The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-02
Claud Kettle and Marion Screws Meet Death In Attempt to Arrest
 Morrisville Men
LELAND CASS IS SERIOUSLY HURT;
 BROWN ARRESTED
Killing of Officers Follows AL leged Attempt to Arrest Two for Carrying Concealed
 Weapons

| Anniston. February I.-tspeciaib ratrolmen CIaud Kettle and Marion Screws were killed and Leland Csss
 of Worthwhile, was seriously wound- ed in sensational revolver duel in
 West Anniston this afternoon. E. Brown. an alleged ncconpiice of Csss. | Is In jail and local authorities are mak- ing every effort to locate . third party. who. it Is believed, had a hand In the shooting.
 The killing of the two patrolmen. according to statements by local au- thorities, followed an attempt to ar rest Brown and Cass for carrying con- cealed weapons. The two men. it ls stated, were seen to purchase fire arms at d Tenth street pawnshop and officers were sent after them to make the arrest. Brown and Cass were over taken in West Anniston and the kill ing followed
 E. P. Cooper. manager of the Central foundry, and former Mayor Pro Tein s. w Cater, his cashier and others witnessed the affair According to these witnesses the two officers were fired upon almost immediately upon over taking the two men, although there appears to be- some doUbt as to just
 who fired the first shot. Although Brown was not armed when arrested, he had three boxes, Il half box of r. extra 3S-calibrc cartridges on his person, and a revolver was found nearby said to have belonged to him. Cass had .45-calhre revolver and Il extra shells.
 The bodies of the two officers were riddled and they died on the way 10 the hospital shortly after officers ar rived, st. s5zsz.s4
 Brother Takes Part NJ. T. Kettle a brother of one of the slain officers, worked at the nearby foundry. He was soon on the scene. secured his brothers revolver and en- gagged in the affray.
 The death of the officers brings the total number killed in this city in three years to eight, six of whom were killed in the last seven months, beginning with tho death of Chief of Police Shlretzlx last May. The last killing occurred less than | a month ago.
 Extra guard is on at the jail but no trouble is anticipated. Barton is not Annistonan and neither are the two men arrested today This fact was stressed by Mayor Wikle in state intnt nldue toHlEnt.
 Mayors Statement Two more brave officers are gone" said the mayor and l am at Il loss to state the reason. Why there should be such a reign of violence in city as or l derly as is Anniston is a profound mys- tery.'
 He denied emphatically that the re- corder's court is used as a source of rev. enue and that ths accounts for the preju- dice against the police Both of the dead officers are mourned by wives and children. Kettle married a daughter of Uncle Jack" Burgess, for mer member of the city council He leaves four children whoses> ages are l. [ 10 and 12.
 Mir. Screws married sister of Assist ant Warden Martin Shied. and his home is at Nineteenth street and Walnut ave hue. He is survived in addition to his wife by two children. whose ages are and years. Brown and Cass are both from the same neighborhood. near Nor rsvlle. Brown Is well known to the police. He was arrested on December and fined by Recorder James r. Green tContInued on Page Eight.)