Atlanta World

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Mar. 2— Two persons, a white man and a Negro woman, are being held on charges of murder while a third, Horace Jones, 4125 Avenue A. S., is at the Great Southern Funeral Home following an altercation between Jones and the white man Saturday night at the home of the woman. Mr. Jones died early Sunday morning at the Hillman hospital where he was taken the night before in a Davenport Harris ambulance suffering with pistol wounds inflicted when he was fatally wounded in the abdomen and the left leg when the pair jumped on him. County Investigator Gip M. Evans stated Monday that the two, F. K. McLaughlin, white, 3712 Avenue C. S., and Leola Slaughter, 4827 Avenue Z. S., would be held on charges of murder.

"Investigating officers find that Mr. McLaughlin was visiting at the home of this Negro woman, Leola Slaughter, 4827 Avenue Z. S.," the official police report said in part. "When Horace Jones called at the house, knocked on the door for five or ten minutes and F. K. McLaughlin came to the door. He, Horace Jones, asked McLaughlin what in the hell he was doing at a Negro house locked up with a Negro woman. McLaughlin shut the front door. About five minutes later, McLaughlin returned with a 32-20 Smith and Wesson pistol accompanied by Leola Slaughter. He pointed the gun at Horace Jones telling him that if he did not leave he would shoot. Jones grabbed the weapon and they began to tussle. The fight was joined by Leola Slaughter who was aiding McLaughlin and the two overpowered Jones and seriously wounded him."