The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
MANY ACCIDENTS AND CRIMES LATELY. Wafer Crane Killed By
 Train Yesterday FELL ACROSS TRACKS Fires of Large and Small Dimensions, Hold Ups and Various Robber-
 ies Ran Rampant All
 Last Week

The week Just passed has been one of startling activity in the police and fire departments of the city of Birmingham. The sheriffs office has also frequently been included in the week activities.
 Yesterday afternoon things began to pick up with the deputy sheriffs and the coroner. Coroner Brasher received a call to Kimberly mines, about 2 miles north of the city, stating that Wafer Crane had been killed and placed on q railroad track. Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Charles Helton he went to the scene. 1t was found by the officers, however. that there had been no foul play. The man had fallen unconscious across the tracks and a freight train passed over his body, badly mangllng it He was a son of Tom Crane. This happened about 200 yards above Kimberly station on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Coming back to town they were stopped by negro named Attaway, who said that his 10 year old son had broken his arm. They took the little negro in the automobile to bring him to the city and place him in a hospital for medical treatment.
 As they arrived at Kimberly they re- ceived the news that Marion Hughes, aged 55 years, and prominent citizen of that community, had dropped a .3S calibre pistol accidentally and shot himself in the leg. The ball entered just below the calf of the leg, broke the bone passed on through the knee, breaking the bones there and to the upper part of the leg, breaking still another bone. They placed him in the automobile, too, and brought him to the city. Both he and the little negro were placed in the Hillman hospital.
 Many Fires
 Six hours without a fire, or at least a run for the department during the past week, have been scarce. Following the big fire on Sunday, January II, everything in the city seemed to be trying to get in the excitement
 The police department has been con- fronted with one of the knottiest problems that has been brought to It's notice since the Coleman-S Strickland killing in 1910. That is the mystery of the identity of the automobile whi{ Ted Gzaf Adams and almost fat o1naea lhn B. Franklin Sunda aaiuary li. during the rush f t8uite1 fire.
 The officers are raasef solution of the mystery t aa Fo hours after the tragedy
 Toward the latt One selx the gum shoe fraterh aaa rations after about two lf w and doing nothing. uurst South Highlands lady vt tciH eyenth avenue and Twent an un- known negro and r8- been able to gain no clu sr About $50 in checks were
 Colema
 Thursday night I white man living at 200 held up and robbed on Ai Hdt street, between First and 5. He lost $60 and a watch IS as- signed to Detectives Burge and Williams and they yesterday placed in jail Nelson Butler and Bill D. Clark, two negroes charged with the crime. The negroes It is said had taken the money and eX- changed it for gold pieces and made stick pins of them. The officers say that they have strong cases against the negroes. They were assisted in the arrest by Oni- cers Harrison and Puckett.
 Saturday night hold ups were rampant all over the city. A little boy named Emory Adams was held up, knocked In the head and robbed of $s.25 by negro boy at Twenty-ffth street. shortly after ward Jess Davis, a white man. suffered a more severe treatment in the Terminal station subway when two negroes knocked him in the head and robbed him of S56 Policeman Stokes found Davis lying un- conscious in pool of blood. These ne- groes stopped another negro at the pomt of a pistol few minutes later and re- lieved him of SlO in cash. They have not yet been apprehended.
 Policemen Hawkins and Tyler found 8 white baby in possession of a negro wom- an at S20 North Twenty-fourth street and took charge of it. They turned it over to pr. Charles Whelan, city physician, who placed it in the Tillman hospital and obli- gated himself to find home for it. He received several applications for 1t yes terday.
 That's about all.