The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-20

Powderly street car as he was coming to his work He boarded the car at Cleve- land station and after paying his fare. settled back in his seat. When the car reached Twenty-frst street and Second avenue it was discovered that he was dead
 The remains were carried to Warner s-e%&%%&%%A~-~-~-S- %~-~%-%~~<-~~4-e- I finally got up and started to go and asked John if he had anything to say to me alone. He nodded
 Alone With Bibb.
 ..When we were alone he put his hands to his head and tears came to his eyes. He then said that his former statement was incorrect that he did the act but that George was implicated. He said George stood in the street and watched and he crawled through the window on Morris avenue and worked the combina- ton.
 ''He told me he learned the combination with a glass through the hole in the ceil- ing, that the reason he didn't close the safe door after him was that it made crealxing noise and be was afraid of walk ing up the man asleep on the table; that when he had finished he climbed out at the window again.
 Gave George Some Money.
 He said he gave George $40O or $o00, and that he got Mir. Lucketts pin and wore it for four or five days and promised to see that 1t was returned. He said he didn't want to tell anyone about 1t then because 1t would have implicated some on eelse He also said he would tell his father about the money and where 1t was and he also asked to see his brothers and Williamson.
 q then told him I would call the chief and let him repeat the statement in his presence The chief came in when I knocked on the door and John repeated what he had said and the chief told him he thought it would be better for him since he had been frank about it.
 'I then left the office and went to hunt his father and mother"
 Tn reply to a question as to whether the money had ever been returned to the company the witness said he had not been advised whether it had been made good or not.
 Officers Looking for Him.
 On cross examination MT. Starks said Bbb told him that his reason for leaving Birmingham was that George told him the thing was out and that the officers were booking for him.
 Was George present during any of this alleged confession?" asked Attorney AL len.
 This was not an alleged confession, but was an actual confession" said the witness with smile.
 You have made a good many changes since this larceny, haven't you, changed men. changed locks, changed combina- tion?" asked MT. Allen
 Well, we have been out some change since that time." said the witness, laugh ing.
 Afternoon Session.
 Officer s. A, Hamilton was the first wit ness called by the state in the afternoon. He testified that he had conversation with the defendant on the third floor of the city hall over the council chamber on the day he was brought back from Nash vile. Regarding Bibb's statement the witness said:
 Officer Hamilton's Testimony.
 While l was up there something was said about Bibbs brother and Bibb sad that he did the work himself and that his brother was innocent. When l asked him if he had lawyer he said he didn't have one and didn't want one, that he was going to return the money and make the best out of it he could.
 "He said he took away about $5ooo and carried about $375 to Nashville with him,
  When 1 asked him why he didn't go fur ther than Nashville, SC said his brother was under arrest and he didn't want to see him get into trouble He said he went to Boyles and took a Louisville and Nashville freight to Decatur; went from there to Huntsville and from there to Nashville.
 Used the Spyglass.
 "IIe told us that he learned the combi- nation of the safe with a spyglass; that he got up in the loft over the kitchen and that he stayed up there for several days, but he would never tell us where he got the quilt. He said that one day he was going up and had a lunch of pork chops and dropped it and 1t rolled down into the shed and he was afraid some one would discover him.
 ''When we asked him how he got in the window without disturbing the dust he looked across to the Hillman hotel and said, "Pshaw, that's nothing. You can stretch rope from here over to that ho- tel and I'll walk across it
 The witness said he was on patrol duty at the union station on the night of the robbery. He said he saw Bibb on that night and as he seemed to be trying to avoid him. he watched him pretty close ly; that he followed him down toward Nineteenth street on Morris avenue; that Bibb turned to the left back of the ex- press office and that he did not get sight