The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-07
We'll Known Former Police man Shot By Son-in-Law,
 E. P. Parker
AROSE OVER
 DISPOSITION OF PIANO
Parker, in Statement, Says Brown Was Advancing With Stick and That He Fired in
 Self-Defense

D. P. Brown, a former member of the wounded by his son-n-law, E. P. Parker yesterday morning at Il 80 o'clock. He was shot once in the left leg and again in the abdomen.
 l MT. Brown was rushed to St. Vincents hospital in the ambulance of the Johns Undertaking company but he died several hours later, expiring at o'clock. Dr. Cunningham Wilson performed an opera | ton at 1 o'clock in hopes of saving his life, but in vain The second shot pene- trated the abdomen and no hope was en- tertained from the first.
 | The shooting occurred in front of MT. Browns residence at No. 1s Canal street, Elyton. It is understood that the difficult | ty arose over the disposition of piano, which is said to belong to Miss Pauline Brown, who was a mortified witness of | the shooting.
 With the exception of Miss Brown there were rio witnesses to the tragedy. Inn mediately after the shooting Parker sprang Into his machine and came to po- lice headquarters where he surrendered | to Chief of Police George H. Bodeker in person. He walked itno the office of the chief and announced that he had shot his father-in-law, but that he had to do IL and greatly deplored the act He was held pending the outcome of Mn Brown wounds, and when the latter died a charge of murder was placed against him. He will be transferred to the county jail on warrant today
 | The police department was notified Of the shooting and Detectives Murphy, Fully and Gates rushed to the scene in an automobile. They found Mir Brown in dying condition.
 Statement of Deceased City Detective w. F. Murphy rode Tn the ambulance with MT Brown to the hospital. Mir. Murphy states that Mr. Brown made the following statement to him in regard to the shooting: "He shot me about piano. l tried 10 knock the gun out of his hand with my stick but he was too quick for me-
 Mir. Brown made no further statement about the shooting before his death MT. Brown lived long enough for his relatives | to gather at ms DeuSlue.
 E. P. Parker, the man who confessed to the shooting, appeared very calm In l talking about the matter. He betrayed no emotion in speaking of the shooting. say ling that he had to do it in self-defense' He chatted with the detective while wait ing to hear the outcome of MT. Brown | wounds
 He at first refused to make statement in regard to the shooting, but after con sultation with friends, made the follow ing statement to 8 representative Of The Age-Herald:
 MT. Parker's Statement
 My name Is E. P. Parker. l reside at 3OS Sarah avenue, Earle Place. shot my father-in-law, MT. D. F. Brown, this morning about Il 80 o'clock in self-de- fense. His youngest daughter, Miss Pauline Brown, and youngest son, Werner l.. Brown, reside with me. Some three weeks ago, while the family was away from home, MT. Brown went to my house and took his daughters piano, sewing machine and rug from my residence When his daughter returned home she went to his residence and had the piano. which belonged to her, moved back to my house. Today, when my wife, ner sister, and myself returned home from Sunday school we were informed that MT. Brown had removed the piano sec ond time His daughter asked me to take her to his house for the purpose Of ask | ing him to return to the piano to her, as it belonged to her and he had absolutely | ;+ a At home we saw the men moving the piano into the house. His daughter went Tn and I stayed on the sidewalk outside the yard gate His daughter asked him and plead with him to let the men return the piano. He turned around and said to me in the bitterest tones and worst lan- guage a man could possibly use that he would beat me to death. Whereupon he started at me with big loaded hickory stick which he carried all the time. kept backing and he kept coming unti had backed nearly off the curb. shot him in the leg and when he didn't stor I fired the second time and intended shooting him in the leg again, but he was so close to me that I shot higher thar I intended. I regret the occurrence yer, much indeed"
 Parties We'll Known
 MT. Brown was about 65 years old al the time of his death. For a number ol years he was member of the Birming ham police force. and was highly es' teemed by his fellow officers. Some time ago he resigned from the police depart ment and for some time was a warden