The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-02
About to Commit Crimf,
 Was ElcctrOcutcd.
BORE GOOD CHARACTER
Was Trying to Cut Light Wires
 te Darken Bank.
Body Pound en veranda oyer Aneri- can Nstss.ai Bsnk wStA stsek ss B Dy.a.iss and nursier Tssss sa rsrss..

James Hardfes Hendrick. popular In | the social life of Montgomery. and connected with one of the most prozui- nent families of Alabama. was found dead early yesterday morning. havlng been eiectrocuted by a live wire. willie attempting to make feionfcus en- ltfance to tho American National Bank at go Commerce Street The tragedy threw q thrill of hor- TOT over the entire city of MontEom~ iery and for many hours it was thu ltopic of conversation and spcculetion- IIfendrick was widely known iu tho Ic1ty. He was born and reared here. I eomery There are few peopIe In Montgomery. who did not know him or some of his relatives.
 | The news- of his death and the man. ner in whichslt came was hardly cred- Iible to his acauaintances. The twen- Ity-one years of his life. with the ex- Iception of two years spent at the Georgia School of Technology in At lnnta. were spent In Montgomery and during the entire time no sIur had been cast at his good name; nothing but honor had marked his eschutch- con.
 l The body of young Hendricls was Ldlscovered on the veranda roof over the sidewalk In front of the clothing store of L. Young, st Commerce Street. next door to the American Ma ItionaI Bank. While attempted rob- bery was undoubtedly made between l.s0 and o'clock it was not until 6 3o'clock that the dead body was found. 1.-the remains were not Identified until 3 o'clock.
 Discovered by Mir. BeaIe
 Mac Beaie a cotton buyes. conncc~ lted with the Fisk Cotton Company. Ia l~ f.- A Afaf Fly opposite the bank first discovered the body Looking out of his window, lacrcss the street. he saw the form o1 a man. apparently lifhless on the yer landa over the sidewalk. He imme< Ediataly called the attention of ratrol- man F. I. Sweeney to the form sav- Ing that the man was either drunk oz dead.
 The policeman hurried to the root and hastily felt for puisation of fhe heart. but soon discovered that the If1eart had ceased fo beat for several hours. sAnl electric light wire hang ing loose. near the young man. and burned piaces on each of his hands told the story of how he met his death.
 But the horror of the tragedy was turned in an instant to excitement. when a large stick of dynamite, monkey wrench and other implements used by burglars were found on the person of the dead man.
 Coroner W. IT. ~fce was notified and he hurried to the scene. The body was taken to his mofgue. on Court Street for Identification.
 A large crowd of curious citizens followed the remains to the once of the Coroner and although. the young man was known to many members Of the throng. so remote to, tfieir minds was the connection between the James Hendrick they knew and the dead per- son before their eyes that indentifica- ton escaped them.
 Identified by Captain TayIsr. About g o'clock. Captain J. Hunt Taylor en route to his business. passed down Court Street and was called by the Coroner to ascertain if he could identify the body. Captain Taylor tocuiarly answered. Well if hA lives in Montgomery, I know him. He proceeded back into the morRue ac- companied by Joshua Jones. Assistant Cashier of the American National 4 Bank. Without waiting for the Cor oner, Captain Taylor drew back the covering from over the remains. He was amazed.
 I 1T couldn't have been more suprised. to have seen my brother lying there than I was to see James Hendrtck." said Capt. Taylor.
 The name was furnished the coroner and an unce of the deceased young man was telephoned. On reachfnr the morgue. the uncle could not make the Identification positive and Julius Hend- rick. brother of the dead man, was | called. His indetihcafion was posi- tive. He announced that the dead man was his brother
 Coroner Tice summoned a jury to hold an inquest. The jury was conn posed of Hartwell Douglass John F. Gay, James wardlaw. J. W. Terry. Wflliam Graves. and Boiling A. Blalsey. | A number of witnesses were summoned and gordon of policemen was neces- sary to restrain the immense crowd Dr. H. 8. Persons, was called to testi- fy as to the manner in which Henf& rick met his death. He said that burned place had been found in the palm of his right hand and similar but larger cauterization in the palm Of the left member There were no external signs of violence and the con- clusion, he considered obvious. that the cause of death was accidental elec- trocution. Between 5000 and 5000 volts passed through the body.
 Boiling A. Blakey. City Electrician and a member of the jury, testified that from the condition of the hands of the deceased. he had evidently been cutting the wire with his right hand and holding it with his left. com plete circuit was thus formed and death resulted instantly. The tar from the insulation of the wire on the paIn of the left hand. gave support to this theory.
 Occurred About s45 q. m- E According to the City Electrician. the tragedy occurred at 1:45 o'clock yesterday morning. as, at that time the private circuit through which the bank received its electric current was cut out and the inspectors of the Mont Tomery Light and Water Power com- pany were unable to find the cause thereof. On this circuit are the lights of the First National Bank building as well as those of the American National Bank, the two banks being on opposite sides of the street. The attention cf Police Captain Taylor was drawn to