The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
PROMINENT MEN
 ID DEFEND NEGRO Atlanta AssalIant Will Rely on
 Alibi as Defense
FEELING WAS VERY HIGH
Memorial Exercises Will Be Held Tn Tech Chapel In Honor of the Late President, pr. Lyman
 Hall.


 and Judge Howard Van Epps three oi Atlanta's best known lawyers, were tooay appointed by Judge Roan in the criminai branch of the superior court to defend Jim Walker, the negro who has been loen- tiled as the assailant or Mrs. G. w. Moore on the Peachtree road.
 The grand jury will meet tomorrow to pass on the case, and will return a true bill with small preliminary. The trial Will then take place on Monday, when the foregoing attorneys will appear for the defense and Solicitor General Charley Hill for the state.
 If is understood Walker will endeavor to prove an albi, claiming that he came to Atlanta from South Carolina and did not arrive in the city until the night or the day on which the crime was commit fed. On the other hand, Mrs. Moore has strongly reiterated her declaration that Walker is the guilty party and in Sd- dition to this several witnesses have been found who declare that he is Will Brice, negro who was employed on some grad ing work being done by the Southern railway near the Moore home, and who left that work on the morning of the day the crime was committed.
 It is said several people telephoned Sheriff Nelms yesterday afternoon warn ing him that there was danger of an at tack being made on the jail during the night It was the sheriff's little grandstand play that is said to have stopped the lynching yesterday. The sheriffs fears were communicated to the state officials, and three companies of infantry were kept under arms in the armory here all night, Assistant Adjutant General A. J. Scott remained at the jail all night. The sheriff was on guard every time he heard a horses hoof on the street outside, but no mob gathered, and the night was passed in safety. Fulton county jail with a small guard Is looked upon as practically impregnable.
 Will Hold Memorial Exercises.
 Arrangements have been about com pleted for the holding of memorial exer- cises in the Tech chapel on Saturday November 25. in honor of the late presi- dent of the institution, Dr. Lyman Hal The Meeting will begin at o'clock and will be presided over by Hon. N. E. Har- ris of Macon, president of the board of trustees.
 Among others who will deliver address SS on lnlS OccdSlOn WILL De 1IOVeTnOT Ter rell, Chancellor w. B. Hill of the state university, Bishop c. K. Nelson of Geor- gia and Mayor Woodward of Atlanta.
 Immediately following the ceremonies in the chapel the cornerstone of the Lyman Hall laboratory of chemistry will be laid. The Grand Lodge of Georgia will conduct the Masonic rites, and Dr. Ira Remsen. president of the Johns Hopkins university, and Americas greatest chem ist will make the dedicatory address. Dr. H. c. White of Athens, chemist of the University of Georgia. has also been ask ed to make an address on this occasion. The Lyman Hall laboratory of chem istry is the result of an appropriation of $10,000 made by the state on condition that President Hall raise an equal amount from other sources. This he did not long before his death. The building which will cost therefore, about S20000, will be of pressed red brick, terra cotta trimmings two stories and basement and will be complete in every particular for its pur- pose.
 Rallraod Commission AdJourns.
 The railroad commission concluded to- day the work of two days session.
 The commission decided to permit the Western and Atlantic Railroad company to remove its depot at Smyrna as re- quested. The railroad asked permission to move the depot about 200 yards to the south of the point at which 1t is now located. A number of citizens of Smyrna opposed this removal on the ground that 1t would cause great inconvenience to the people there. Other residents of Smyrna declared the proposed plan would greatly benefit the town, and there was lively contest over the question between two factions of the citizens of the place. The reason the railroad company wanted to move the depot was to provide more ef- tla tt,Ct Hot ion nf a system which will be put into operation between Atlanta and Cartersville, on Jan- uary 1, when the Louisville and Nashville will begin using that part of the line.
 Evidence and argument were heard in connection with the application of H. L. Garfield of Macon, for the special iron rate on woven wire-fences. The rail road asked time to file briefs. and no de- cision was rendered in this matter Sev- eral other minor matters were disposed of by the commission.
 The commission granted the request of the Southern railway for a postpone ment of the hearing in it's case, regarding the reduction In local freight rates by uniting it in Class A, but no future date / was set The hearings in the cases of the other railroads will be as follows: Gen. tral of Georgia November 15; Atlantic Coast Line November 16; Seaboard Air Line, November +.
 Mrs. Sarah Venaple 1ray Oles.
 Mrs. Sarah venable Gray died at her home at Adairsville, Ga, this morning, as the result of heart trouble. She was "A years old and was the mother of Hon James R. Gray, editor of the Atlanta Journal.
 Accepts Plans for Reformatory.
 The prison commission today accepted the preliminary plans for the proposed state reformatory building as submitted by Architect A. C. Bruce, and will adver tse for bids the first of next week for its construction. The building which Is to b' erected on the states land at Milledge ville will be two-story brick structure, upon stone foundation, and will cost about s10,000.
 Bank Is Granted Charter.
 The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Georgetown, Quitman county was grant ed charter by Secretary Phil Cook to- day The incorporators are J. s. Lewis of Vermont, L. G. Brannon, J. T. Gibson, S H. Barrett, H. M. Kaibler and l. l.. Balkcom, all of Quitman county, and the capital stock will be $25.0O0. Guerry Brannon, one of the incorporators, and the well known journal clerk of the state senate, will be cashier of the new bank ing institution.