Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-10

h. don know, SIT, Which one. Inlnk | It was the thumb
 (Feagin's fingers and thumbs examined. Claims burned by cigarettes) Do you know Tom Ingram?
 Never seen nor heard of Tom Ingram at all. e4 Tell what happened at the frestle. Well, me and Andy went down there on Monday night. Andy was out drawing spikes. He said, I have drawn thirteen spikes. You draw some. I went to the
 trestle and looked at 1t, says: T can't
 use that bar at all. Andy says, we'll,
 will go back and draw a few more spikes.
 He said four. He said there was not but eighteen spikes to draw. He said:
 ''I have drawn four more spikes. About
 that time the train blowed. I don't know
 whether. I heard the train blow or a
 bell. Anyhow I knowed it was the train
 because 1t was the only train that rung
 the bell all the while don't know wheth-
 CT it blowed or not
 That was Monday night? ,fA ssa
 Yes, sir. gar
 Andy says, Well, you can take the fish
 plates off went out there and sat out
 there. It looked like Icot1d hear a train
 coming all the time, and 1 took of one
 bolt. Andy told me the train was com
 ing. He was off the trestle then. That
 was Monday night. I taken one bolt
 off. The fish plates was left on and
 when the train passed over it. just went
 over 1t. sa What occurred Tuesday night?
 That was Monday night. We went
 about 300 yards up on the hill and made
 up fire; Andy had pipe and we smoked
 and laid down and went to sleep. Slept
 until very nearly day Monday night. .Camped over this side of the trestle com
 ing towards Birmingham. Went up
 in a hollow then, where there was spring
 and an old trough there. We didn't
 know it until in the morning. We didn't
 know there was a trough there that night.
 We made up a fire there and stayed there
 an day Monday, and went from there
 Monday down to a house this side of
 the trest1e coming towards Weims. I
 never went up to the house. Andy went
 up to the house and bought some cheese and crackers.
 About what time of the day was that now? |, Very early; heavy frost on the ground. How near did you come to that house? 1 never went near the house, only Andy. I didn't go up to the house. Two ladies | up there saw me from the house, Was that near some section cars? Yes, sir; we went right by the cars; that | is, coming this way.
 That is this side of the little trestle? | Yes, sir; we crossed the little trestle | before we got to the house. .iF | Go on and tell what happened Tuesday. l Tell what you did the balance of Tues l day. ss -.,gr t4 | We didn't do anything The only 1 place we stopped was when we got the l cheese and crackers. Andy had a switch 1 key in his pocket and went to car and l tried to unlock 1t. His key would not | fit the door.
 Where did you stay that day? l. We stayed at the fire. After we. eat l the cheese and crackers we went back to l that same fire in the hollow ta | ;, What time did you go back to the tres | tie? ...t ae. i' .r It was dark. I reckon it was about s i .o'c clock. sfffi7s .se1s su . | What trains passed there before the l mail train came? sS- 1 Well, I don't know, sir. In the place l that we was in the hollowI I could not tell whether it was the Southern or a Central l train. They was both right side by side l From where we was up in the hollow we would have to go two or three hundred yards to see which it was. Several trains went on don't know what road it was | on. know the A" went out and the '6'' l came in on the Central. .------------- ------- I What part did you perform that mig ht? l, Did you go on the trestle Tuesday night? Yes, sir; I went on the trestle. l Did you take off any of the fish plates? took off some of the bolts on Tuesday night. l couldn't get the fish plates out
 and Andy took~the bar and prized the | fish plates out. ft,s-.- ,s.r 1s l freight train passed east before the mail l came? 7ffe s'.t sh'' Yes, sir; there was freight train went east 9-1s l You prized this fish plate after the l freight train went by?
 | No; we prized it out. First heard the l freight coming and wentrback and took 1 the plate out. Esa ez s - a1. | You had the track disconnected then? l Yes, sir; the fish plate on the inside was l taken out. l And on the outside, wasn't it? l No sir
 l Then after the freight train went by l you went back on the trestle9 Si Yes, sir; Andy took the bar and prized l it open and put the bolt in.
 How far did you move the rail? The rail wasn't moved from the end of l the rail over an inch. PA
 Did Scales say anything about getting guns on the passengers? | Scales never did have much to say, | nohow They told me Scales was afraid | of me Scales said might be a detec- tive or something; that was the talk.
 Andy told you that? tfs.+
 Yes, sir. | thing about that wreck. Next morning l I went by the trestle and saw the wreck.
 I came right on to Birmingham that very day. f-~ sA
 Scales tell Andy what he said about rubbing the graveyard dirt?
 | Soales-You remember you and me had | a talk when we went for the barrel to pack the things in?
 l Andy-Yes, we went after the barrel. Scales-I told you that the section boys l said whoever wrecked that train had hounds after them, and didn't you say, I If I hadn't went up to the graveyard on | the hill and got some dirt and rubbed it l on my shoes and come down there to l Tom -
 | Andy Gnterrupting)[I didn't say that. 1 Tom, where did you go after you left l the trestle?
 l Tom Parker-When the train come to 1 the cut just went on down to the woods. l Here is the railroad Qllpstrating). That l was on the right hand side of the rail- road coming this way. The fire was back l towards the end of the cut. When we I left the trestle we left going out towards Il the Central road When we went back I to fix the rail for the train after the freight train went east and done that I trick for the passenger train, when we I left there then went on down through l the bushes.
 I Did you go down through that cut? iE No ,ipht off the end 0f the trest 1e