The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
Two Drowned and Three Killed, While There Are Numerous Assaults
 and Affrays
FIREWORKS DO NOT FIGURE AS CAUSE
 OF ANY ACCIDENTS
Murder of Aged Umbrella Mender at Bessemer ArOuses Much Feeling - Considerable Trouble
 Among the Negroes-Safe Is
 Cracked at Crews Station
By RICHARD F. IUssIER


 Fourth of July, the day of inde- pendence. was marred in Birmingham and environs by murders, drownings. accidents and assaults. while the blow ing open of safe added to the troubles of the police and sheriff's forces. The casualties for the day are as follows:
 The Dead
 Tom Thompson, a negro, died on way to hospital from gunshot wound about 12sO o'clock yesterday morning. Jes- sic Baker. negro woman, who admits the killing, surrendered to police.
 Walter Marshall.> >a negro, shot and instantly killed about 5:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Hardy Jones Caver, a negro. who admits the shooting, is in the county Jail.
 P. Mulholland, aged 70 years, an um brella mender of Bessemer, found dead yesterday morning near the ball park at Bessemer with bullet in the neck. The murder is complete mys- tery.
 The Wounded
 Son" Panic. a negro, shot in leg about 10 o'clock last night at Rolling -hiii dddl lCi D. hGcbNh tiCSb NAN Avenue c.
 Kid" Cleveland, a negro, knocked on the head and perhaps fatally in- jured at Rolling Mill quarters about 10 clock last night.
 Dick Elliott, a well known man of Brighton, fatally stabbed in the ab domen at Brighton station about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, 1t is al legged, by William Chamblee, who was arrested. Elliott is in Elizabeth Dun can hospital at Bessemer and no hope is held out for his recovery.
 George Alexander a negro, ear cut off by another negro last night; is at the Hillman hospital.
 Lee Andrews, negro, taken to Hill man hospital with several stab wounds in neck is expected to recover.
 Son Mcdonald, a negro, severely bruised about face and head in an ar- gument with other negroes; is at the Hillman hospital
 Drownings
 Miss Ruth Nell Hinds, aged IA years, drowned at Herb Shoals about Il O clock yesterday morning. Raymond Ware. aged 21 years. Sun day school teacher, drowned at Queens town lake yesterday afternoon about o clock.
 Accidents
 Mrs T. T. OByrne of Fairfield knocked down by a bicycle at Third avenue and Nineteenth street, north; Tot seriously injured.
 Mrs. Farley of Vanderbilt fell on slippery street at First avenue and Nineteenth street about o'clock last night, taken to St Vincent's hospital and later home.
 John Wesley and Felix Washington, negroes, severely hurt when unknown automobile struck negro hack at Ave nue F and Eighteenth street last night; both negroes at Hillman hospital badly bruised up.
 The safe of McKelvey x McGinty, at Crews station was blown open and the store wrecked in the early hours of yes terday morning. The robbers escaped.
 At Ensley things were reported as be- ing quiet. That industrial suburb, the police reported, did not even have fight on its hands.
 Woodlawn. North Birmingham and East Lake, as well as West End, came to the fore with clean records as far as dctlutHlS, dSSdullS anu lluiociS WCit. These suburbs also reported safe and sane" Fourth with no unseemly conduct on the part of any of it's citizens. The eastern section, however, had Its seren- ity marred by the lamentable drowning at Queenstown lake of one of its popular young men, Raymond Ware. In Bessemer, Brighton and environs the police reported several affrays. although not of a serious character with the eX- ception of the murder of MT. Mulholland. a Confederate veteran, who was found shot to death near the old ball park at Bessemer. At Brighton Dick Elliott was fatally stabbed in the abdomen in an argument over a dog.
 The murder of the old Confederate vet eran attracted the most attention at Bes- semer and a great deal of feeling has been manifested against the assailant of the old man. Two negroes have been ar rested on suspicion.
 At 12 o'clock last night no more deaths, assaults or accidents had been reported and it was quite natural to think of the task facing Coroner Spain on Monday morning when he will have to investi- gate three killings and two drownings. That this nilmber will he added to ha-