The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
Witnesses Testify.

deIenSe VII put on us witnesses tomofroW. In the meantime Winter is held In $500 bond.
 Witnesses Testify
 According to the testimony of the wit nesses the girl and her cousin. one Mary oaston. were enticed from Birmingham, ploy of the defendant Winter and taken to Broolxheld. where they were detained for three weeks. when they escaped and re- turned to Birmingham.
 Two days after the defendant came to the home of the complaining witness with an alleged warrant for her arrest on a charge of petit larceny, and saying that he had been deputized by justice, Issuing the warrant, to execute 1t, he arrested and handcuffed her and took her to Brook side, where she remained for several days until brought to Birmingham by the Unit ed States Marshal at the time when he arrested the defendant about April 30.
 The following is the substance of the evidence as given by the witnesses ex- amined:
 Lee cowart's Testimony.
 Lee cowart: I am practicing attorney
 
 1903. to represent Nellie Fields in a case which was to come up before Justice of the Peace Coffman at Brookside, Jefferson county, Alabama, on April 23. On that date I went to Brookside in company with Anna Fields, the mother of Nellie Fields. On reaching Brookside l went to the office of Justice of the Peace Coff- man, where I learned that the case against Nellie Fields had been tried on the previous Tuesday evening and that his docket showed that there was a case entitled the State of Alabama against Nellie Fields charged with petit larceny, but did not show any Judgment entry. The record only showed the fact of the arrest, a plea of not guilty and a fine of $10 The justice told me that he had turned Nellie Fields over to MT. Winter and that the understanding was that MT Winter would pay her fine, but that there was no confession of judgment. The jus tice further stated that the girl had ob- jected to going back to the camp, and wanted to go Flat Tip, the convict camp, instead
 J. A. Dicknson's Testimony.
 J. A. Dickinson, Birmingham attor- ney, testified that he was employed by Anna Field, the mother of Nellie Field. at the time of the arrest of the latter on April 21 1903; hunted up the defendant, Winter. and asked to see warrant Win ter said It was at Jefferson county jail and he would go and get 1t. He failed to show me the warrant when he returned, but exhibited a warrant for the arrest of one Hattie Grant, and said that the war rant on which the arrest of Nellie Field was made was similar. When l inquired al the jail I was told that no such person as Nellie Field had been committed. Af- ter talking with Winter told him that he had no authority to arrest Nellie Field in Birmingham on the warrant he claimed to have had and asked him if he was a constable He said that he had been deputiled to execute the warrant.
 1 then told him that Col J. J. Altman and myself had been employed to repre- sent the girl. He said "All right, the case Is set for trial on Thursday. the 18th, at o'clock" l told him not to have 1t tried sooner, as we could not get there before that time and he said he would not. When the time come I could not go and MT. cowart went to Brokslde to represent Nellie Field.
 The Girls Mother.
 Anna Fields, mother of Nellie Fields testified: That on Sunday, April 10, her daughter and Mary Gashton came to Bir- mingham from Brookside where they had gone three weeks previously to work On the following Tuesday her daughter was arrested by the defendant Winter. He arrested her on what he said was war rant. and stated that he was deputized to make the arrest by Justice of the Peace onman. At the time of the arrest he was accompanied by colored man named John Kidd, but he (ISidd) did not come Into the house. Winter came In alone and made the arrest. After her daughter was arrested the witness came al fo Dixon. and went with him and pointed out Winter. Winter agreed to have the trial set on the following Thursday so as to give Lawyer Dixon time to go to Brooksde When Thursday came MT. Dixon could not go and another lawyer. MT. cowart, and the witness went, but found that the case had been tried on Tuesday
 Mary Gaston.
 Mary Gaston testified that she is a cousin of Nellie Field; we were hunting work fin Birmingham and went into res- taurant for lunch were approached by a colored man named John Kidd, who asked them if they did not want work told him we did said there was work at Brookside and asked us to go there with him: said he would pay our rail- road fare; we went to Brookside with him.
 When we got to Brookside he pointed out Winter and said, There's our boss" He carried us out to the wods and said we were going to camp. When he told us this we stopped and said we didn't know we were going to any camp We said we wanted to go back. and he said we could not until next day, and then If we did not like 1t we might go. That night John Kidd fixed up bunk in tent. where two men slept. and we slept there that night. Kidd told us we had to remain with those men that night. That night the men went to the commfssary and got some rations and we cooked sup per and breakfast and dinner the next day. After we got dinner cooked we started off to go back to Birmingham. Mir. Winter met us and asked where we were going. We told him we were going to Birmingham, but he said he guessed not-no this soon. We turned around and Nellie began 10 cry and ie told her that if she didn't stop crying ho would lock her up and chain her down After three weeks, when Winter and his partner were out on the cut Nellie Fields. another girl and myself ran away and came to Birmingham.
 The only pay got for staying there was a calico dress and pair of stock ings. These were given me by colored man called Long Boy, the man who lived with me in the tent. John Kidd told us