The age-herald., 1901-03-10
REVENUE CASES IN
 FEDERAL COURT W. L. Prewett is Convicted of
 Conspiracy
SEVERAL BANKRUPT CASES
Former Congressman Howard Takes the Bankrupt Act-More Indict. ments By United States Grand
 Jury-city Sued for $5ooo.

In the United States Court w l.. Pre- welt, who was on trial for conspiracy, was convicted. D, A. Spriggs, another one of the Cherokee County crowd who are charged with conspiracy, is being tried.
 Andrew Matheney pleaded guilty to re- tailing and was fined S100 and sentenced to thirty days imprlsonment This part of the sentence was remitted II, J. Long, Will Garrett. Will Montgomery and Larry Powell were each fined 500 and sentenced to thirty days imprison- ment.
 The grand jury brought in thirteen in- dictmerts for retailing without license, as following; George A Cunningham, o. P, Nicholson, Lucy White, Henry Cro- well, Samuel Patterson, Eliza Green, Charles Taylor, Ep Jones, Will Hill, D. | D. Swinson Judge Davis alias Roberts, Martin McGraw, Jim Richardson and | Sylvester Hardness.
 Petitions in Bankruptcy. | M. W. Howard of Fort Payne, former | Congressman from the Seventh district of Alabama, has filed a petition in bank rupcty His assets are $796 and his lia- bilities s11,S21.
 | Petitions were also filed by Joe Koplin, a merchant of Birmingham, whose assets are $737 and liabilities $13OS61 Abe Cas- | sell, assets S25 and liabilities s6550; Isaac | Cassidy no assets and liabilities S199 S5; T. N. Harris, assets s2O5 and liabilities s4lS. .15.
 Circuit Court. | In the Circuit Court William II. Benson has filed suit against the city of Ensley, c. P. Kemp, chief of police, and William Gaudy and George A. Collins, policemen of said city, for s4oO0 damages for alleged false imprisonment on the charge of Va | grancy on March 1. 1901. Plaintiff says he | Is still in prison on said charge. | Griffin Freeman has filed suit against the same defendants for 5000 damages 1 for alleged arrest and Imprisonment on suspicion on Friday, March 1, 1901. Walter T. Newberry has filed suit | against the Mayor and Aldermen of Blr- mingham for s5oOo damages. He says that on February 19, 1901, he was driving in his buggy on avenue c, near Seventeenth street, when he ran into a ditch or wash out and eas thrown from the vehicle, re- 1 ceiving severe injuries. Court Items. In the Criminal Court Arthur Ishel, who
 was bound over on a charge of grand
 larceny, was discharged by Judge Dan Greene on a preliminary hearing. Declaration of incorporation was filed by the Alabama Iron and Bedstead Com pany. The capital stock is s15oO, and the incorporators are N. w. Burglund T. o. | Stone and Alfred Martin. | Marriage licenses were issued to Joe Richardson and Carrie Gabbert; G. W. Kiernan and May Halton: H. L. Hunt and Laura Dee Denison: B. F. Whipps | and Mrs. Lula Pankey. | The following deeds were filed: | W. R. Sharp to P. T. Whilden, lot 93 | in block 229, Bessemer, S5000. J. L. Parker and wife to James l.. Park l CT, one-third interest in lots 15 and 16 block 15, Avondale, and and 8, block 24
 North smithfield, and lot 4, block 1S3, Br- mingham, 5000.
 | J. c. Sharp and wife to P. T. Whilden, lots 31 and 32, block 223, Bessemer, $10,00O | Dock Amos, the negro who is charged with killing Henry Crimson, alias Henry Rogers, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Bob Waldrop and is now in the county jail. Crimson was stabbed to death near the snuff factory of the McNamara-Laird Company about two | weeks ago.
 A negro named Frank Drake escaped from Coalburg yesterday. He was sent | up from Lee County. A reward of s25 Is offered for him. He Is described as being
 dark gingerbread color, AS years old,
 weight 40 pounds, 5 feet S14 inches high
 He has two scars on the top of his head and one on each side of his forehead.