Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-12
THERE WERE NO WARRANTS,
They Claim, for Their Arrest and Incarceration. te They Were roned, Too.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT MERIDIAN
Hon. James II. Neville Nominated for the Fourth Time for District Attorney. The Man Who Prosecuted Sul-
 llvan and Kilrain.

Meridian, Miss. July 11.-(Special)-- Floyd G. Lewis and C. C. Dunn prom inent attorneys of this city, filed in the federal court here today two suits for damages of 20,000 each against J. $, McNeiiey, United States marshal for this district, and his bondsmen, F. w. Peoples, w. R. Sivley, J. F. Hunter and w. w. Stone. The plaintiffs in the suits are William Johnson and Alfred Burk- halter. citizens of Pearl River county, who were arrested in that county on the 2gth ult, by w. w. Roberson, dep uty United States marshal, who. it seems, had no warrant for their arrests. Af- ter being incarcerated in the Pearl River and Marion county jails it is charged that they were brought in irons to this city, where they had a preliminary hear ing before United States Commissioner s. B. Watts. The charge against them was violation of the United States rev enue laws in selling whisky without H. cense. Johnson was discharged, while Burkhalter was bound over to await the action of the federal grand Jury In a bond s1 $300
 The democratic convention for the Sec ond Judicial district of Mississippi, to nominate candidate for district attor- ney convened at the city hall in this city today at 12 o'clock. The convention was organized by the election of Hon. E. J. Bowers of Hancock county as chair man and George P. Hughes of Harrison county as secretary. Delegates were in attendance from every county in the dis trict, and all of them were instructed by their county conventions to cast the votes of their respective counties for Hon. James H. Neville, the present in cumbent. whose candidacy for re-elec- tion to the office has met with marked enthusiasm everywhere.
 After the credentials of the delegates were passed upon by a committee and the convention declared ready for business, Hon. John w. Fewell of Lauderdale county arose and in eloquent words placed in nomination the name Of Hon. James H. Neville for the democratic nom ination for district attorney. The nom ination was seconded by w. H. Maybin, Esq. of Harrison county and w. D. Cam eron of I.auderdale. No other name was presented to the convention, and MT Neville was unanimously declared the nominee of the party.
 He was immediately notified of his nomination and a. committee appointed for that purpose brought him before the convention, where, amidst great en- thusiasm, he delivered an able, charac- teristic speech, expressing his apprecla- ton of the honor conferred and Of the confidence of the democracy of the dis trict that his unanimous indorsement implied.
 This is the fourth time Mr. Neville has been honored with the nomination for district attorney. During the twelve years of his incumbency he has contribu- ted more perhaps, towards the suppress sion of crime than any district attorney in the state. It>was through his efforts that the participants in the Sullvan-Kil- rain slugging contest on Mississippi soil were brought to answer for their viola ton of law; that Rube Burrows pals, and Summers, the notorious express rob Der, were landed in the penitentiary. It was through him that the strong hand of the law was placed upon whitecapism in south Mississippi and that species of crime effectually stamped out. His name is a terror to evildoers everywhere.
 Upon the adjournment of the conven- tion the delegates were dined at the Southern hotel.
 An executive committee composed of two members from each county in the district was appointed by the chair, Hon. c. c. Miller of Lauderdale being elected chairman of the committee.