The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

for 0beytng his oath or ofuce m cxecut- ing the provisions of the law by mak- Price Williams. IT,, Judge of Probate. Mobile County" Chief Case Talks.
 Yesterday afternoon, says The Register | in this same issue, Chief Police Case was called upon and asked about the allega- tions from Montgomery that there IS some sort of connivance to keep the al- legged safe blowers and robbers from trial at Montgomery. MT. Case secuted the idea, saying in the first place that when the men were first arrested here he
 should have sent them to Jacksonville for trial if they had not refused to go with out a requisition. He said that after their refusal he investigated and found | that Mobile had the best case against them-such a case, indeed. as to cause Solicitor Webb to say, after a thorough investigation, that the men ought not to
 be sent anywhere before tried in Mobile. and acting upon that advice the chief had them docketed on two charges. The first
 charge, sworn to by Detective Lacey, is carrying concealed weapons, and the other, sworn to by the Chief himself,
 alleged that on the ninth day of Decem- Der, 1903, within the limits of the city of
 Mobile, Ala, Albert Driscoll, alias Dun can and J. 10. Russell, alias Clark, had
 in their possession an implement or in- | strument designed and intended by them
 10 aid in the commission of burglary or l larceny in this State or elsewhere 'The chief further said that there was no question of the ability to make the charge before the grand jury and to se- cure a verdict against the men in the courts on the above warrant Each war rant. in fact, presents a clear case against | the men.
 Regarding the money found upon the men and in their effects, the chief said that they had been permitted to use some | of 1t. He had not had instructions to | this effect. The chief said that all the money, less sums paid out, was in the possession of the police. as we'll as the pistols, burglars tools. dynamite, etc. He further said that not a cent of the money had been identified, though people had come from Montgomery for that purpose. The Columbian half dollars and some sil-
 yer quarters looked like those owned by the manager of the Montgomery Theatre. whose safe was robbed.
 "The chief said that of course he had
 nothing to do with the sending of the
 men to Vinegar Bend: that that was a
 matter, as he understood 1t, entirely with
 in the law. and that Judge Williams had
 no other recourse after the selection of
 the defendants, than to send them to
 Vinegar Bend.
 "T want to say also.' said the chief,
 that the Jacksonville officers, Crawford
 and Tyre, told me that they went to Montgomery and told the officers there all about the two men, and that they
 believed they were then in Montgomery; that the Montgomery people paid no at- tention to the matter, and that they then determined to come on to Mobile. They
 wired me from Montgomery, and I had officers at the depot to meet the train, on
 which the men arrived. We did every thing we could to catch the men, because
 we believed they would be dangerous in
 this community; that they might com
 init burglaries here if allowed their
 liberty. and also because I believed that
 they had committed a crime in Jackson
 vile and that they ought to be punished
 for 1t. In all this matter I, as well as those aiding me, nave tried to do the best thing for the public safety, and I believe
 that we have done it without an error.
 The others think they have cases against
 the men, but we know that we have Attorney J. J. Parker, who has repre-
 sented DriscSll and Russell all along.
 said yesterday that while he had ac-
 cepted his fee from the men, he was hold
 ing it subject to Identification. and at the trial of the men or at any time the
 courts may direct. He holds the money
 that was given him, md will do so until
 he is advised by the courts that there is
 no question OF his authority to use it.' Montgomery officials. now that Driscoll
 and Russell are in the Montgomery coun- ty jail declare they are willing to let the
 public pass judgment on. the conduct of
 Mobile officials.
 It has been time and again stated that
 the Montgomery police aided the Jack
 sonville detectives when they were here;
 that Detectives Payne and Jackson of
 the Montgomery Police Department went
 to the Windsor Hotel to arrest Russell
 and Driecoll on the representation of the
 Jacksonville detectives but that the two
 men had left the hotel
 As a matter of fact the Jacksonville de- | tectives left here for Mobile at 9:S5 p. m.
 Russell and Driscoll left here for Mobile a 2.2h