The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-16

vestigation bY The Advertiser corre- spondent proved the report to be incor- rect. A telegram from Camden this afternoon says that Petomie has not been captured, and that there is no probability of lynching if he Is cap tured. the deputy in charge of the posse being cool, brave and possessed.
 Negro Forger in Tolls.
 Will Carroll, alias Charlie Stephens, is not typical black belt thief. He Is above the ordinary run of negroes who steal the parsons chickens from the roost or the plantation owners cotton from the farmhouse. He aims at bigger game. He is a forger of the names of substantial business men to checks and orders for wagon loads of goods. the police think, and 1t appears from the evidence against him which is accumulating, that the police will be able to prove the two charges of forgery that are docketed against him.
 Carroll. as his name appears on the warrants. was arrested yesterday as he was leaving the city, having pre- sented orders to two merchants in this city that are thought to be forgeries. The orders were for groceries and mer- chandise and the name of a prominent merchant in a nearby town.
 As soon as the merchants suspected that there was something rotten in Denmark" they notified the police and Carroll was taken to police station. On his person was found pistol stained with rust and on that charge the po- lice are holding him until both sides are ready for trial in the cases of forg- cry. Carroll was this morning in Po- lice Court on the concealed weapon charge. pleaded guilty, begged the mercy of the court and received & $45 fine.
 T don't make 1t a practice to carry concealed weapons, and I certainly didn't intend to shot fellow man or to violate the law" said Carroll to the court. very careful in the choice of his vocabulary. He asked the courts ad- vice about the other cases. but the court, which does not make a practice of dispensing legal advice to law breakers. referred him to a lawyer.
 Manson Waived Examination.
 Three directors of the Summerfield Orphans Home accompanied by two attorneys went to Summerfield yesterday to prosecute B. H. Manson. the planter who aided in taking three of Mrs. Poe from the Home last Saturday. Manson waived exami- nation and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury under a bond of $400 which he made. Mrs. Poe was also bound over, but was released from on her recognizance.
 The trial of Manson for Kidnapping was to have been held in the court of Justice R. J. Campbell at Summerfield. The directors of the home employed Att torney Moore of Summerfield to con- duct the prosecution, with Attorney NHx Nt. .t- ntk ttv-a he rectors who went to appear against and Mrs. Poe are Rev. A. L. Andrews, pastor of the Selma First Methodist Church, H. H. Stewart and W. T. Wilby.
 According to MT. Stewart the de- fendant was not prepared for trial, and 1t Is believed that he expected the directors to drop the case. Manson, say the directors, was at first defiant and insisted that he hadn't been guilty of law-breaking. He admitted, 1t is aiding Mrs. Poe in taking her three children from the home with put the consent of the directors.
 Mrs. Poe, it is said. was en route to Perry County with her children to take them to a farm. She expected to work them at the blow. say the directors. The ages of the children are 14, 12 and 10 years, the eldest and youngest being boys.
 The directors are incensed over the act of the mother and Manson in talk Ing the children from the institution without authority and it is believed they will not be dealt with leniently.
 Held No Meeting.
 There were counter attractions last night and the citizens didn't attend en- nasse the called meeting of the Com nercial and Industrial Association as was expected. As important matters that will interest a majority of the business men of the city will come be- lore the meeting 1t was postponed.
 The meeting may be held next Tues lay night at which time the Associa- lion will urge the attendance of its en- lire membership and of outside citizens Tor the purpose of bringing to close the discussion of a County Fair. which nas been all but organized.
 COunterfeiter Captured.
 Detective Mills, in Federal service at