The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-12
Geo. M0wrey, TObe Gwynn
and G. w. Pennington .
Lodged in Jail
MOTIVE FOR CRIME
Is STILL IN DOUBT
One Man in Jail Says He Shot Sulli-
van, But Fired After Sullivan Had
Gut Him-Delay in Re-
porting the Case

The LewishurS section claimed another
victim Saturday night at 11.2O o'clock,
"hen Fred Sullivan, a young married
man OF Mineral Springs. was waylaid and
shot
SULLIVAN is at present at the point of
death in the lIillman hospital
lie was shot twice, once In the back
oil the neck and again more seriously in
eae pack right above the kidneys, sever
ing the spinal cord. II is thought he will
die The assailants of Sullivan, alleged
TO be George Mowrey, Tobe Gwynn and
G. w. Pennington, were arrested and
placed in the county Jail yesterday morn
lng by Deputies Rape, Hartsfield and Nc
Dur and Constable Dinsmore of>Beat 80.
Occurred at Coalburg
The shooting, according to accounts re-
eelVed IN Birmingham early yesterday
morning. occurred on Walker street, in
Coalburg, outside of j. T. Pennington s
poolroom. According to Constable Dins-
more. Sullivan Cnd Gwynn had been in
Pennington poolroom all evening playing
pool and left there shortly after II o'clock.
Accounts vary as TO how the shooting oc-
CURED. Sullivan at the hospital stated to
the police yesterday morning that he mad
started to walk away from the pool
room, when someone hit him over the
head with the butt end of a pistol and
then while he laid ON the ground Pen
nirgton and Mowrey shot him
Mowrey at the county jail admitted
shooting Sullivan, but stated that it
was done in self defense, as he is a po-
lice officer, ana that when he tried to
arrest Sullivan on a disorderly conduct
charge Sullivan drew knife and cut him
in the hand. Mowrey said that he shot
at Sullivan, but that others also did some
shooting. Pennington would not talk
Gwynn stated that he was talking to
Sullivan when ;he shooting occurred, but
would not say who did the shooting nor
how the trouole began.
Not Reported for Several Hours
The shooting was not reported in Bir-
mingham until 1 clock yesterday morn
ing, and though Mowrey was arrested inn
mediately after the shooting by Con
stable Dinsmore, he was not brought to
the county Jail until o'clock in the
morning. The body of Sullivan following
the shooting was left for quite an inter
va out in the road, as he was believed
to be dead Some curious people inves.
tisated and discovered spark of life left
in his body, so getting mattress they
placed Sullivan on it, and piling the
wounded man and mattress on spring
board buggy. Sullivan was taken to his
fathers home, six miles away in Sayre-
ton.
Immediately after the arrival of his
wounded son at home. John W. Sullivan,
the father, who is prosperous merchant
in Sayreton, telephoned to Mackey's al
North Birmingham for an ambulance.
The ambulance sa ent cut and brought Sui
lisan TO the Hillman hospital, arriving
there at about $50 O'Clock, or six hours
after the shooting. The doctors after eX-
amining the Young man held out no hope.
Varying Rumors Heard
The report that first came TO Birming-
ham about the shooting created quite a
stir in police quarters, as it was report
ed that the feud in Lewsburg had been
icCpeieu' II "dS iepoIlSu tndt ieiiS
and Fred sullivan had been ambushed
and killed on the LewisDurg road, but
later reports showed this to be erroneous.
Early yesterday morning Detectives
Cole and Goldstein and Deputies Harts-
field and McDuff went out To the Lewis
burg district to investigate, and follow
ing their advent in the case the arrest of
Pennington and Gwynn followed. The Of
ficers stated last night that it was Zone
OF those dirty Lewisburg shootings," but
stated that they did not expect a resump-
ton of the recent reign Of terror in that
rtion