The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
WARRANTS SWORN OUT FOR MEN WHO TRIED ID BOOKSTORE Neither Alexander Nor Phil lips Fatally Wounded.
 Resting Well
OFFICERS SHOOTING WAS VERY ACCURATE
Every Time I Put My Foot Down a Bullet Hit Me-" Alexander Tells Age-Herald Reporter-Both
 Men Are Married

Warrants were sworn out yesterday for Bob Alexander and W. G. Phillips. alleged robbers of J. w. McKelvey's grocery and meat market, Charles street and Tusca- loosa avenue, yesterday morning at 2 clock before Judge H. B. Abernethy. grand larceny, one case each, and four grandl larceny, one case each, and four cases against each of them on the charge of assault with intent to murder.
 Alexander and Phillips are confined at St. vincent's hospital with numerous gun shot wounds received in the battle with Detectives Eubank Crenshaw, Smith and Williams.
 Phillips left arm at the elbow is shot to pieces, and he may lose it if any com plications develop. He Is also shot in the leg and has several buckshot wounds in the neck and head. Alexander is shot twice in the back, several times about the body and his left ear was pierced by buckshot. His right leg is badly shot also. Both men maintained brave front when seen at the hospital by an Age Herald reporter yesterday morning imme- diately after they had been removed there for treatment Alexander requested a cigarette and coolly smoked it while Dr. Charles Whelan and his assistant probed for bullets and dressed his many wounds. Detectives officers and a representative of The Age-Herald kept up a conversa- tion while Alexander was submitting to the pain of the probing without any mar cotic. The man talked 1ncessantly about every subject except robbery. Occasion ally pain distorted his features and he would tell the doctor to Ego to it.'
 ALL DEAD SHOTS
 of they hadn't have winged me in this leg of mine they would have never found little Bobby said Alexander. "They were all aiming at us and every one of them must have been dead shots. Each time I took a step bullet nit me some where The first shot fired by the detee- tives struck me in the leg, but I kept on and was only bagged after the weight of the lead pumped into my body made me heavy. I felt like a ball player that had become winded and had a bad case of charley horse when I fell. Then became thirsty and felt sick and nauseated. The bullets did not hurt; they felt like some one had struck me a sharp blow with whip
 What made you leave before you finished the job?" asked the reporter.
 Listen, friend. don't know what you are talking about" said Alex ander. "If you give me another cigar ette I will be much obliged" The doc tor commenced to wash the blood from hts ear and he winced slightly. q did not fn ha piVinfr the Ia cross when I told you my name was Henderson" continued the wounded man. You can understand that all right. have some good folks in this old state and I hated to make them feel bad" A trace of sorrow lit up the mans features and his lip trembled slightly. He regained control of him. self immediately and continued talk ing. You know, this old life and what Is in it ain't what it is cracked up to be, and I am the only black sheep in my family. got into bad com pany and that was the beginning of the whole business" The doctor turned him over on his back to examine one of the more serious wounds. This one feelys- pretty dangerous It Is close to the kidney, said the doctor. One of the men in the room told Alexander he was the one that stood the best chance of dying. Let me tell you this, friend. will be here when all the detectives are dead. I am going to live sand you can bet your bottom dollar on that"
 HAD NARROW ESCAPE
 Gene Eubanks had narrow escape from death when he had shot Alexan- der and was closing in on him.
 "As I came up on the man, who had Sfallen to the ground, he rose and heard the snap of a pistol" said Eu- banks. SSsuith told the man to hoist his hands ana do 1t d. quick. On account of the dafiz ness I could not see what was in the haffoes of the man but we afterward found that it was small derringer of A calibre. One of