The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
THREE KILLED.
 I W ] IN JAIL WITHOUT BOND.
WoodIaWn Heights Neighbors Have Fatal Argument Over A Quarrel Between Boys.
 Murder Charge Is Booked
SUNNYSlDE YOUTH DIES WHEN PISTOL IS FIRED
Coroner Holds Thompson And
 Negro Who Shoots Another During Crap Game Dispute
 Over Small Amount Of Cash,

Three men were shot and killed and two meu were placed in the Jeff ferson county jail under charges of murder Sunday Two of the killings resulted from arguments, while the other was pronounced accidental. w. T. Childers, 5eO5 Third avenue. south. was shot and instantly killed by his neighbor, R. w. Thompson. 56O7 Third avenue. south, following a fight between thelr sons. George Gould l9, of Sunnyside, was killed when gun which his nephew, Floyd Pitts, lS was working with accidentally exploded The ether violent death reported Sunday was that of Ocie Williams negro, who was said to have been murdered by Sam Smith during a craps game at Avenue F and Eff teenth street.
 Caused By Boys Quarrel.
 The killing of Childers is reported to have been the result of an argu- ment between Thompson and Chil- ders' son, begun while the two boys were wrestling, Thompson officers were told, started to separate them when Childers appeared on the scene and said he would have to clean up the whole bunch, making several
  ter of Thompson, Thompson told an Age-Herald reporter at the jail
 Following the argument between the two men, according to officers. Chtlders ran into the house, returning with shotgun, which he fired at Thompson. The shot went astrav however and Thompson fired twice at Childers, one of the bullets strik- ing b1m on the right side of the head. witnesses declared.
 Coroner J. D. Russum who made a preliminary investigation sunday. stated that Thompson. shot Ghildcrs from window, through a screen. Held Without Bond.
 Immediately after the shooting Thompson is said to have ran into the house of neighbor, where police and ambulanceS were summoned Capt. G. 10. DeWne and Detectives w. k. Lee and Paul Cole responded to the call and placed Thompson under arrest, charged with murder, pending an investigation by the coroner. Cor oner Russum told The Herald that his evidence justified holding Thompson without bond until an in vestigation early this week. Thomp- son said that he and Chllders had been neighbors for a number of years and had been friends until the affair Sunday.
 Funeral services for ChiIders will be held at the Fifty-sixth Street Baptist church at 3:30 o'clock Mon day afternoon. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery with Vice in charge. Surviving Childers are on son, Aubrey; two daughters, Ruth and Ola Chuders. and four sisters, Mrs. W. A. Bowens, Mrs. Bertie Frost, Mrs. John Townsend and Mrs. Ella Rhodes of Brunswick, Tenn.
 The accidental shooting occurred in Sunnyside about 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when a gun in the hands of Floyd Pitts was discharged, the bullet striking George Gould, his uncle, 19, in the chest near tho heart.,l According to witnesses the two young men had been working with the revolver near a window, and when Pitts showed the carriage back into place it was discharged. The two boys had been lifelong friends Witnesses told Coroner Russum that the shooting was accidental The coroner rendered a verdict of homi- eide by accident. Funeral arrange ments for the young man will be an- nounced later.
 Ocie Williams, negro. was shot in the head one time by sam smith negro, at Avenue F and Eighteenth street, during a crap game, when an argument started over 30 cents, which both negroes claimed. smith was wounded by a negro, who has not been found as yet The arrest was made by Deputy Sheriffs H. k. Bagder and F. F. Jones. County otfl- cers are searching for the negro who shot Smith.