The age-herald., 1900-11-02
PEARL WAS 4 MAN
 NAMED CHARLIE
And He Was Sentenced 10 Five
 Years
LIGHTNING CASE NON-SUiT
Prisoners in Jail Number 172 Man Slipped on Stair and Demands Damages-Divorces and Mar
 riages-Court News

A man was taken to jail yesterday from
 Pratt City, where he was charged with
 committing burglary. At the jail he gave
 his name as Pearl Jones' and as such Was
 put the jail register. While in the jail he was recognized by
 some of the prisoners as a man who had recently been there under the name of Charlie Harrs He was questioned by one
 of the wardeus and admitted that he Was the same man who, under the name of Charlie Harris was recently convicted of
 stealing a bicycle. but who on the Way from the court room to the jail slipped his hand-cuffs and escaped. lie then changed his name and proceeded to carry on busi-
 ness as Pearl Jones. Yesterday Judge Greene sentenced this
 man to i've years in the penitentiary for the offense of which he was convicted. | When he gets out he can be tried on the recent charge
 At the end of each month the prisoners 1 ill the jail are checked up. Yesterdays count showed 172 prisoners. There are liS state prisoners, 34 white, and Ill colored. | There are 24 United States prisoners, l2 white and 12 colored. Circuit Court In tne Circuit Court the case of Jacob Epstein vs. Christo Jebeles was on trial. This was suit for s50OO damages for an alleged assault. Late yesterday evening the jury found verdict for defendant The case of William II. Martin, adminis- trator, vs the Consolidated Electric Light Company resulted in non-suit This the case where a boy in Pratt City was standing under an electric light wire in d restaurant and was killed by flash of lightning which came in the wire and jumped from the wire striking him and killing him.
 City Court In the first division of the City Court the case of J. A. Patterson vs. J. A. Allen
 is on trial Plaintiff is suing for damages for broken leg. He claims 10 have been going down the back stairs over the Mecca and stepped on a defective step which caused him to fall In the second division of the City Court the cases of Wilcox vs. Wilcox, and Cha vognot vs. W. D. Hale, receiver were sub mitted.
  Burchfield vs. Mamie Burchfeld on statu- tory grounds.
 Probate Court Marriage licenses were issued to Charlie Schoening and Gertrude Lillian Dell, Pat
 rick J. Coyle and Cora Lee Ola Wadden
 Harry A. Allen and Emma Beck. A certificate of incorporation was filed by the Elm Leaf Cemetery Company. The incorporators are w. M. Newton, l.. T. Shaw and s. G. McWhorter. The capital stock is $15,O0o, and they propose to open a new cemetery near Birmingham Court Items The Criminal Court has finished the docket for the week and has adjourned un- til Monday.
 Alice Gertrude was bound over yeste rday
 by United States Commissioner Cornish on
 charge of retailing without a license She is from Blue Creek Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed
 by NJ. w. Hallmark T. N. Bailey, Arthur S. Johns and Albert J. Howard
 The Birmingham Bar Association will
 hold its annual meeting on Monday. Of-
 ficers for the ensuing year will be elected Hon. John w. Tomlinson is the present
 president and will probably be reelected
 A purse was found in the United States
 court building yesterday. The owner can
 get it from Postmaster Hughes