The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03

The negroes. whose names were not given, answer to the descrip- tion. given by residents of the vi- cinity in which the robbery took place, as two suspicious characters. seen lounging in the woods, through out yesterday. They were arrested while in the woods, although thay possessed no money and no weapons were found on their persons, ao- cording to the message.
 In Serious Condition
 thompson was brought Into Bfr- mingham in the ambulance of Johns ana was taken to Norwood mfr mary. Attending physioians stated that the entire left side of the body of the victim of the robbers had been peppered with either No. ( or No. bird shot.
 Some of the shot penetrated the skin to depth of an inch. Both hands were badly torn by the shot as well as the left side of Thomp- sons face. A deep furrow was cut in his nose, although none of the shot struck his eyes. He was in a serious condition, according to re- ports received late last night from the hospital although hs never lost consciousness.
 In giving his account of the man- ner In which he was robbed, Thomp- son declared that he had met the owner of the lumber firm. yesterday afternoon, at a point about a mile and 8 half from the camp, where he received the pay roll. the road be- ing too rough to make the trip In an automobile, the victim making the trip weekly on horse back and receiving the money at this point.
 Shot From Ambush
 Thompson said that he arrived within two blocks distance of tho camp on his return trip without see- ing any one along tho road side. and that he had no idea that such an attack upon him s,was about to bc made. Thompson oAAc that sud denly a single repor ' from | shot gun rang out and hs felt the shot penetrating his body. quickly fol- lowed by a second shot. which struck him almost in the same spot as the shots from the first fire. The money, which was contained in an ordinary cash box. fell from his hands After the second shot struck him the horse ran at fast rate towards the camp, his rider falling forward on his neck. Thompson never fell from his animal. and was lifted in a semi conscious condition by employees, who rushed forward and halted the frightened horse.
 Securing Parties
 Acting quickly, employees of the camp grabbed up such weapons as were available upon learn ing the nature of tho att tack on Thompson. although upon their arrival at the scene only lone foot print was found where the marks of tho box had been made when 1t fell to the ground. Scour- ing parties searched the woods for the robbers, but no trace of them were found until the arrival of the deputies, the arrest of the two sus- pected negroes taking place about two hours after the shooting.
 Thompson has only been a resf- dent of the Birmingham district for g few days, coming here from Louisi- ana, his wife and one child arriv- ing here Friday. Tn a statement made before Sheriff Hartsfield and the attending physician. Thompson declared that the loot obtained by the robbers aggregated s1o.5oo, as was stated in last nights editofn of The Age Herald. although this was corrected by both the deputies in- vestigating the case and officials at the logging camp. The deputies ana their prisoners will probably arrive in the city this morning.