The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-28

tolver that the negro had in his right
hand holding partly behind him. De-
teetiye Burge saw the negro's pistol
but before he could warn Mosar that
OFFICER had seized Green by the coat
lapel and said: I'D Green. l want you.
this Is an officer"
On hearing the words OF the deteo-
tive the negro showed his heavy pis-
tol into the face Of Moser ami pulled
the trigger. The detectives uuickness
saved him. He threw up his arm which
Disconnected the aim of the negro and
the bullet flew harmless overhead.
Then a battle royal started Moser
grabbed the negro's pistol arm and
drawing his own gun, which was also
seized BY the free arm of the negro.
both detective and burglar wrestled in
the weeds In front of the house while
Detectives Burge. Crenshaw and Tyler
in vain sought for an opening in which
10 shoot the negro.
Green finally dropped his pistol and
freeing his hand. grabbed Moser by the
throat and the two struggling men
passed close to Patrol Driver Harry
Randall, who picked up a large rock
and struck the negro terrific blow.
knocking both Green and the detective
to the ground.
Wound Fails to Quell Green
On the ground the negro shook off
Aoser and started to run away. All
the detectives seizing their opportunity
hlazed away at him with their pistols.
but their aim was poor in the dark
A harbed wire fence stopped Green, and
Moser in hot pursuit overhauled him.
Moser shot Green in the abdomen.
knocking him down. The negro. still
full of fight, sprang up and leaping on
Moser nearly succeeded in getting the
officers pistol away from him.
In the struggle both Ed Green and
Moser went through the barbed wire
fence inflicting serious scratches on
themselves. On the other side of the
fence the negro got the best of Moser
and pinned him to the ground, but De-
tective Burge, arriving in the nick of
time. broke pair of handouts over
Green's head. The negro was for the
time being subdued, and having one
wrist handeuffed was taken in charge
by Detective Tyler
Having captured Ed Green. the de-
tectives returned with him to the house
and Tyler, holding a firm grip on the
broken handcuff with which Green was
secured, sat down on chair while Dc
teetives rrenshaw, Moser and Tyler
searched the house for stolen property.
In the house We're Katie Green. the wife
of Ed Green, and Mitchell Jackson, a
negro who lay in the bed apparently
asleep. On the table near the bed was
a small oil lamp the only illumination
besides the searchlights of the detec-
tives in the one room of the house
As the detectives searched the house,
perhaps 10 minutes passed without any
thing happening. Ed Green. hand j.
cuffed and apparently desperately
wounded, gave no sign that he was
able to start any trouble, and the in
animate form of Mitchell Jackson on
the bed deceived the detectives into
thinking that he TOO was harmless.
Suddenly jackson arose from the bed
and before the officers could seize him
had kicked the table and lamp in the
air, and, drawing shoe knife, began
the hardest kind of a fight. Green.
seeing his opportunity. started out of
the door. dragging with him Detective
Tyler, who held to the handcuff like
grim DEATH
Fight in the Dark
In the house following the kick of
Jackson, II was pitch dark for the only
searchlight the detectives had had been
knocked out of the hand of Detective
Crenshaw. In the dark the three de-
tectives fought warily with n scream
ing. frothing negro who slashed on all
sides. cursing the while. The -detec-
tives could not shoot for fear of hitting
each other and the only chance of cap
ture was to jump on the negro and
take his knife away. This Moser at
tempted to do.
With one slash Jackson cut the ten
dons of the detectives right wrist. but