The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-18
Brown will Hang in Ashville.

Jim Brown, colored. sentenced to be hanged on Friday of this week, for, crim- ville., early in May last. will pay the nenalty on the Gallows in Ashville. St. Clair County. It was thought that the negro might be hanged in Jefferson Coun- since his arrest, except during the period of his trial at Ashville, when a mob at tackled the Court House and sought to lynch him, as the result of which Sher- lynchers. killing one and woundlng an- other. Governor Jelks dispclled this idea this morning by stating that the hang ing will occur at Ashville and will take place on the date set unless there should be some legal interference. Inasmuch as no apepal has been taken 1t is, expected that the hanging will come off on sched-- ule time. When the Governor was asked if any soldiers would be sent with the guards when Brown was taken to Ash vile. he stated that he would act en- tirely upon the advice of the St. Clair County offi,ers. The Governor looks for no interference on the part of citizens and consequently no military will be sent along unless the local officers deem such action necessary, in which event two companies will go.
 Frank Duncan on the Stand.
 In the trial of Frank Duncan. charged with the murder of Policeman c. W, l<irkley, the prisoner himself was the star witness tc6ay. He stated that he was 33 years cid and was born In Ohio. and that he was a steamboat fireman by oc- cupation. He knew Frank Miller and He says he met the latter in Chattanooga two or three days before the fatal affray In this city in which Policeman Kirkley and Adams were killed, and for which that he aame to Birmingham the night before the shooting. On the night Of the shoC ting he was around town in the sa- looms, and he claimed that when the fatal oN Prox ho I, hfa Gelders's restaurant with "Sheency Epgs." Tom Fay. Shenandoah Red" and John D. Vest He heard the shooting, and a few minutes later went down and inquired what 1t was about. He denied empha ticslly that he was present at the afflay and said that he never saw Oficer K'rklty in his life. dead or alive; Ho stated that he had no trouble with any policeman in Birmingham. He claimed to have left his room early in the night for the theatre where he spent halt an of saloons and returned to his room flf- teen minutes before ne heard the shoot ing. After the shooting he went to room on Seventeenth Street and spent and West went to Chattanooga and stoII ed at the Hass House. He was liv- ing there when arrested.
 The prisoner was subjected to sharp cross examination but adhered to his aiibi contention.
 berS Of the alleged Duncdn- MllleF gang of safe robbers, who Is serving term in the penitentiary for his part in the Standard oil Company's safe robbery which occurred a few hours before the two policemen were shot, was also q witness. He claimed that at the time Of the shooting he was in the room over Gelderss restaurant and that Duncan was with him. He also asserted that Duncan on leaving the room earlier in the night said that he was going to the thea ire Fifteen minutes before the shooting was heaId, Duncan and Frank Edwards returned to the room. The witness claimed that Miller had told him that he CMillerl and New York Harry" shot inc two officers He said that Miller made this statement while he and Miller were walking from Gate City to Iron dale the day after the shooting. The
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