The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-13
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Cutting Affra.
 Night May {
 Two Dc
BEGAN QUAR-,
 UNION ME
)VER SHIP
Affair Occurred in ( From Florence Hota Bar-Burt Took
 to Police Sta
leading 'ence

r1aud Drake. aged 2s Is dead: R. A. Waldron, aged Al ,, Is at St. Vincent's hospital vii bare chance for recovery, and fmih r. Crosson, aged about 30 Vt ] at the city jail, as the result of guar rel last night.
 The affair took place In forrloor between the Florence hotei nd the Florence bar about s:30 o'o. ok last night Ii Is said that the trou le arose through a dispute over labor unions
 At inc hospital last night, in mak- ing a statement to Detectives Surge and Propst, Waldron stated that he, Drake and Crosson were talking in the Florence building when Crosson made Inc statement that he was boiler maker Both Waldron and Drake are boiler makers. Waldron said that he then asked Crosson to show him hls union card, which, he alleges, Crosson was unable to produce
 Turned Away From Him
 "'rhen I turned off from him, said Waldron, "and told him that l did not want to talk to him, as he didn't have a card.
 He then turned away and in few minutes we started to the laVatory ih the hotel building" Waldron continued in his statement AS we were nearing the door of the lavatory we encount- cred Crosson who cursed us. I am man enough 10 resent that l told him and had not any sooner said It than nc cut at me with his knife. He struck me here in the neck"
 When seen at the city. jail Crosson could scarcely make statement lie said: "They accused me Of being u 'scab and I denied il. Then one ot them cut at me with knife and struch me in the leg. l drew my knife, the big blade of which is broken off, and set in to defend myself" When asked just where this took place he said ! don't know. l was so excited that l don't know anthing else about H. lie insisted, though, that the other men started the row and he merely de- tended himself.
 CrossOn Cut in Leg
 According to Dr. Charles Whelan' cit. physician Crosson sustained se- were stab in the leg. Waldron said al inc hospital that if Crosson was cut al all it was when he (Waldron) took bis knife away from him during the scuffle. A knife was shown Waldron and he said that 1t was the one Which he took away from Crosson after pe- inc cut. The big blade of the Knife was broken, as Crosson stated put u aortd be seen that the break in the blade was fresh.
 Both Cut in Neck waldron and Drake were both cut on the left side of the neck. However the jugular vein of Drake was seV- ered to which his death is attributed It is said that he had lost an immense ouantity of blood before he reached the hospital. What physicians term thf subclayian artery was cut in Waldron , necl, and he was also stabbed jusl over the heart. Both men sustained other minor cuts about the hands ant arms.
 1 Crosson has been employed on th' American Trust and Savings bant lbuilding at First avenue and Twen tieth street. He states that he IS f' boiler maker by trade but does T' hold union card. He says, thou ,'' that he is a member of the Teamsi . union of New York city.
 Both Drake and Waldron are makers and live in Birmingham. 'Ne llived at 1212 Cotton avenue, Wesi "'' land was married. He was in t1 'ii nlov of the Otis Elevator co, any pios u,orty-ninth rect
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 ,, thr.a children. I, aged l14 years: Kathlene, aged l2 VI anu IT. ,a ,,,,oyea at ouis- Nost,,,iI,a shons oyles, Ni''' ''' ..,, ,a .o,s hoT laker. , Bissett's Account of man named Bissett maN } comprehensive statement of , He states that after the m
 arguing in the saloon, Gross '" He l knows well, walked to the " ,'e { Florence hotel, where he
 ment to him lBissett )tf "ou'''
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 west" Bissett states ths o' '''e'' walked out of the toile
 corridor where he met
 sett says that Crosson
 men and the larger O '"e" (Waldron) said: 'I an 'o
 resent that" Bissett ' e sooner had the words np' . than crosson set in to iie ue scrihed the knife whicl
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 broken about half in
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