The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
Coroner Brasher Says, How ever, all Four Bullets En-
 tered Mans Back
BLOODY TRAGEDY
 IN BOARDING HOUSE
Carl K. Lowe Is Also Arrested on q Charge of Having Fight With Thomas Before the Killing
 Occurred

A bloody tragedy was revealed yester- day morning at $50 o'clock oy Officer Dan Maloney when it was found that Homer J. Hale had shot ana instantly killed his brother-in-law, Tom Thomas, at boarding house on North Twenty fourth street.
 The patrolman was finishing his beat walking towards Twenty fourth street. when from that direction he heard several shots and loud cries. Running around theSorner and down Twenty-fourth street, towards First alley, he stopped to listen again. Just at that time another shot sounded. The noise came from up tho stairs at 1121s on the left hand side Of the street. Bounding up the sairs Onicer Maloney ran into a crowd of crying women and raging men. Pushing his way back he found the body of a white man lying across the threshold of a room at the back of the hall. The man was dead, as eursory examination showed, and there were four bullet wounds in his body and one deep stab. as though made by knife in the shoulder.
 Following an investigation by the offi- cer the remains were sent to the parlors of Lige Loy. and two white tnen, H. J.. Hale and Carl R. Lowe, vera arrested and taken to the city jail. Hale was charged with murder and Lowe with an assault The dead man was Tom Thomas, brother-in-law of Homer Hale.
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 ,a.o,ai.,,. co s.aton,apte ,pada to Off cer Maloney. Thomas had been shot by Hale when he had advanced on him with an ax. Hale alleges that the man was irresponsible and that he would have killed him with the ax had lie not shot first Lowe had been in Il fight with Thomas and had bested him, after which Thomas went to the back of the house and got the ax. with which the latter at tackled Hale, his brother-in-law.
 When questioned by a reporter yester- day morning Miss Icie Thomas. sister of the dead man. Tom Thomas, said; Tom came in and woke me Up about O clock and said that we were going back home. at Morris, Ala. where our parents live. I tried to argue with him to wait until daylight, and after some time he consented When l asked him what Jthe matter was he said that he had had a fuss with his wife, and that he was leav- ing her I don't know about this, but don't think that this was what was the matter. Carl Lowe came in then, when Tom started cursing, and said that he would have to fight him or stop that CUTS inf They had a qght, and Tom was whipped. Then he went out into the hall and met Homer Hale coming up the stairs. Homer had heard the snoise and came up with a gun in his hand. We begged him not to shoot, and he said that he wouldn't and went to his room, down the hall. Then Tom went ont in the kitchen and got an ax that was there and went to Hale's door Tom Lowe, Carls brother. and Homer Hale's wife were all in Hales room then. Tom said something to Hale and started at him with the ax, and Hale shot hr. Then the officer came up and arrested Homer Hale and Carl Lowe and took them off to the jail, and that is all that 1 kno1. Tom had been cursing and raging around all during the night and we couldn't quiet him "