Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-10
AND SOME OF HIS ABLE DEPUTIES
Every Minute Detail Given of P1ah Which Ex- ceeds in Devi1try Anything Ever Con-
 Ceived by Mortal Man

auction into the county Jall was kept a secret until the next day, when the leader of the party and the man in whose he'll ish brain was matched the plot to obtain money at the cost of hundreds of lives. was captured.
 Toms incarceration, as stated, was fol- lowed by that of Andrew Fagin. Emanuel Billings and Roan Scales were captured on New Years day. On the 2d, Lucy Fagin, the wife of the leader, was captured.
 Tom Parker by far the most important of the gang, was captured on the 3d, and he it was who first told of the plot de- vised by Fagtn.
 Nat Trainnam's arrest followed on the 4th, he being the last, it is thought of the badly wanted men.
 CONFESSIONS.
 The following are the confessions of the villains, as obtained by Sheriff O'Brien, and are verbatim, and will be used against them at the time of their trials.
 The details were given in answer to interrogatories propounded by Sheriff OBrien, and were carefully taken down by stenographer.
 TOM PARKER.
 Tom, where were you Saturday night, the 18th of December?
 I was in Henryellen.
 Where were you on the 22d?
 I was in Coal City.
 When did you leave Henryellen? On Sunday.
 What time?
 l reckon it was about 12 or o'clock. Going where?
 To Coal City.
 Where did you stay Sunday night? I didn't stay in any house at all. stayed around the depot there until about 8 or 9 o'clock. Then I went upon the grade just above the depot, where the freights slow up, and caught a train. Monday night where were you?
 Monday I stayed in big brick building at Pell City. They had a dance in there or supper.
 Did you talk with anybody there, Tom? No more than the people there; lots of people there.
 Who is 1t that knows you there? This fellow Collins
 What is his other name?
 Green Collins. That was Green Collins wifes daughter-in-law that I stayed with in PeIl City.
 Was there anybody at the dance that you knew?
 No, sir; no person but Bob Perry. Where does he live?
 Lives at Pell City. I stayed with him and slept with him all the time. Who did you leave Henryellen with? Bob Perry.
 This same man that you staid with in Pell City?
 Yes, sir; he stopped off there Saturday night and we caught a train together. Stopped at Pell City?
 Yes, sir; got off at Pell City.
 When did Bob come to Henryellen? He came there Saturday evening. What did he come there for?
 He just stopped off there to see a fellow named Ragland-Aaron Ragland.
 Had he been living at Henryellen be- fore?
 Who?
 Perry.
 No.
 What did you go up 10 Coal City for? went up there to work. What time and where did you draw your money? At Coal City? payment at Henryellen. Only worked three shifts and made s4.50.
 When did you draw that money? drew it on Thursday; $2 of it on Thursday, and $1 of it on Friday. When did you pawn your overcoat? pawned it to MT. Pugh in the commits sary.
 What day did you pawn your over coat?
 I pawned my overcoat on Friday-no, I pawned my overcoat on Thursday. Thursday-what date? Let's fix that date Was it Thursday before you left? Thursday in the first week got there. You say you pawned your overcoat on the 10th?
 Yes sir; on Thursday. I know it was Thursday; I didn't know what date. I pawned it and got pit cap and a lamp and suit of underwear.
 When did you redeem that overcoat? redeemed it on Thursday.
 The Thursday before you left Henry ellen2
 Yes, sir.
 Pawned 1t on the 10th and redeemed 1t on the 17th?
 Yes, sir.
 What were you doing with Emanuel Billings on Sunday night after you left Henryellen?
 I never saw Emanuel until Emanuel was here in town, and think I never saw Feagins. Either left after Feagins left and Nat Tranam. 1T ou were all Together Sunday night? No. sir; never saw them Sunday at ail.