The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
SENTENCES IMPOSED IN ETOWAH COUNTY Tom P. Ferguson Sent to Chain Gang for Two Years COTTON GROWERS MEET Pinkerton Murder Case Begins Today at Gadsden-Extensions in Car
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 Gadsden, December 1O-fSpecial.)- )-Sat- urday afternoon was sentence day in the city court for all who had been tried during the present term and whose pen alty had not been fixed by the jury.
 Tom P Ferguson, a white man and painter who has lived here for years and who was very well thought of, was the first one to be sentenced. Ferguson had been convicted of an assault with intent to murder, upon the person of another painter named Martin, and in a drunken row had carved up Martin in twelve places, which cana near resulting in death The evidence was very strong against the defendant and Judge Disque told Ferguson that whisky was the cause of his present position and that he should profit by this lesson. Judge Disque told Ferguson that his wife and little boy had been to him and pleaded for mercy and that he had listened to them and would not send him to the pen, but in- stead sent him to the county chain gang for term of two years and 190 days for cost His sentence will expire June 2S, 1908. Will King, colored, convicted of larceny of a brass watch, was sentenced to the chain gang for two years and 1I2 days for cost. Sentence expires May 3l, 1908.
 Bud Beeson, colored, for an assault, was fined $500 by the jury. He was sentenced to the chain gang for 90 days for fine and 154 days for cost Sentence expires August 30 1906. Bob Poore, eolored con victed of killing his wifes paramour was given two years and 323 days for cost. His sentence will expire October 2S, l9OS. Henry Miller, colored, was given two years for murderous assault and 225 days for cost His sentence will expire July 3l, 1908.
 The Etowah County Cotton Growers as- sociation met at the court house in this city Saturday and elected officers for 19O6 as follows T. C. Galloway, president; J. H. Richardson, vice president; John F. Adams, secretary; T. c. Banks. treasurer It was decided to meet again in Gadsden on the 29th day of December and com mittee was appointed consisting of T. C.. Banks to invite Hon. Harvie Jordan, presl- dent of the National Cotton Growers as soclation to address the meeting The farmers are sticking together and hope to see 15-cent cotton soon.
 A white man who resides at Round Mountain, Cherokee county, was found at the Rome and Decatur depot last night in the negro waiting room in Il dunken condition and in a fair way to be robbed. The police searched the man and found $l62 in paper money loosely stuck around in his pockets. He was taken to the police station and locked up on charge of drunk.
 The case of the state vs. L. H. Pinker- ton, charged with murder, will be heard in the city court tomorrow. Pinkerton was arrested last summer charged with the killing of the well known negro barber, Will Smith. Pinkerton and Oscar Brown were both in the city drinking and board ed the Louisville and Nashville train at the Printup and as the train pulled out a pistol was fired and Smith fell off dead. The pistol was thrown off the train and the men tried to escape under cover of the excitement over the murder of Mrs. Smith, which had occurred day before this killing. But the police were quick To act and the men were arrested. Brown swore that Pinkerton fired the shot and he was released and Pinkerton held.
 Levi Banks, colored, is working out a sentence of sixty days on the streets for entering the home of Sam Hamburger on South Sixth street and stealing therefrom a box containing money. The negro denied the charge but the evidence was too strong and he was convicted but the money is still missing
 The Gadsden car shops, recently pur- chased by the Alabama Great Southern company, and now being operated here as a repair shop, are to be made the largest repair shop of the Queen and Crescent system. Plans are now being prepared for the enlargement of the snops here and Dos- sible new cars will be built also. The foun- dry department will be put in operation January next, according to the original announcement. At present the company has contract with Chattanooga concern for castings which will expire January 1 and then the foundry here will be started up. At present 156 men are at work on l repair work and the additions to be made will enable 300 men to work under the repair sheds.
 Pink Ware, colored, 35 years old, fell from an electric car at the steel plant of the Southern Steel company of Gadsden and broke his neck causing instant death. The negro fell from one of the small cleo tric charging trans that operates from the stock bins to the incline of the blast furnaces He fell only a short distance. but enough to cause death. He was either running the car are assisting in running 1t and was the cause of his own death.
 A. l.. Davis a carpenter was painfully hurt while at work at the furnace of the Alabama Consolidated company by a ham, mer falling from scaffold and striking him a glancing blow on the head but with sufficient force to knock him sense- less for some time. The hammer was a heavy one and he had a narrow escape from death.