The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-08

door. They had read my ad for my lost wife. Poland asked her wha she was going to do, and she sait she was going to come back to me saying; I am going back to him; know he will forgive me, because have never done wrong before. Poland wouldn't allow her to remove her baggage, but she took the child and ran out of the room and came down on the street, where she got two policemen to bring her where stayed.
 Home Wrecked
 "As for myself, I never dreamed oi killing anyone. My people are al tender-hearted. Often have I seer them call children in to kill chick ems they refusing the task. But since have learned of my -year-old girl being disgraced in her baby days and my home wrecked as it is, haven't even felt like a human since learned of this trouble.
 But I am man enough to do what the law says, and whether I am ac- straight from now on, like she says she Is. am coming back and rebuild my home and raise my little girl the best I know how
 Forgave His Wife
 'I gladly accepted my wife back and forgave her and told her that we would return to our home In the early future. Being short of funds I got work In the cotton mills until could get money enough to leave on.
 This man Poland came to 5e Thirty eighth street. north, where l boarded, last Saturday and called for my wife. A man came and told me about 1t and l started around to see who the man was. but Officer Sudduth had arrested him for drunk enness before l got there. I wanted everything to blow over on account of the age of my wife and keep the disgrace from off my darling baby.
 "But Poland would not let us alone He passed our house last Sunday when l was not there. and beckoned to her to go in the house, Nobody could know without having had the actual experience how I have sui fered since March T. It would not have been so bad if I had known that my wife and baby were both dead. I am sorry for this mans peo- pie, but he had broke up my home and I don't think that I done any more than any other red-blooded man would have done. All I ask for is a fair trial, and have no fear.
 Story of Killing
 T retired last night at 3 o'clock At 9:30 o'clock someone knocked or my door and a negro asked for Mrs Ercie Lane. He handed me note which read as follows: Am here. Got your clothes In suit case. Be fast your clothes in a suit case. Be fase and meet me at Thirty sixth street Cant come to Thirty eighth street Yours forever The note was not signed
 T put on my clothes, taking twr | revolvers with me. I followed the gave me the dodge. When I got bacl to Thirty eighth street he passed { corner near my house, and I asked Officer Suddeth, who was standing nearby, who he was, receiving the re. ply that he was thought to be ( stranger In the vicinity.
 Asked His Nnmc
 T called to him to wait and he stopped. and I asked him his name He suffered and said that his right name was John Lynch. I said, Isn't this John Foland?' but he paused be- fore he answered. I asked him tc come on back to my house. as wanted to see If he was the man that sent my wife the message He went back with me and I asked my wife fl she knew him. She said, Yes he Is John Poland. I then said, John. why did you break up my home and dis- grace my girl baby?' He jumped back and I shot at him seven times with 8 .25 automatic pistol, and then foui or five times with the revolver. then walked over to where Officer