The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
WARD SPENT $1875
 ID WIN THE FIGHT
MayoraIty Contest Cost Half
 Annual Salary of Office
FORNEY SPENT S405.75
John L. Parker Comes Next With Out lay of $372-chief of Police Wier Near the Tail of the List.
 Some Not Reported.

George B. Ward, in his desire to be elected mayor of Birmingham, expended S1s75.s1-a trifle more than half the an- nual salary of the office.
 The fact became known yesterday when MT Ward filed with Judge Greene of the probate court his account of expenses in- cured in the primary election held last month
 MT Wards account includes expendi- lures for entrance fee, stamps. envelopes and postage, newspapers and printing, clerical help, carriages, barbeeues and miscellaneous" The last named item amounted to $205.z6. Of the thirteen accounts filed thus far by candidates for public office Tn Birm- | ingham at the Novemoer primaries Mir. Wards, in the amount of expenditures, heads the list.
 John c. Forney, an unsuccessful com petitor in the race for mayor, estimates his expenditures to be $4O5.75.
 John L. Parker candidate for alderman in the Seventh ward, expended $S72.06 The expenses of all other candidates who have filed their accounts fall below $1OO
 One of the features of the list is that Chief of Police Wier spent only $35.5O. 1 Many candidates have not yet compiled with the law requiring that they file an estimate of their election expenses. Here is the list of those who have met the requirements of the law
 George B. Ward, candidate for mayor. s1s75a.
 John c. Forney candidate for mayor, s4O575
 John L. Parker, candidate for alderman Seventh ward $372.O6. H. c. Hurath candidate for alderman Ninth ward $6S.13.
 Ed Warren candidate police commits sion, S67.95.
 Joseph D. Dedman, candidate for police commissioner s64.65.
 N. B. Feagn, candidate for judge of inferior criminal court, $53SS
 J. G. Greener, candidate alderman First ward, $45.O0.
 Lucien c. Brown, candidate police com missioner, $4S.63. w. E. Wier, candidate chief of police, $s5.5O.
 Simon Klotz, candidate for alderman Second ward. $S40O. R. E. Cooper, candidate for alderman. $so.5o.
 Henry B. Gray, candidate for alderman Eigth ward. $500. handed watch and ring back to him. In doing so, she remarked:
 q might have stolen these if I had been minded to do SOL
 Whereupon the defendant said or at said:
 Very Sweet of Her.
 That's very sweet of you. I'll take the watch, but you may have the ring. It's yours and want you to keep it. | You're a good girl"
 The woman in the case gratified the young mans wishes. She kept the ring that is, she kept 1t for a while A week later the gales of necessity be- gan to blow pitilessly against her. Tn truth, she needed money. Her most val uable asset was the ring. So she went to the pawnbrokers and pawned it for $6O. A little later the plaintiff came to her, she said, and told her that he must have | the ring. It did not belong to him, he said, but to another man, and if he didn't get it back he'd be in trouble up to his ears.
 Felt Sorry for Him. "I felt sorry for him." said the woman In the case, land I told him that rather than see him get in trouble I'd get the ring out of pawn in thirty days and give it to him, although he had given 1t to me and 1t was really mine"
 Later, however, another friend turned up on the scene. To him the woman in the case gave the pawn ticket and he re- deemed the ticket and got possession of the ring.
 The woman in the case was succeeded by a girl friend of hers. This girl friend said she was present at the home of the woman in the case when the plaintiff called one day. She heard the plaintiff say that he had given the ring to the woman in the case
 Defendants Side.
 The defendant testified merely that he had received the pawn ticket from the woman, had paid s71 50 for it, and he believed 1t was his property.
 Then the lawyers began to spiel
 "A case of blackmail' cried counsel for the plaintiff.
 "A case of 'squear and playing the baby act" retorted counsel for the defendant. Judge Coleman said it was "a simple case" In the eyes of the law the plain tiff and the woman in the case were, the court pointed out. on the same social level The Jury should draw no distinc- tions If the jury believed the womans story they should find for the defendant; if the mans, for the plaintiff.
 The jury retired and began to vote. The first ballot resulted 10 to in favor of the plaintiff On the second ballot the two friends of the woman in the case went over to the other side.
 His Irish Was Up.
 sI didn't like to come into court with this suit" said the plaintiff when the verdict was announced, "but I've got too much Irish in me to stand for any hold rp business"
 The woman in the case was content to let the plaintiff have the last word
 This is the first, and l think it will be the last, time you will ever catch your Uncle Dudly holding the bag" said the man who redeemed the pawn ticket Then, merely to refresh his memory, Judge Coleman drew "The Merchant of Venice out of his pocket and read once more the lines that lead this article.
 
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