The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-26
HENRY !. WALLER
 COMMITS SUICIDE Bessemer Real Estate Man Found by His Wife ATTRIBUTED TO HEAT Funeral Services Will Be Conducted This Afternoon-Negroes Are In-
 iured When Motorcar Hits
 Open Switch
ATTRIBUTED TO HEAT

Bessemer. June 5.-(Special )-Hen- " C. Waller one of the best known men in Bessemer. committed suicide about o'clock this morning while in his bedroom. The body was not found until this morning at ' o'clock. when Mrs Waller entered the room to awak- en her husband.
 Mr. Waller was lying on the bed with the revolver gripped in his hands. the muzzle close to the face. He had shot himself through the roof of the mouth and death is thought to have been all most instantaneous w. c. Hunt, who rooms with the Walters, heard the sound of the shot but, thinking it had been fired downtown. did not investi- gate
 The cause of MT Walters suicide Is q mystery to his friends, but it is at tributed by some to the extreme heat and a slight illness with which Mr. Waller was troubled. pr. George D. Waller a brother of the dead man, said that there was no specific dis ease.
 Mir Waller was president of the H. c. Waller Real Estate and Insurance company and was 39 years of age, He was born in Pickens county and came to Bessemer IS years ago, having been here since that time He is survived by his widow, one daughter. Miss Kath- leen Waller; two brothers, pr George D. Waller and T. Bryan Waller; a half brother, Allen Owen, and a half sister, Miss Ella owen.
 Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock from the family residence with the Rev. M K. Thornton, pastor of the First Bap- tist church, in charge. Interment will be in Cedar Hill cemetery
 The following will act as pallbearers: Active, George Rutledge, W. II. Lew is. R. P. Mims, Judge William Jackson, Albert Dalrymple, J. NJ. Scott honor ary, Lee Moody, G. H. Stevenson, w P, Golson, N. B. Parker, l. P Johnson, Sam Stein, J. H. Houppert A. c. Mitch ell, pr. J. S. Winters. Alex Carroll, pr. J. c. Curry, pr. w D. Taylor and l.. E. Bruins.
 Funeral services over the remains of Vera Mitchum, the 13-year- old daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs Walter Mitchum of Wilkes station, who was drowned yes terday at Bandy's Mill, will be held tomorrow morning at o'clock from the Baptist church at Wilkes, with the Rev. A. B. Batson officiating Interment will be made at the Walnut Grove ceme- tery The following girl friends will serve as pallbearers: Olgie Mickerson, Maggie Lee Milan, Kate Batson. Mar celia Cox. Bessie Mae Hunnicutt and Ethel Jones.
 The deceased is survived by her par. ] ents, MT. and Mrs. Walter Mitchum and five sisters and brothers, Lucille Irene, Artiee, Pauline and ". F. Mitchum
 x~'ohn Miles and Ben Beasley, both
 roes, were injured this afternoon
 Yen motor car on the Atlanta, Bir-
 ingham and Atlantic railroad on which they were riding, ran into an open switch and was overturned near Woodward. Miles had his left leg broken while Beasley had his back broken. Both men were rushed to the Elizabeth Duncan hospital The men were employed at the Woodward fur naces of the Woodward Iron company
 Capt. Lacey Edmundson reports that the last three men required to complete the military company were secured last night All examinations have been com pleted and drilling has been in order at the armory every night. Captain Ed mundson went to Birmingham today tt confer with Capt. J. D. Carlisle rela, tive to the arms and uniforms Botl will go to Montgomery in day or tw, where all matters pertaining to tn company will be completed.
 The Bessemer Culture club held it last meeting for the season this aft ernoon at the public library at o'clock. The club has been in progress since January and much interest an, 7 enthusiasm has been manifested