The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
BODY IS RIDDLED
 BY NUMEROUS SHOTS
The Negro Was Handcuffed and in Charge of Officers When the Funeral Procession Came
 Down the Street
By HUGH W. ROBERTS


 afternoon and shot John Chandler to death
 The negro fell with his weight to the ground. and while Deputy Parker was endeavoring to prevent the rescue of the man believed to have killed his prls- oner. other Italians fired score of shots into the negro's prostrate pody' With gore dripping from 20 wounds, the corpse was carried to an undertaking establishment. Louis Gagliano, brother of the dead Italian. was arrested i, charged with murder.
 City Detective Ross, from stray pull let which in a hattened shape re- bounded from the pavement, received flesh wound in the right leg.
 City's Most Sensational Affair It was .the, most sensational occur renee in the history of this city For half an hour the most prominent corner of Bessemer was the scene of widest excitement. Women shrieked shrhly Ill a strange tongue. Possibly for the pres ervation of life, desperate men struS- gled From every section citizens, aroused by the sound of shot, came run ning Under the feet of the veritable mob, its blood dyeing crimson the pave ment, was the body. of Chandler about whose wrists the law had clamped it's chain In prominent view all the while was the coffin. containing the remains of the dead Italian of its vengeance Tor whose death the. law had just been deprived. sf-.-+.
 When peace was restored, the tu- neral procession moved onward. With their own peculiar rites the Italians deposited in the earth the ashes or Gagliano.
 Held Three Prisoners
 During the morning Coroner Brasher investigated the death of Gagliano, aud the three negroes held for the crime, John Coandler. Forney Smith and Charles Paige were ordered to the county jail. At 2:30 so'elocg on Third avenue and Nine- te9fltn st ,sssA ts h lfs " Chandler. and Deputy Heron, In charss cf Smith and Paige. were awaiting the arrival of d car As the car reached .he scene the funeral procession following the body of the man of whose murder the prisoners were charged, passed. The deputies, with their prisoners, broke through the procession for the purpose of gaining the car before it's departure.
 We had stepped from the curbstone. states Deputy Parker, when four sho's in rapid succession rang out sharply. Chandler pitched to the ground deaa man. Reaching to ths rear, clasped my sim about the waist of the man who hal fired the shots into the negro's back. and with my trec hand took charge Of hs
 '
 gun.
 Just at that moment I found myself in the clutch of half dozen men, each of whom was endeavoring to release my prisoner. Other officers came running 10 my assistance, and 1 was able to hold my man. He was Louis Gagliano, the brother of Joseph Gagliano, whose funeral the Italians were preparing to attend "A moment later peace apparently Was restored. But as the Italians backed from fl,a fT faf Instantly flenzied cries again rended the sir and q score of pistol shots rang out. The gathering of people from every sec ton of the city finally called the mob from it's brutality. With Smith and Paige, Deputy Heron continued his journey to Birmingham The funeral procession k moved onward. An ambulance carried N the remains of Chandler to an undertak- ! inr establishment. With Gagliano l came N 10 headquarters"
 'g Takes Pistol From Gagliano '' From the hand of Gagliano Deputy Parker states that he took a Smith x 4 syesson revolver of .32 calibre, of which four of the six chambers had been emptied The prisoners attorney, George Ross states that the man denies that he ls guilty.
 Sheriff McAdory and Chief Deputy Met oalfe reached Bessemer from Birmingham sbout 5 o'clock, and after making a su- ptrficial Investigation, returned with cagliano to the county jail. Deputy Chew was left in charge with instruc- tions to arrest every man suspected of having participated in the shooting ot Chandler.
 The prisoner, as he sat in the office of the Bessemer deputies, presented a pie i, ture of abiect fear. He is small man 1 with a peculiarly thin face and attenuated neck He said nothing, put his fingers Slowed between leach other rapidly as if under the pressure of nervousness. and | his large eyes roamed without seeing along the blackened walls
 Excitement All Over City P Following the funeral of Joseph Gag liano, the Italians returned to Bessemer' and might have been seen in earnest con versation about the corners of the city They were evidently discussing the shoot l ing of the negro Chandler, and possibly awaiting, not without feafful anticipation. the action of the law.
 Throughout Besserlaer excitement reigned for hours. PracS Ideally the entire male population was on the scene of the crime. Men talked in low tones every where string of curious filed through the doorway of Jacobs Undertaking es- fablishment. A thousand men, it Is prob able, gazed upon the bloody, mangled face of Chandler, and behelds the gaping pis- tol wounds still open on Nhis breast.
 At ' O clock the church 9els rang and the thought pierced home that the day had been Sunday It was al nasty night with clustering rain. But the coagulated gore of Chandler still reflect ed deep red from the pavement.
 Crime Was Brutal
 Joseph Gsgliano was shot, brlhtally shot, without cause Friday night. H conduct ed grocey store on Carolinla avenue. N He was q tpod man. it is said,l and was highly regaided by the people tpf Besse- mer.
 On the night of the murder nsegro en- tered his sore and made a smlal pur- chase. Gaglhno reminded him as Rhe was returning to, the door that he Had not paid the amoint due. The negro. 1t lis said aimed revolver at his heart and fired.
 Officers 500, afterward arrestedT Chand- Ter, Smith aid Paige and itsis t stated that the evidetce indicated th4frst Manned kas the culprid Peculiar is Jo fact ta4at Ehandler notslong since. 7Ys ehipioyee " the city asla guard of cpSicts' |