The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09

ment that the witness had impeached himself.
 MT. Reese argued against predicting the l statement. declaring 1t was "a confiden- tial paper"
 Judge Jones overruled the District At matter out by asking the question. Judge Jones said as 1t was Confidential pa per-" he would not counsel itss introduc- ton, but would merely advise the Dis trict Attorney to produce 1t.
 Mir. Reese then threw the confidential statement" across the table to Mir. Lackey and the court recessed fifteen
 minutes to give the lawyers time to, ex- anime 1t. <f ,- When the court reconvened, Dunbar
 was shown the statement sworn to before
 J. w. Dimmick, Clerk of the Court, and said 1t was the statement made and signed
 and sworn to- by him. The statement
 was accompanied by personal letter
 written to Mir. Reese from Columbus, Ga.. by Dunbar, in which Dunbar thank ed MT. Reese for his kindness to him. The "Conf1dential Statement" Colonel Wiley then read the statement to the jury saying that 1t would show
 that Dunbar had completely eontradicted himself.
 "In the case of Gienny Helms. Dave Johnson and Esau Williams, the City Marshal of Goodwater, Sim McNeal came to me in April, 1902. and said to me, groes arolnd town; I want you to go I with me and tefp get 'them.I went with
 him and caught them near the depot. They were there inquiring about what time trains came in that night Arrested them and carried them up before Mir. White. They began telling such conflict ing stories that Mir. White did not believe f.z l and buggy after a man that they said they we're working for, Bill Billingsly,
 and when the witness came he testified that he had not seen them, only they
 passed there the day before begging and
 he gave them something to eat.
 They were fined before the Mayor, I
 think $5 apiece. and all costs, the costs
 amounting to $19. 80. That was the towns
 part, the witness fee and hiring to go
 after them was in all $33 and some cents.
 They were confined in the city guard house and I asked MT. White, and he told me If they did not pay at train time
 we would have to dispose of them, as we could not afford to keep them here. They ! had not paid their fines and costs by train time, and I took them to Dadeville, | as MT. White had told me to dispose of them.
 When got to Dadeville I got convey ance and was going to take them to MT. Turner's when I saw MT. J. W. Pace ana Fletch Turner together MT. Pace came over to me alone and he says: You have three men" told him yes. asked | did he need them, and he said NO, take them to Fletch Turner; he needs some farm hands, and I expect he will pay the fine for them"
 - What He Told Turner. Then Turner came up and said T | r Al k~I.- Al fine and costs were. He asked me, Can
 talk with them?" I told him he could;
 that I would not make any contract or sign any contract He took them about a block from me and talked to them, and when he came back he told me that he had traded with them. I told him all right, that I was not going to make any
 contract. Then MT. Turner gave me check for $40 He told me all above the s33 fines and costs which amounted to $3S and some cents, would be for my trouble in coming down there. The check
 was drawn on the bank at Dadeville, pay
 able to my order, and I took the check
 to the bank and 1t was paid.
 Then went back to Goodwater that
 night and MT. Purifoy was with me, and
 l showed him the money and said, I
 want you to see what got Mir Purifoy
 had accompanied me to Dadeville with
 these men and was present and heard all
 of the conversation with MT. Turner Mir.
 Purifoy was cashier of the Farmers Mer-
 chants Bank of Goodvater.
 Told White About It.
 When I returned to Goodwater told
 Mir. White what I had gotten for the
 three men and showed him the money
 four $O bills. He told me that was all
 right; that he did not think had done
 anything wrong. I showed him itemized