The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
RECORDS OF COURTS

The will of the late Mrs. Henrietta Mat son is being contested before jury in the probate court The grounds for the contest are given as insanity and undue influence
 Mrs. Matson died on May 1S and left most of her money. in the relghborhood of 5000, to the Pentecostal mission. Her nephew Walter Berry, through his att torneys, Kerr and Haley. is contestag the will. Attorney A. G. Smith represents those to whom the bequests were made.
 In her will, Mrs. Matson gave sl0OJ to the Fiske university, a negro college at Nashville; in the neighborhood of SLIGO to send a missionary to Africa, and about 5000 to Charles W. Walt, connected with the Pentecostal mission in Birmingham.
 Testimony was heard yesterday and it Is thought that it will os several days before the case Is concluded. Judge Greene is presiding, but the case is being argued before a jury.
 In the case of John Anderson, ex parte, Chancellor A. H. Benners yesterday ren- dered decree removing the disabilities of homage.
 A bill was filed in the chancery court yesterday by Andrien sicard against Cath erine Guyllou, seeking to quiet title to certain lands in this county.
 Will Terry, negro, was given a life sentence in the first division of the crim- inal court yesterday for the murder of a negro Will Brooks, at Dolomite sev- eraI years ago. The case was prosecuted by County Solicitor E. c. Winston.
 J. w. T. Reeves has filed suit in the city court against the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company for $200 damages for alleged personal injuries.
 Marcus J. Feibelman has filed three suits in the city court asking for s30,O00 damages in each case for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on March 2. 1905. The defendants are the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. the Birmingham Mineral Rail road and the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company.
 W. s. Patton, as administrator of the estates of William Howard, Sam Thorne,
 
 Parson, Acey Jackson, George T. Caldwell and Lee Hardyman, has filed suits in the city court against the Alabama Stee. and Wire company for ,OOO damages in each case for the alleged death of the inte- states in the mines of the defendant at Virginia City on February 20. The case of John Blackstock the alleged highwayman, will be tried before a jury In the first division of the criminal court today Judge Samuel L. Weaver presid- ing It is alleged that Blackstock operated with James Blaekstock and J. F. Latham both of whom are now serving sentences in the penitentiary for robberies commit ted in Birmingham last February. La- tham escaped from the prison at Sanford but was later captured and is now at Pratt mines.
 Harrison Armour. the white man whose trial on charge of murder was to have been taken up in the criminal court Tues day, but who failed to appear. Is at a hospital in Chattanooga. He accidentally shot himself in the leg re- gently A forfeiture in his bond of s500 was taken Ii Is alleged that he is a member of the famous Armour gang which operated in the south a number of years ago. It is charged that he killed Reuben Little. deputy sheriff at Morris, while the latter was attempting to kill another member Of the gans- Ermour will probably be brought back to Birming-