The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-23
DALLAS PRISONERS
 ARE ALL RELEASED
No Indictments Found Against
 Alleged Lynchers.
POLL IS MADE OF THE JURY
Solicitor ouarles Believed That Mem bers of Grand Jury Had Been Talked to Concerning
 Bell Lynching.

Selma September 2.-(Speeial. )-As was expected and as predicted in The Age Herald few days ago. the alleged lynch CTS of the negro Edmund Bell, have e-not been indicted by the grand Jury.
 Today at noon that body filed into the court room and made a partial report to Judge Partridge, returning twenty true bills and stating that they had ex- amined cases against fourteen persons whose names were given and not find- ing sufficient evidence against them had not found indictments. They therefore recommended that they be restored to their liberty. In the list Of fourteen names were those of B. F. Cherry, M. M. Ransom and D. O. stanfil, the three white men. special constables in whose charge was the negro Edmund Bell when he was taken away and lynched. The names of the eight negroes who were also arrest ed for compicity in the lynching ap- peared in the list and these eleven with the other three minor cases were releas- ed about 1 o'clock by Sheriff Blackwell.
 ouarles Makes Charges.
 Immediately upon the report being made to the court Solicitor Quarles stated to the court that he had reason to believe that some of the grand Jurors had been talked 10 about the cases pending before the jury with view or influencing their action. The jury was boiled and each, upon oath, examined about the matter. Frank Nunnelle stated that he was stopped on the street by a gentleman, q stranger to him, who asked him to be as light as possible on the three whitc men charged with lynching.
 Former Herbert Brown stated that Mrs. Stanfil, mother of one of the three men, had started to talk to him about the case and he stopped her. telling her he could not discuss the matter. The rest of the jurors stated that they had not been approached about the case. The action of the grand jury was not sur prise as 1t has been freely predicted since the assembling of that body and the sensational charge of the presiding judge.
 Arm Caught In Gin.
 J. W. Bates, operator for w. w. Col sons gin at Huntsville, was brought to the city yesterday afternoon and his arm was amputated Ills arm was caught between the sharp saws of the gin while pushing some seed out of the way, and the flesh
 
 was necessary.
 Gretna Green Wedding.
 This afternoon at half past ? o'clock at the county court house Probate Clerk J. G. Chisolm united in marriage D. H. Gardiner of Gordonsville and Miss Pauline Love of Statesville; Autauga county. The wedding will be much of a surprise to the relatives of the bride, as she came to Selma yesterday afternoon and they had no idea of her intentions. She is the daughter of Hon. T. B. Love, back tax commissioner of Autauga county. and an ex-member of the legislature. The groom Is a popular planter of his neighborhood in Iowndes county.
 Certificates Filed.
 Secretary R. E. L. Mel of the demo- cratic executive committee of the Fourth judicial circuit forwarded to the secretary of state this afternoon the certificate of nomination of Hon. B. M Miller for judge of the Fourth circuit. Mir Mel, who is also secretary of the Dallas county demo- cratic executive committee, filed this af- ternoon the certificate of nomination of county officers with the probate judge.
 School Board Meet.
 The Dallas county school board held a meeting today in the office of the county superintendent of education in the court house. President J. B. Ellis and the full board were present and the matters per taining to the coming school year were gone over sLd determined upon.