The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-11
STATE, COMMITTEE MAY HEAR CONTEST Trial of Dallas Deputies Post
 poned Until Today LYNCHING, TO BE TERRIFIED Sheriff Is Determined to Bring to Trlal Those Responsible for the
 Death of Edmund
 1T Bell. 2.
LYNCHING, TO BE PIERRE TED

contest for the nomination of probate judge of Marengo county is not yet settled. The contestee, Sheriff A. L, Nasty, who was unanimously declared the nominee over Judge 5. P. Prowell by the county executive committee called to hear the contest on August ], has been notified by the contestant that an appeal will be taken to the State Executive Committee.
 Mir. Hasty was in Selma today. lie takes the repeated contests good naturedly and says that he will be satisfied with nothing less than an h. creased majority when the state com mittee takes up the case. MT. Nasty led Judge Prowell by 46 votes in the first primary and by 76 on the face of the returns in the second. In the contest before the committee his ma jority of legal votes as declared by the committee was 109.
 Hon. H. s. D. Mallory of the State Executive Committee was seen thls morning by an Age-Herald correspond- ent, and he stated that he had not been officially notified of the contest, but that he was then sending out no- tices to the members of the committee of having called the committee to meet in Montgomery on Tuesday, August 16 for the purpose of hearing the Perry county contest, and he supposed if a contest was brought from Marengo it would be heard at the same time.
 Trial of Constables Postponed.
 Today at noon the three constables from whom it is alleged mob of ne groes took the negro, Edmund Bell, on Saturday afternoon and lynched him, and who were arrested yesterday aft ernoon by Sheriff Blackwell, were ar raigned belore Judge J. W. Mabry.
 Solicitor Quarles, who was attending circuit court in Marion, had been tele- graphed for and arrived shortly before the hour. The defendants, D. o. Stan- fl, B. F. Cherry and M. M. Ransom, were represented by A. l.. Mcleod, A. D. Fits and H. F. Reese. Owing to the short time for preparation for the case a postponement was taken until Il o'clock tomorrow.
 Sheriff Blackwell is being commend ed on all sides for taking the stand he has to ferret out this matter and bring to trial those responsible for the death of the negro The sheriff takes the position that prisoner was turned over to three officers of the law. He was found later dead, hanged to a tree. The arrests of the officers Is for the purpose of having 1t shown how the negro came to his death and who is responsible therefor.
 E. A. NiePs Resignation.
 Nothing has been heard in Selma of the news sent out in the Atlanta papers that E. A. Mel, formerly of this city but at present general freight agent of the Southern railway with headquarters in Atlanta, had sent in his resignation The report further stated that he was to be succeeded by Lincoln Green, the present assistant general freight agent and the latter was to be succeeded by MT. George Browder of Birmingham.
 A Runaway Wedding.
 Last night at the Hotel Kornegay oc- cured a gretnA green marriage. the con- tracing parties of which were Miss Annie Rogers of Meridian and Mr. J. N Hicks of Laurel. The bride is IS years old and her father objected to the match The groom is 22-
 They attempted to get married in Me ridian yesterday morning but failed and came here on the evening train The ceremony was performed in the hotel par lors by Judge Fits Mir and Mrs Hicks left for their home this morning.
 Feigned Insanity.
 This morning Chief of Police Walters succeeded in capturing negro by the name of Sam Raimey, who on Saturday stole Iive caddies of tobacco from M s. Smiths grocery store Tho negro had car riesl the tobacco to the Western railways freight depot and yesterday afternoon he telephoned to know If 1t was stll there. He was asked what number the answer should be given as an investigation would have to be made by the clerk and he gave that of a shoe store miles from where he really was. This morning he was recog- nized by a drayman for the store and the officers arrested him. At tho council chamber he feigned insanity, failing on the floor and foaming at the mouth He was carried down to the lookup and soon recovered
 Buried This Afternoon.
 This afternoon occurred the funeral of Levi Herzfeld, chose death occurred in Baltimore Monday afternoon. A large number of relatives and friends from various parts of the state were present and the services were conducted by Rab- bi Ecstell of Mobile. The floral tributes were perhaps the handsomest ever seen fin this city being elaborate and beauti- full.