When seen by a representative of The Advertised, Todd stated that the rorble had started first when he had a .ow with his young son. Henry; that Henry had been coming home late at right. and that when asked for an ex- ,ianati of his conduct at dinner time lad become impertinent. He Slapped lis son. and says that as he did so Mrs Todd and his married dauRhter