The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
TRUE BILLS FOUND
AGAINST JOHN BIB
He is Also Indicted in the Pay
Car Case
MONEY is STILL MISSING
Besides Being Charged With the Depot
MONEY is STILL MISSING
Besides Being Charged With the Depot
Robbery Bib Is Charged With
Having Broken Into Louis
vile and Nashville Car.

Two true bills were yesterday morning
returned against John Bibb by the grand
jury.
One was In connection with the robbery
Of S. 900 in cash from the safe in the ticket
| office at the Union depot; the other for
! alleged theft from Louisville and Nash-
| Vile pay car.
There are ten counts In the bill, charg-
ing that the money was taken separately
and Jointly from the Louisville and Nash
vile, the Southern, the Alabama Great
Southern, the Central of Georgia, the
Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham
railroads. from the Pullman Palace Car
company, and separately from Jack w
Johnston, ticket agent. Two counts also
charge him with receiving or concealing
or aiding to conceal stolen property.
Another bill charges that John Bibb
entered the pay car. of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad and carried away
looking glass valued at SIS. There is only
one count in this case.
1t is intimated that the grand jury was
also investigating the entering Of the en-
gineers office of the Louisville and Nash
VILE, and the stealing of transit and
other instruments from there, but this is
! said to have been carried over to the next
jury.
No bill was returned against W. g.
George, who is under arrest on charge
Of burglary and grand larceny In connec-
tion with the robbery. and who Bibb has
claimed did the work The indictments
of the grand jury point conclusively to
the difference in the minds Of the jurors
as to who did the Job.
Form of Indictment
The following is the form Of the indict-
ment which was repeated in each Of the
counts:
we the grand jury, charge that be-
fore the finding of this indictment, John
Ribb feloniously took and carried away
$4,000 in the paper currency of the United
States of America, consisting OF twenty
dollar bills, ten-dollar bills, fve-dollar
bills two-dollar bills, one-dollar bills,
more accurate or particular description
Of which said paper currency Is to the
grand jury unknown, and $500 In gold ana
silver coin Of the United States of Ameri-
ca, consisting of twenty-dollar gold pieces
ten-dollar gold pieces, f1ve-dollar gold
pieces, silver dollars. silver half-dollars'
silver quarter dollars and silver dimes,
more accurate or particular description or
which gold and silver coin is to the grand
Jury unknown the personal property of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company"
In the ticket office case the names of
the following are given as witnesses:
! A. r. Cook, Richard Luclett, George
Read, C. w. Keller e. L. Thornton,
Jack w. Johnston. C. E. Meglemry, r.
C. Hunt, P. w. Turner, w. s. George.
James Elijah williamson, J. w. Har-
land, w. N. staunton.
In the case charging breaking into the
pay car of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad the names of the witnesses are;
Policeman Bodeker, j. M. Dawson,
William McAlpine Tom Hobert.
In the indictments only $4,000 is mem
toned, as this was the actual value Of
the property which was stolen. AS far
as Is known none of the checks, drafts
and other papers were ever negotiated,
and therefore do not represent value in
the eyes of the grand jury
Cash Not Recovered.
None of the cash has yet been recov-
cred. All that is in possession Of the Off
GERS is the $40 which was found under
the wash stand in Bibbs room in Nash
WILLIE He Is credited with having made
an offer to return the $4,000 which he is
supposed to know the whereabouts of.
but as yet that has not been seen.
Several persons have been suspected Of
having the money, and the officers have
been trying to find it, but as yet they
have been unsuccessful. Women's names
have been associated with the money in
two instances
Throughout the entire affair Bib has
shown a desire to shield other people. 1t
was for this reason. so he states. that
he did not go any further than Nashville,
and that he wrote the letter to the three
detectives. Several times since then he
has tried to shield others. especially
Williamson and Bennett Bibb, and 1t is
believed that 1t was partially on account
of his confession that the two boys were
released by Judge Feagin on Saturday
morning.
that Bibb would tell where the money is
1t is understood that Bib has been in
structed by his attorneys, John Shugart
and B. NJ. Allen, not to talk about the
case.
George is still reticent. although he has
made promise to divulge some startling
things when the right time comes. He
claims that he is waiting until the pre-
liminary hearing.