The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-10

dliu iltdf u Ol tic kiilln6. dIi nOt lciatSei to MT. Cole. He did not have any bum dies when he left North Birmingham. know Teck Duncan and did not see him anywhere that day. I know Potts, but don't remember exactly where 1 saw him. It was on the road somewhere"
 Abe Rich, proprietor of the Colorado Loan shop on Twentieth street, near Sec ond avenue, was the first witness in the afternoon. q know Cole by sight I do not sell buckshot. I never carried smaller than No. in my life nor larger than No s. I buy shells from Birmingham Arms company l remember selling Cole cart ridges, but no buckshot. I hold auttions daily at my place have two men work ing for me when I hold auctions
 On cross-examination he practically re- iterated his testimony given the defense.
 W. A Cobb testified the first day that Cole bought the shot at Abe Rich's and could identify the man. Cobb was brought In and said Rich was not the man who sold Cole the shot.
 Mrs. Ellard Called
 Mrs. Felix J. Ellard. T am the widow of Felix J. Ellard. I came to Birmingham OF March IS. l know Henry Cole. He was on a North Birmingham car the day I came to Birmingham. He was with another man."
 Solicitor Hef1in took the witness. On CT cIoss-examination she said: We left home about o'clock MT. Ellard was next to the blinds We passed them few minutes after B. It Is about mile and half from our house to the blinds; three quarters from the blinds to Walkers chapel. We stopped at Lewisburg only a few minutes. Mir. Ellard stayed in the buggy. I told Frank Guthrie where we were going. I don't know whether 1 told him or anyone l was going to stay at Birmingham or not. I heard MT. Ellard tell MT. Truss that I was going to stay few days till I got better. l told MT. Truss, too, that I would stay few days
 'I don't know any one else that heard 1t. unless 1t was Ira Dement,, whom l also told I was going to stay. My husband was in MT. Dement'S of fee. I didn't know Mir. John Potts at that time. Mir John H. Miller also came in while l was out there. My son Claude and his wife were the only ones at home who knew l was going to stay.
 q left MT. Ellard and stopped at my brother, Jim Russells, house."
 Identifies Kreutler
 W. A. Cobb came in and identified Henry Kreutler as the man who sold Henry Cole buckshot. "I know Cole when l see him. I don't think l ever sold him any shells. We did not keep buckshot then and do not now. I know I did not go to Birmingham Arms to get him some. We do go out and get buckshot when we have de- mands for them. We do not keep any record of sales we make. I don't re- member any one l sold shells to on March IS. do not remember who has been in the store during one day. l don't ever remember seeing MT. Cobb in the store. l don't remem- Der nothing!" the witness exploded aft CT being questioned closely by Solicitor Heflin.
 Mrs. Ira Dement, on Stand
 Mrs. Ira Dement, said: T know Henry Cole. l know Mrs. Ellard. I knew MT. Felix Ellard. MT. and Mrs. Ellard passed our place about in the morn ing and MT. Ellard came back about alone. He went toward Lewisburg. I saw Henry Cole that day. 1 saw him again about 4 o'clock. He and Potts were together and they came to my house about 10 minutes to 5. MT. Potts came in the house and Mir Cole staid in the buggy. They drove toward Lewisburg"
 B. E. Hogan Called B. E. Hogan testified next "I knew Felix Erlard but did not see him the day he was killed. I saw Henry Cole that day He was alone and driving toward Lewis burg about 4:30 or o'clock. It was about 80 minutes after MT. Cole left that heard that Mir. Ellard was killed" The next several minutes were spent in de- termining distance which Cole and Ellard lad passed during the day In order to locate each one every possible minute during that eventful day, March IS, 1912. He also told of how he heard of Ellard's S death that night. Minute details were brought out by both defense and state as entire day.
 Andy Sullivan Next Andy Sullivan was the next witness. He said T did not tell Amos Sharritt that I saw Henry Cole building a blind, but did tell him that l could find two boys who saw two men building blind. I did not call Henry Coles name nor anyone else's name at all. Amos Shar- ritt has not been to see me since l told him that" One cross examination he said T only had one conversation with Sharritt and that on April 10 in the court house. l have been working on Lewis burg cases. l am a private detective. was not employed to assist Henry Cole
 John Potts Called Deputy Sheriff John Potts was the next witness. He said he has known both Cole and Ellard for 20 years.
 He saw Cole about 4:45 vixen he got in the buggy with Cole at Hogans store.