The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-14
CART WRIGHT SAYS PATTERSON KILLED.
 IN SELF DEFENSE
Former City Detective Re- leased Under $500 Bond Pending Completion of
 Coroner'S Inquest

q did it in self defense" was the plea entered by Thomas R. Cart wright, 92S Twelfth street, north, head of private detective agency, Wednesday afternoon at the inquest of Coroner J. D. Russum into the killing of Sim Patterson, 609 Twenty sixth street. north, alleged to have been committed Tuesday night by Cartwright at the intersection of Twenty street and Seventh avenue, north.
 Cartwright was released under bond { f $500 for second degree manslaugh- ter pending the completion of the in- vestigatiqn Thursday.
 Remains of Patterson are being held at Browns undertaking estab- lishment for funeral arrangements to be announced by surviving relatives of the shooting affray victim.
 Mrs. Ida Cartwright, with whom Patterson resided, testified at the in- quest that Patterson had been drink ing Tuesday. Cartwright came to her residence, the witness said, soon af- ter nightfall and an argument arose Nllh IdllNISoA nNtI hlpHtS OWth Newt Patterson, brother of the slain man, by Cartwright for some blood hounds. The witness testified that tho two men left her residence and were sitting cut in car i'll front of the house where they began arguing over a woman. Soon they drove away according to the witness.
 Approximately 90 minutes elapsed before Patterson rushed into the rsr.fNF nf 1 1.a. .t. .4It obtained from her wardrobe, accord Ing Co Mrs. Cartwright. She claimed to have demonstrated with Patterson, although he rushed out of her house and went in the direction of Seventh avenue. shortly. she said, she heard the shooting.
 Carrubn's Testimony
 Sam Carruba, 63f Twenty-sixth street, in front of whose store Pat terson Was killed. testified that Cart wright was in his store when Pat terson came up. Patterson fired i'll the store at Cartwright, Carruba said. The general shooting then be- gan, although neither were injured, he said. Patterson and Cartwright then engaged in a desperate hand-to- hand battle with their guns, Carruba declared, Patterson being felled after he had struck Cartwright. Cartwright titil pott ilS NiEiliu ONGI lIlt ltdQ with his gun, he said.
 C. J. Easter and B. l.. Sims, Wayne hotel; Mrs. Pearl White and Ben White, 609 Twenty sixth street; Sam Felice, 629 Twenty street, and A. A. Ninson, 704 Twenty sixth street, gave materially the same testimony.
 Five other witnesses will be ex- amined Wednesday, they being R. C. Bethany. N. s. Lipsclmb George W. Fayors and Detectives W. F. Lee, w. K. McAdory and T. N. Williamson.
 Local detectives allege that Pat terson WAS well known in criminal circles, he having served an 1S-month sentence in the federal prison in At- lanta for conspiracy in Louisville and Nashville train robbery In 1914 in which he was shot in r places with hucSshot: was arrested fin 1916 i'll connection with eeunterfeitng ac- tivities; and several other offenses against the laws of the state.
 Cartwright, until the present city administration went into office. was a widely known member of the city detective force, serving in that ca pacity for l years.