Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-20

Prior to Mr.. Landlords testimony
J. /. N,--Aerson, of 19 Beechc street,
Atlanta superintendent of the South
ern Insurance company, was called
to the witness stand and told of
seeing ne shooting. He said that
he had gone to garage on Court
land street, opposite the scene of the
shooting, to get his automobile. He
said he saw three men standing on
the corner, one of whom he later
learned was Kirk, was talking loudly
and pointing his finger at StiGall.
He said StigalI stepped back,
pulled MS pistol and shot at KIRK
twice and then shot at Stanton and
turned Ind shot at Hames. The first
shot fired at Hames was while he
was facing Stigall, the witness said,
the second when he turned Sideways
and the last when he had his back
turned. Hames called for help and
the other two men ran, he said. ST.
gall snapped his gun at the fleeing
men, declared the witness, and then
stood on the corner, reloaded his
pistol and walked ava.
Mr.. WiIkerson said that the three
men made no effort to -ach for a
pistol or strike at Stigall. The wit
ness said Stlgall did not appear to
be excited, but on the contrary ap'
peared to be very cool.
Testimony by Mrs. NJ. p. Roberts,
of 166 CORTLAND street, to the effect
that StigaIl stood over Hames and
fired bullets into his back while the
latter was crouching on the sidewalk
IN 1Nf m h M Golf c
the principal development at Tues
day afternoons session of the trial.
Before Mrs. Roberts took the
stand, j. Fl. Kirk, who was wounded
in the shooting affray in which
Hames was killed and Ernest STAN
ton was wounded, testified that Sti-
gall had attacked him aid his COM
panions without provocation and Wig
orously denied any one of them was
armed or made any threats toward
Stigall.
thames and I were engaged to do
some work." Kirk said, land Stan
ton was to help us. On the morn.
ing of the shooting [ met Hames in
a barber shop on Walton street and
he told me some things he wanted
me to do.
THAT afternoon [ went to see
Red Slaton and stayed at his place
until $40 o'clock. When l left L
started to the Terminal station, but
stopped at CORTLAND and Houston
streets when [ saw Stigall, Hames
and Stanton there. I did not have
an appointment to meet them.
Says Stigall Threatened
II heard Stigall say something
about somebody trying to frame him
and L spoke up and said: If any
body knows the frame-up game,
Stigall, it's you Stigall said it was
a lie and if he met us again he
would burn POWDER
stanton then asked StigaIl if he
didn't think he had done wrong to
say he would burn powder and ask
ed him if he knew we could get a
warrant for him for threatening our
lives.
"StigaI said: I don't give a d
what you do and pulled out his
pistol. We didn't think he would
shoot but he did, firing first at Stan
ton, then at me and then at Hames.
He fired six times, as fast as he
could pull the trigger. When he
had finished he started to reload
his revolver and I left"
At this point Solicitor General
BoyIlin placed in evidence the re-
volver with which the fatal shots
were fired.
GrilIed by Howard
In a cross-eXamination that lasted
| for more than an hour, Attorney
William Schley Howard attempted
to show that the affair was result
of a long-standing feud between Sti
gall and Kirk, Hames and Stanton
The witness denied this, but admit
ted that Stigall was the only wit