The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-11
.G. N. GREEN KILLS
 CHESTER HENDERSON Stabbed to Death in Fight Near
 Cullman QUARREL OVER A DEBT Green Makes No Effort to Escape But
QUARREL OVER A DEBT
Green Makes No Effort to Escape But surrenders fo Sheriff Casey Claiming His Act Was
 JustifiabIe

fight which occurred today at the home of G. ". Green. in the neighborhood of Gays school house. eight miles east of Culman, Chester Henderson was killed by G. W. Green.
 From the story given by G. W Green. the man who did the killing, and from others who live In the neighborhood and
 are familiar with the occurrence it seems that the fight was brought about over a
 dispute of debt that the dead man Is
 said to have owed to the younger brother of Green, Eza Green. Green claimed that
 Henderson owed him between s2o and s25
 for work he did for him.
 This morning about 5:aO o'clock tne youngest brother intended bringing a
 load of cotton to Cullman to sell and was preparing to start to town when Hen him for the balance of the money due
 him for his work. The dead man refused
 to pay the boy, 1t Is alleged, and the young man began to argue the question
 with him. It is said that MT. Hender-
 son slapped the boy in the face. When
 this was done the cause of the boy was
 taken up by his older brother, who told
 the man not to strike his brother again.
 It Is claimed that Henderson turned on
 the older brother. who after making
 an effort to get out of the way, cut at Henderson with his knife, striking
 him just below the left ear. completely severing the 1ugular vein. Henderson
 died within 15 minutes.
 No one was present when the killing
 occurred except the Green brothers and
 the family of the older brother The dead
 was committed in the back yard of the
 Green home. The dead man was a very prosperous farmer and was well-to-do,
 owning large tract of land, and the
 man who killed him was tenant of his.
 The wound below the ear was the only
 one found on the body of the dead man,
 and death was the result of bleeding. As soon as it could be done the news was communicated to Sheriff Casey, who in company with the coroner and coun- ty solicitor, hurried as rapidly as pos
 sble to the scene of the murder. The
 body had never been touched when the
 sheriff and coroner arrived and remained in the same position when it fell dead. There was found a half-open knife in the | right hand of the dead man.
 l G. w. Green, the man who committed the crime, made DO attempt to get away, and displayed a most wonderful nerve. When interviewed, he talked freely of the crime and seemed cool and collected, re- latng the story as above stated He seemed to feel that he had done nothing more than his duty In the matter, and spoke of the affair as coolly as if 1t had been an everyday occurrence. He seem ed to be as attentive to the disposition of the body as anyone present. Coroner Hartung decided that it was
 not coroner's case, as there was no de- nial by the man who did the work. and an investigation was considered out of place and useless. Both the Green boys were arrested by Sheriff Casey and brought to Cullman and placed in jail to await a preliminary hearing before Judge Burke. No date has been set for the hearing, but it is thought that both will be allowed bail
 The people of the community In which both parties lived seemed to be of the opinion that the killing was justifable, lalthough all the fact; will be brought out in the trial regarding this. The knife and the clothing found on the dead
 man were taken in charge by Solicitor
 Griffin and will be used as evidence.