The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-17
JOHN BIBB TO BE
 ON TRIAL TODAY
DEMURRERS TO THE INDICTMENT WERE MADE AND ARGUED YES- TERDAY-AUDIToR WHITE WILL BE PRESENT TODAY.

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 The taking up of the case of John Bibb in the criminal court yesterday afternoon was delayed because of the failure of Tom White to appear. Mir. White is audtop of the A. G. S. railroad and is considered one of the most important of the defen- dant's witnesses.
 Late in the afternoon the court ordered an attachment served upon him, placing him under $500 bond to appear in court this morning. MT White came into the court room about o'clock, however, and gave the court assurance that he would be present at the opening of the days session this morning.
 Bibb is a young man of pleasing ap- pearance who is charged with the burglary of the safe at the ticket office in the Union Passenger station. The indictment charges him with taking about 5000 from the safe, but the amount has been vari- ously estimated up to s7OOO.
 The case was really begun yesterday afternoon and the attorneys for the de- fendant made their arguments on demur- rers to the indictment Demurrer was made to each count in the indictment, which Is unusually long and the court took the demurrers under advisement.
 The hearing of evidence in the case will probably begin this morning.
 The case was called at the opening of court yesterday morning but was delay ed for various reasons until 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, at which time the faii- ure of MT. White to appear was made ground for more delay.
 The case of this defendant promises to be of unusual public interest as the an- nouncement of the details of the robbery at the time of its commission showed it to be one of the most serious affairs of its kind ever committed in Birmingham
 The burglary took place on the morn- ing of May IS.
 
 send communication to the superintend- ent, asking that more care be taken
 Circus Tax.
 An ordinance was adopted providing for taxing circuses which show outside of Birmingham, but within the police juris- diction of the city The fund derived from this source to be devoted to police purposes. Where the admission to the circus is 20 cents, the license is sl3.5O for the first performance or parade and s5 for those subsequent. Where the admission is from 20 cents to 50. cents the license for the first performance or parade is s75 and for those subsequent, $25.
 An ordinance was adopted to prevent the posting of any kind of bills or adver- tisements on awnings which project out over the streets of Birmingham.
 An ordinance was adopted to prevent the sale of green meats outside of Bir- mingham but within the police jurisdlc- tion without payment of a license of sl5. A communication was read from the Birmingham Belt railroad stating that or ders had been given to cease the unload- ing of cars on the spur track of the belt line on Avenue F between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
 Poicemen's Ball.
 The use of the armory in the city hall was granted to the police for the holding of their annual ball on January 2s Citv Attorney E. D. Smith asked for further time to report on the matter of closing of certain streets In the city by the railroads.
 Alderman Barbour introduced resolu- tion to the effect that the city engineer he instructed to prepare an ordinance pro- v;dino for the pavement with bitumnous macadem of Third avenue between Twen- itv-drst and Twenty-second streets
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