The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-28
BAY ANNETTE IS STIRRED.
Statements from Lambert, Cooper and
 Armstrong;.

Armstrong.
 Bay Minette, Oct 2T.-fSpeciai. )- The statements made by Rittenhouse Smith in The Advertiser this morning have created quite stir in Bay Minette. Dr. Lambert and Wilton Cooper made the following signed statements:
 Dr. Lambert said: Mir. Smith made a very incorrect statement when he said I was at Mir. Booths supper table. have not taken a meal at that house In eighteen months. went to Booths on a professional call. met Mir. Smith there. I then attended to my profcs- sional business and returned to the room where MT. Smith was sitting. We all entered into a general conversation. I never called Mir. Smiths name either directly or indirectly in that conversa- ton. During this time MT. Smith, in talking of the Court House issue, said there would be some scrapping. re- piled that if he would make 1t a per sonaI matter would assist in the pro- ceedings. Mir. Smith then said that misunderstood him and there the con- versation stopped
 T went with Mir. Booth to a drug store to get a prescription filled and there left Mir. Booth. I carried my horse and buggy to the stable and then walked to the depot, intending to go to Perdido There I heard Sheriff Arm 
 whom I afterwards learned was Mir. Smith. I heard him say to Armstrong, That is not so.' Just at that time Wilton Cooper was approaching them wi.h a lantern. Both Cooper and my self then engaged in the conversation.
 Tt appeared that Smith was accusing Bay Minette with having sent Coroner McPhaul into Georgia. in a moment Smith gave Cooper the lie and before I could say or do anything they were engaged in a fight on the floor. The Sheriff pulled them apart and told them they were both under arrest. I did not sign C)upers bond. was asked to sign Smiths bond and told him I would if the Sheriff would take me. He re- piled to Mir. Smith that he would have to get another good bondsman with me-"
 Mir. Cooper says: 'T was at the depot at the time stated by Mir. Smith. The Sheriff and myself were looking for a man for whom we had a warrant. l went inside and borrowed a lantern. Just as came out I saw Sheriff Arm strong light match close to man sit- ting down on the platform. It was MT. Smith. The Sheriff talked to him few moments. Mir, Smith accused him of having helped to hIde Coroner McPhaul in Georgia. The Sheriff told Mir. Smith that he firmly believed the Coroner to
  business and added that so far as he was concerned he would like for him to find the Coroner. Then MT. Smith asked the Sheriff If he would not assist | him. The Sheriff said: I think it a late | hour for you to come to me now; if you | had treated me with proper respect | when you first came here and asked me it would have been different Mir. | Smith said to Armstrong: That is not l so.' Then Dr. Lambert and myself be- | gan talking with Smith and he gave me the lie. I went at him and the next I thing we were on the floor and the | Sheriff pulled us apart and put us both under arrest. Dr. Lambert did not sign my bond"
 Sheriff Armstrong said: T have seen the statements of Lambert and Cooper i The statements are true. l did not | have a lantern in my hand that night at any time. I struck a match to see | who Smith was, as is my custom at the depot. and which fact can prove by many people. I often frequent the depot looking for some one. Mir. Smith 1 as good as called me liar, but being an officer I let it pass. The conversa- 1 tion in regard to the way he had treat | ed me happened after his arrest and I ot before. I would not have told him that he had not treated me with proper l respect but for the fact that he tried to accuse me of having helped to hide the Coroner In Georgia.
 | MT. Smith did not ask to give any attorney in Bay Minette as his bonds man. He only asked about Charles Hall and Frank Stone. I refused them on the grounds that they were attorneys. He wanted to know if would let him send a telegram to Mobile I replied, 1 You are under arrest. and he said, I will let you see it. He wrote a tele- gram to Gregory l.. Smith of Mobile. as | follows: Come to Bay Minette at once. l am under arrest I told him that | there was no cause to send the message. He replied that he knew his own bus 1 mess.
 l "He then asked about making a bond and after naming several persons who were not good on bond told him to | go on to Mobile and send the bond back | to me, that I was trying to do that | when he insisted on sending a telegram to Mobile He replied: Mir. Armstrong I did not think that you would be that | nice to me- The bond and copy of the warrant have been mailed to him. I will treat both of the gentlemen ex- I astly alike so far as am concerned. BijOu Family Theatre.