The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-05
WALKER BLEEDS ID DEATH FROM
 BULLET WOUND The Young Man Was Shot in the Leg By Officer
 Saunders
POLICEMAN THOUGHT
 HE WAS A BURGLAR
Surprise Expressed That Death Result ed, and Sensation Is Crented-The Mother, Bitterly Grieyed, CoI-
 lapses Completely

H. F. Walker, the young man shot in the left leg by Officer Saunders Sunday morning at 30 o'clock, died at St. Yin cents hospital at BPS o'clock yesterday morning. It was not discovered that Walker was badly injured until the am buance arrived at the hospital. Both Officer Saunders and the driver of the ambulance did not think that Walker was seriously wounded as he was able to sit up and seemed quite strong, The bull let entered just above the left knee, severing the main artery of the leg. H. F. Walker was employed by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany at Ensley and has always been re- garded as reliable man. His shooting and subsequent death created d sensation among his friends when 1t became known People who knew Walker are at loss to account for his presence at the place where he was shot
 Walker lived at 12l6 Joseph street Graymont and has a mother and sister living with him. His mother, Mrs. Martha Sweat, is completely prostrated by the death of her son and refused to give out statement last night His sister, Miss Lena Walker, is also very ill and medical attention has been necessary since the news of his death reached Walkers fam | fly.
 Walker was 26 years of age and had been employed by the Tennessee company at Ensley as a rail inspector. The body will be sent today to Coldwater for buria | by the Green Undertaking company. statement By Saunders Officer Saunders, who did the shooting was greatly shocked when he heard oi the death of Walker yesterday morning He made the following statement in re- l gard to the shooting:
 My partner, Robert Puckett, and were riding along Fifteenth street wher we saw a man trying to break into the store on the corner of Fifteenth street and Seventh avenue. We were riding or the opposite side of the street on the sidewalk, trying to catch some burglars at work. Puckett called my attention | to the man dcTOSS lft Slittls I1t III o' tried the window, shaking the bar and | then went to the door and repeated his actions. As he put his hand on the dooi I called to him to stop. He immediately ran and shot at him. He did not stor l immediately after I shot at him but raI down Seventh alley. He cleared two fences in a manner that would have done credit to a man with both legs sound, much less one that had beer: wounded. Puckett and myself chased him and found him some distance up the alley. He did not appear to be badly that as he passed the alley another man came running by him and that we had shot him instead of the right man. This was almost impossible as neither my partner nor myself saw or heard anyone else near the place. We called an ambulance to be suffering much and was still able to talk. After we had sent him to the hospital we went back to the store and found sack that he had evidently dropped. I had no idea the man was seriously wounded and was greatly shocked to learn of his death this morn- | ing
 | Robert Puckett, Officer Saunders part ner. also made statement of the facts of the shooting and his account coincides exactly with that of Saunders.
 Greens ambulance took Walker to St. | lxrt. ffa1 tx-ac ,nt cred that he was bleeding profusely un- til they arrived at the hospital. Even then no alarm was felt as the man was able to sit up but couldn't walk. The ambulance was covered with blood
 McCullom, who rode in the ambulance with the man, said:
 'The man was dead before anyone thought he was in danger. I rode in the ambulance with him and did not dream that he would die. When we got to the hospital he seemed strong and could sit up but couldn't walk. He bled profuscly not 10 minutes after we took him in the ambulance that he was in the hospital
 Mrs. Swcat's statement
 His mother. Mrs. Martha Sweat is completely prostrated at the death of her son. When we carried the body to the home at 1216 Joseph street this afternoon she complained bitterly that he had been allowed to die and no one had notified her. She took the death very hard and medical attention was necessary both for her and for his sister, Miss Lena Walk er Mrs. Sweat made the following state ment to me when I carried the body to the house: My son never stayed out late at night and hardly ever went to town. When he left Saturday night he told me that 1t would be late before he returned and not to expect him. I think 1t awful that my boy should have been allowed to die and nobody say anything to me. There certainly must have been some neglect as he was at the hospital an hour before he died
 Chief Bodeker has nothing to say in re- gard to the shooting. He has not sus- pended either Officer Saunders or Puckett The inquest will be held this morning at g o'clock by Coroner Brasher in his of flee. A number of witnesses will be pres ent as character witnesses.
 The two officers were the only eye wit nesses to the shooting.
 
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