The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-22
BESSEMER NEGRO
TRIES NICE TRICK
Has Witnesses Carried from the
Court Room by Officer
PUT UNDER HEAVY BOND
Beavers and Sharks VIII Cross Bats at
Beavers Hall Tonight In Game
of Indoor BasebaIl-6enefit
Game Today.
PUT UNDER HEAVY BOND

Bessemer, August Especial )-Charles
Grim, a negro, who perhaps. deserves
chrome and a pardon for his shrewdness'
was bound over to the grand jury OF
Jefferson county this morning in the sum
of $500 on charge of grand larceny, by
Mayor Huey in the police court.
He performed the adept trick OF having
the prosecuting witnesses in his case
locked up before they we're known and
his case mol pressed for non-appearance
of witnesses. The trick was discovered
before he left the court room a free man
and he was detained in the nick of
time.
When Grim's case was first called this
morning the witnesses We're not present
and the case was passed for a while and
other cases taken up. During this time
the three witnesses came into the court
room and when Grim saw them he at
once instructed an officer to arrest them
on a charge of having assaulted him last
Saturday night.
When Grims case was again called no
witnesses answered and the case was
mol pressed on the docket. Chief Wal
lace was not entirely satisfied with the
Cured to him that possibly the defend
ants assailants knew something of the
affair." and he had Grim detained and
had the three negroes he had had ar
rested brought into the court room, when
1t was discovered that they were the
witnesses whom Grim had artfully dis
posed Of in the hope of making his es-
cape.
Mayor Huey complimented him on his
clever trick but informed him that he
was too slick to operate without guar
dian.
Indoor Baseball.
The Beavers and Sharks will cross bats
In a game of indoor baseball at the Beay-
er's hall tomorrow night at $3.50 o'clock.
The lineup will be as follows:
Beavers: Borders, pitcher; Houston,
catcher; Clay first base; e. Hines. sec
ond base; Manning. third base; Joe Hurd,
right shortstop; Coekrell. left shortstop;
Homer Hurd, right field; Henry Hurd.
left field.
Sharks: George Ward, pitcher; Smith,
catcher; Rogers first base; Johnson, Sec
ond base; Marks, third base; Sanders,
right shortstop; Randle. left shortstop;
Marcus, right field; Lewis. left field.
Benefit Game.
A game of baseball will be played at
Fourth Avenue park tomorrow after
/
between the Eagles of Bessemer and the
Eagles of Ensey.
Ladies will be admitted free. The game
will be ump>--~ by w. S. Edge
The Bessemer lineup Is as follows:
King. catcher; Ross, pitcher; OMara,
first base Chlders. second base: Nc
Emery, third base: Perkins shortstop:
Hurd, left field; Sullivan, center field;
Sanders, right field
Notes and Personals.
scottie Bryant received a telegram this
afternoon from Springfield, o., to the eff
feet that his father, James Bryant, who
has been very sick for some time, is
improving.
Eugene Parsons and James Ross,
turned from Chattanooga last night
While in Chattanooga they visited Chic
amauga Park and Lookout Mountain.
The funeral of John J. Haynes, who
dropped dead while playing with his child
near his home on Fourteenth street Satur-
day afternoon, was conducted from the
First Christian church this morning at
10 o'clock and the interment took place
In Union cemetery. The funeral was at
tended by large number of friends and
members of the different orders to which
he belonged The deceased was 81 years
OF age. a locomotive engineer in the en-
ploy of the Birmingham Southern rail-
way and leaves wife and two children.