The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-22
FATAL SHOOTING BY
 BESSENER OFFICER
BarefOOted Burglar Revives Incident of Some Years
 Back at JonesbOrO
MAKE BELIEVE BOOZE
Special Train Will Leave Over the Southern to Carry Fans and Friends to Witness Ball
 Game at Ensley

Bessemer July 21.-(SpeciaD Smith, a negro, was shot and probably fatally injured this morning about 11;30 o'clock, in the yards of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company near Fourteenth avenue, by Detective Ellis Houston, in pistol fight with several officers Ac- cording to statements. it appears that Smith last night shot at George Pittman, another negro who came up to the city hall this morning to have the man ar- rested, Detectives Houston, Goodwin and E. Ross arrested Smith at Fourteenth avenue and Nineteenth street, searched the man and put him in the automobile with Detective Goodwin, who was shot at the same time that the late Chief of Police T. B. Wallace was killed, and who is able to be out on crutches, while they searched the restaurant where the negro was found. Smith twisted his arm away from MT. Goodwin, who was hold ing him and jumped out of the automobile and pulling a pistol out of his hat and commenced firing at MT Goodwin. When Ross and Houston heard the shooting
  ed after the negro, chasing him into the yards of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, under box cars and over flat cars, shooting at him all the while. Just as the man turned to see how close the officers were to him, MT. Houston took dead aim and fired, the bull let, .44-calibre, taking effect in the right temple and passing out on the left side of the head. The man was brought to the Elizabeth Duncan hospital, where his wound was treated. Although there were about 12 shots fired at the man only one took effect. The negro fired three shots at the officers.
 The residence of Mrs. James Trotter on Arlington avenue and Eighteenth street, was entered by burglars last night, but were frightened away by Mrs. Trot- ter's son, J. K. Trotter who, hearing someone in the downstairs rooms, fired out the window to frighten them
 So far nothing has been missed and an investigation showed the imprint of bare rect, one man and one a woman. Sev- eral years ago the town of Jonesboro was visited by a burglar who entered houses weekly and robbed them, always leaving the tracks of a bare foot on the premises visited, and the thing be- came so common that the entire town was on the lookout for the prints of the bare feet The man was later caught and came no more to visit the people The people in this district who remem- Der the above incidents are now asking the question, Has Barefoot come back and brought companion?"
 An attempt was also ooada fn eptar the home of Mrs. D. l.. Sweatman, on Berkley avenue and Sixteenth street but the burglar was frightened away when Mrs. S. E. Bailey, who heard noise
 went to investigate and, seeing a man outside the window, secured a pistol and fired on him. The firing of the shot awak- ened the neighbors, who rushed to their windows, and they claim that in a few minutes they heard distinctly the bur- glars whistling to one another.
 The town of Brighton will have post office, beginning August 1, and the patrons will call for their mail, mailing matter. as in days gone by. K. M. John- son will be the postmaster and the office will be located at the store of Johnson X Williams at the electric car crossing at Brighton The mail for the branch office will be delivered from the Bessemer office.
 
 Louis Hardy, negro, was arrested yes- terday afternoon by Detectives c. Ross, l Maddox, D. Ross and Houston, after he had attempted to sell bogus drink to another negro, who made the complaint. 1 It appears that the man has been selling quart bottle of water in which he poured a bottle of Coca Cola, on the out | skirts of the city, for liquor, receiving 50 cents for the same. A negro came up- town and told the officers that a negro had tried to sell him some booze near the city park, and the officers immed- 1 lately went to the scene and arrested Hardy with bottle, which was thought l to be whisky. but which proved, on in- vetsigation, to be water. The negro is al | leged to have been peddling the bogus booze on the outskirts of the city for sometime, but few complaints have been made as the purcha sers did not want to tell that they were falled. This morning | the man was tried before Judge I. A. l Lewis. in recorders court, and was fined $100, including costs, on a charge of vagrancy.
 The Baraca class of the First Methodist | church held an interesting meeting last | night in the basement of the church when | plans for the upbuilding of the class and | the fitting up of permanent quarters for the class were perfected. John Don- 1 aldSon IS the teacher, and under his lead l ership it has steadily grown until it is | one of the largest in this district. At the meeting last night two candidates were nominated for president. Mir Tol- l bert and MT. Lacey, and the election will take place at the banquet which will be l held in the basement of the church on the second Thursday in August. The | young men members of the class will bring along their young lady friends, who 1 will enjoy the privilege of voting in the election Plans will be discussed at this i time for the giving of an entertainment 1 the proceeds to go towards buying the l furniture for the clubrooms.
 A specail train will leave Bessemer Saturday afternoon over the Southern to Ensley to take the Bessemer baseball ] team, the fans and friends to the game on the latters ground when the local aggregation of the T. c. I. league will | meet the Ensley team This game prom | ises to be very interesting. and Manager l Eckhoff of the Bessemer team will have charge of the special train It is ex- pected that the largest crowd ever ac- comparing the team on a trip will go to Ensley Saturday.
 Mrs John Fromhold, who underwent an | operation at the Elizabeth Duncan hos | pital, has been removed to her home at | Sloss. The many friends of J. R. Grove will i regret to learn that he continues quite | i'll at his home on Third avenue.
 Mrs. M. G. Cole left today for Bed 1 ford Ind where she will visit relatives |