The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-21

This threat Is said to have been made at Coalburg. Sunday night, the man said, Duncan was seen with a shotgun ana he declared to friends that he was going "to Walkers chapel to get old Ellard. It is said that Ellard attended services there Sunday night. However, Duncan failed in this case as Is known, as Ellard was not killed until the next day, Mon day.
 The man continued by saying that Dun can was seen Monday afternoon about , o'clock going from his home at Coalbarg with shotgun across the hills toward the place where old man Elard was killed. Whether the gun in the hands of Duncan was a pump gun or an or dinary eiector gun. the man stated to Police Moser, those seeing 1t were not able to tell. That evening about clock, the man said, Duncan was seen to go Into Coalburg from this direction and seemed to be greatly agitated and in great hurry.
 Armed with this information Policeman Moser spent all day yesterday in the hills north of Birmingham in Beats 2 and 50 confirming this story. which, he states, he did in each instance. He states that he saw every witness whose name was given him my this man, and that they confirmed the story, but in every case they would not tell anything until he had sworn not to divulge their names.
 All Fear for Lives
 Policeman Moser states that while the people knowing all this evidence are not making any sort of demonstration of fear, they are much concerned as to the safety for their own lives. He states that he will under no circumstances. di- vulge the names of the witnesses until after the trial. The witnesses will prob If aff fn faSfi irun nJlAf today.
 Policeman Moser said that he then be- gan a still search for Duncan, learning about night that the latter was in Bir- n,ingham The officer then came to the city and began the search for him, but did not locate him until yesterday morn ing about Il o'clock at the courthouse. At the time, Duncan was in crowd of people around one of the court rooms. Policeman Moser states that he made his way to Duncan and quietly informed him that he was under arrest, to which Dun can replied: All right captain; I am ready and will not give you any trou- i ble."
 Describes the Arrest
 'T asked him then if he had a gun on l him." said Policeman Moser and he told me that he had two of them. He said that his life had been threatened and
 
 time and he was carrying them for his own protection. l told him that if he would not give me any trouble he could keep them and l would not expose him there in the crowd, and that l would wait until we got to the alley to take them off of him. He said that he would not, and I took him at his word Whom we got to the alley, I asked him to give me his guns and he pulled them out of his pocket and handed them over to me. One was a 45 Colts and the other was a. 32-30 Smith and Wesson.'
 Policeman Moser states that he then left the courthouse with Duncan and going on down Third avenue was joined by De- tective Paul Cole, who had also been le- tailed on the case. Together they took him to police headquarters
 Chief Deputy Sheriff Walter Metcalfe yesterday afternoon stated that the sheriff's office had nothing to give out concerning the arrest of Coker, and ac- cording to the rules of the county jail, re- porters were barred from seeing coker last night