The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-01
After Hearing from Several H. toTneys Justice of Peace
 AdjOurns Court
SPECIAL TERM OF THE
 CIRCUIT COURT WAATA
The Very Air of the Little City Seems Surchareed With Gravity of the Sit uation, and an Overt Act Might
 Create Serious Trouble. [.

Selma December a.-(Special)-The re- suit of the first days effort to fix upon the five white men arrested yeste for the crime of killing the negro. thur Stewart and burning half the td of Pine Apple, was a draw, and tirely fruitless. ' About 2 o'clock, in the classroom of the school building over which Professor Clauden Hardy presides, Justice c. A. Crawford called his court to order. and him in the trial Justice Charles Mcl Lean and Justice J. J. Sessions. kThen followed a sparring for position b the attorneys in the case. Solicitor Qu representing the state, and Miller X Ter and Jones X Jones, all of Camd representing the defendants.
 It was found that the classroom wou not begin to hold the two hundred specV tators assembled. and an adjournment was taken to tho assembly room above and this larger room quickly filled up
 Business Suspended.
 Business had been practically s,a.pen1 ed, and e~ery man and boy in the neigi borhood that could possibly be on hand was present.
 Sheriff Albritton and two deputies were in charge of the prisoners, the lat ter wearing a confident air of finar acquital, though not a little troubled, iy their rowing eyes could be taken as an index.
 After some delay, MT Miller counsel for the defendants. arose and stated that recent fire, his side were willing to ex- cuse him from sitting in the case, and accordingly Justice Crawford. who acted as coroner. left the bench.
 Justice Mclean discussed the serious ness of the trial, and the responsibility resting upon them, and stated that aI other justice was preferred by hims, and colleague. and that Justice HugI from an adjoining precinct, had b sent word to be present, but had not rived. He, therefore, adjourned cot until tomorrow morning. at 9 o'clock, A which time. if the third justice was nol present, the two would go on with the trial
 Feeling Is intense.
 The feeling in Pineapple is something to be felt rather than described. Small groups of men can be seen here and there knotted around some special locality and the general tone of conversation Is en- tirely in whispers. The very air seeRs surcharged with the gravity of the sitd| ation and visitor. a stranger to tfo people and their customs, expects every moment to see the tension give way and some over act lead to further bloodshed and disgrace.
 The matter of an extra session of thN Nh Stih touit opptaio tp bt dpPtililVol the minds of many but 1t is impossible tl get any authoritative news in regard to this point.
 Solicitor Quarles is non-communicat on the subject but there is thought t influences at work urging the gover to order a special session of the ca forthwith in order to try the alld offenders before a jury.
 No Middle Course.
 The gravity of the case is intensifie because there is no middle course pol sibe for the justices conducting the pra liminary examination.
 According to leading citizens If the fi, men adjudged by the coroner's jury have been responsible for the crime guilty of anything they are guilty murder and arson in the first degree al 1t is either a commitment to jail witho bail or an acqulttal if the prelinlina trial is not stopped by an order from { governor converting in extraordinary SC sion the circuit court of Wilcox coun
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