The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
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COOLEY BANKS GETS AWAY

Selma, April 2.-(Special. )-Another rob bery was reported today from Marion Junction. where on last Tuesday night Ponce Williams and two confederates broke into Radals' store and stole over d hundred dollars in cash, a pistol and other articles This time a negro OH the McCullom place was the victim. He invited a negro who had lately come to live on the place, to spend the night with him, and while he slept his guests arose, dressed and departed, taking with him a double -barreled gun, pistol, d pair of overalls and several other articles. The county dogs were sent for, but owing to the time that would have to elapse before a train could carry them to the scene it was not thought they would be of service.
 MT. Pettus Randall, whose store was robbed Tuesday night last has returned from Livingston, where ne went to find more of the money stolen by the negro Ponce Williams, information having been given the Dallas county authorities by Williams confederate5 that Ponce had some bills taken on the night of the rob bery, pinned in the sleeve lining of his coat. MT. Randall went to the negro's cell in the Sumpter county jail, and sure enough there in the lining of the coat was $40 in paper money. Fifty dollars in silver had been found when the arrest was made at York the day after the robbery. MT. Randall is now out only about fifteen or twenty dollars by reason of the rob- bery.
 Liberty Was Short.
 "Dooley" Banks, the young negro who entered the store of the Tissier Hard ware company and was caught afterwards with the goods in his possession, escaped for a short while this morning from the street brigade, where he is serving sentence of ninety days and awaiting the action of the grand jury. He was track ed by Officer Moseley and found about an hour after he made his escape, under the house of A. K. Cawthon on Lauder dale street Banks is a bad young negro and it is possible that his working sen- tence will be remitted and he will be sent to jail to await the grand jury's ses- sion.
 To Have a Country Club.
 Selma young men are taking steps to organize Country club. The capital stock of the organization will be $500O, and a tract of land somewhere on the electric ear line will be purchased and a suitable clubhouse erected, patterned af- ter the Birmingham clubhouse. only not quite so extensive There are about fifty young men in the enterprise, and a meet ing was to have been held last night to perfect the organization. Previous en- agreements, however, prevented the meet ing materalizing, and a postponement was taken until next Wednesday night.
 Valuable Property Sold.
 By an order of the commissioners court A. L. Mcleod. as commissioner. sold to- day at public outcry the lot and frame buildings corner of Alabama and Lau- derdale streets. owned by Mrs. Annie P Tarver, B. M. Tarver, ct al The property fronts 47ia feet on Alabama street and runs back 190 feet to the alley in the rear. It is opposite the government post office lot and diagonally across from the court house. The bids started at sl0Ooo and were run up to s11,i20. when the property was knocked down to O. NJ. Cawthon What the latter intends to do with his purchase was not learned, as he Is out of the city However, 1t is prac- tically certain that a handsome building will be erected.