The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-20

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 Who was assassinated Thursday night 
 same man was responsible for both killings. The reason the detectives be- lieve one man killed both Houlihan and the negro Ramage Is that a street car starter stood at the corner of Thirty second street and First avenue when Houlihan was shot. He heard and saw the flashes of the pistol but could noi tell what had happened At the time there was no negro near him and II one had been lying dead on the ground he would have seen him.
 Recognition Cost Him Life
 The detectives now are under the impression that the murderer or mur- ders of Houlihan came running north on Thirty-second street and. meeting the negro at First avenue under a light, shot him in fear of being rec ognized.
 peculiaf feature of both killings is that Houlihan was carrying jug of beer with him when killed as was also the negro. Besides the jug of beer the negro also had some chickens and
 
 To offset the theory that robbery was the motive in the killing of Houlihan 1t was told yesterday how Houlihan had passed the evening with friends on Avenue F, near Thirty fourth street He had no money with him al the time. About 9 o'clock the party of friends contributed 45 cents in a poo to get a jug of beer from saloon g few blocks away. Houlihan was to pay 30 cents for the beer and 10 cents was given him for car fare. He started of singing and stating that he would soor be back.
 At the saloon he secured his beei and started to walk back as there wal no car in sight. His murder followed al Thirty-second street and Avenue F. Tc the police it looks if some enemy of Houlihan followed him from the sa- loon and sneaking up close to the young man, shot him down from the rear All marks of Identification were then removed from the body to delay investigation and give the murderer more time for escape. The killing of the negro Ramage was due to the fact that he probably saw the murderer and recognized him and his life was the forfeit.
 Coroner Charles l.. Spain worked throughout yesterday on both murders He stated that Jefferson county should be ashamed of itself for allowing these assassinations to go on unsolved. He said
 with all this talk of ex-convicts anc vagrants being responsible for these several murders, l want 1t known thai the constituted authorities of Jeffer- son county have never spent cents for the apprehension of any murderer They appear to be totally indifferent to the situation.
 Murders We'll Planned
 These murders are well planned affairs and 1t takes clever men to solve these mysteries. The police and sheriff's office do the best they can, but they are work ing on small salaries, and they have plenty of other work to do besides being continuously on the job hunting dowr murderers. What should be done Is thai the county should offer suitable rewards for the capture and conviction of all mur- derers. They would bring prompt arrest and convictions. It would bring in the cooperation of private citizens and alst would make the police and deputy sheriffs work harder The county should also pro vide the coroner's office with high grade detectives to get the facts at nrst hanc or these murders
 ..It is all right to scream for an addi- tional police force, but if there were 10O policemen in the city of Birmingham I 
 would not prevent these murders. Thes' Killings are the result of 'grudges, anc the avengers will only be caught wher the authorities are adequately provided with the means of investigation. Jefferson county must awake to this need and pro vide the coroner's office with detectives and funds to carry on exhaustive inquests As for the inquest into the murders oi Houlihan and the negro Raniage vii conduct them sometime next week. l vii also hold next week the inquest into tn killings of Joe Brookins and Albert Day idson."
 Funeral Services Tomorrow Moses Houlihan was 23 years of age He was well regarded and learned hi trade az machinist with his father, Rob ert L. Houlihan, one of the oldest em plcyes of the Southern railway shors Later he went to work for the Alabams Great Southern railroad. where he Wa