The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-31
ML HeflIn Says Warrants Are SWlro Out Pufey for
 Political Effect
RESULT OF THE INCIDENT
 IN THE SHUGART TRIAL
Brewer Says He Will Prove That J Thomas Hefia Was In Theatre When He Swore He Was In
 Flemines Restaurant.

Warrants were yesterday morning sworn out against Secretary Of State Thomas Heflin charging him with per jury and surbornation of perjury, and against County Solicitor H. P. Hefiin charging surbornation of perjury. The warrants were sworn out by Willis Brew CT before Judge Abernathy of the in- ferior court of Birmingham.
 The warrant against Secretary of State Hefin has not been served as he is not In Birmingham, and the one against County Solicitor Hefiin will be served to- day. He was out of the city yesterday.
 The warrants grew out of the old trou- ble between Solicitor Heflin and Willis Brewer as result of the trial of Roland Shugart on a charge of shooting and killing A j. Banholzer. It will be re- membered that at the preliminary hear ing before Judge Abernathy, Brewer call ed Solicitor Hefiin liar" The lie was given because Solicitor Hefin stated in his speech that he did not believe that Brewer was in Birmingham the night of the killing.
 At the trial Brewer testified that he and George Howell, the other defendant in the perjury case. were standing near the en- trance of the Metropolitan hotel on the night of the shooting and that he saw Roland Shugart go into the Metropolitan bar, and that he was immediately fol- lowed by two men, one of whom had long pistol and the other knife.
 Brewer Charged With Perjury. During the trial of Shugart on ha- beas corpus, after several witnesses had sworn that Brewer was in Montgomery on the night of the shooting warrants were sworn out against him result of his testimony, charging him with per jury. and alleging that he was In Mont gomery on the night of the shooting. The preliminary trial of the cases against him and Howell who was also arrested on charge of perjury, were set for Tuesday, and the state announced not ready, as none of it's witnesses were present. Solicitor Hehin asked that the case be continued and that attachments be issued to bring the witnesses to tes- tify in the case. Judge Benners refused to issue the attachments, saying that he thought he did not have authority to is sue attachments for the attendance of witnesses who were In another county. {1,ot la I.< al lowed to introduce showings as to what the absent witnesses would testify if present. Judge Benners refused to per init the solicitor to make these showings for the absent witnesses, and stated that the cases would have to be disposed of Solicitor Hef1in stated that he was wholly unprepared to go into the trial of the case at that time on account of the ab- sence of these witnesses who lived in Montgomery county, and further stated that he would not mol pross the cases or dismiss them.
 Cases Dismissed
 Judge Benners then, of his of his own motion, dismissed the cases, and Solicitor He1in stated that he wvurd take the mat ter up before the grand jury when 1t meets on the fourth of next month.
 Last night Brewer stated that he in- tended showing that Secretary of State Hefin was at the theatre in Montgomery at the time that he swore on the stand that he was in Flemng's restaurant Brewer further claims that Mir Hefiin was guilty of subornation of perjury, in that he procured the evidence of George Taylor, which he claims is not true. He states that Taylor has made statement in which he says that his testimony was secured by Secretary of State Hefiin. Brewer also claims that he will be able to show that Charles D. Dexter was usher at a wedding at the time that Secretary of State Hefin swore on the witness stand that he and MT. Dexter were together in the restaurant.
 The testimony of the secretary of state was corroborated by Capt. E. w. Booker of Elmore county and Judge Taryer of Montgomery
 It will be remembered that Secretary of State Hef1in swore on the stand that he saw Brewer In Fleming's restaurant In Montgomery between and g o'clock on the night of January 20. which was the night that Banholzer was shot in Bir-