The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-17
NO CLUE IS FOUND
MURDERER OF THE ACKERMANS IS
 YET UNKNOWN.
The Coroner's inquiry is stiiI in Prog ress, But the Witnesses Give Very Little Definite Information
 Regarding the Crime.

Pensacola. Fla. May 16.-(Special.) )- Although vigilant efforts are being made, no clue of a definite character Sraesers naye se faf of % Reea c his wife and seven children, which occurred near ! Milton, in Santo Rosa County, on the 14th The coroner's jury, which was empaIenei shortly after the discovery, is still in session.
 Some thirty witnesses have so far been examined. and there are several case is bein ggone into by the prosecut- ing attorney. who is examining the l witnesses very closely in an, an efort to e some person with the most dastardly ! crime ever committed in the history or l the State.
 l proven fruitless, and but little, infor- l ination has been secured. though some witnesses have not explained to the satisfaction of the jury why the burn 4 There is some mystery about this as It seems rather peculiar that house could burn in the neighborhood with # out anyone noticing it.
 Robbery could not have been the motive of the murder. as Alderman was known to be a very poor man. It IS upon the case that Alderman lad a deadly enemy in the neighborhood or at his former home at>opp, Ala, who followed him to Santa Rosa County.
 The crime has stirred the citizens of the county as they have never been be- fore. and every man is making 1t per foramtion The officials have been searching night and day but if they # have obtained a clue, 1t is being kept auet pending disclosures that might
 The citizens of Milton and the nearby town of Bagdad have raised $l,S00. which has been offered as a reward for persona The Governor has been asked to offer a reward upon the part of the Ssrs s 6hoPssf PPsch viii be sufficient to attract detectives of abil- ity to work on the case.
 Quiet Primary Election.
 The primary election which occurred yesterday was the quietest ever held in the country, though much interest was taken and large vote was boiled In each of the twenty-three precincts of Ethe county. The returns were slow in looming in from the country precincts, but enough have been heard from to Iascertain probably correctly those who #have been elected. In the big city pre- cincts where four or five hundred bal bots were east the count was not com pleted until today. although the clerks land inspectors worked all night. Large crowds gathered at the city polling places during the early portion of the Knight and remained throughout the
 4 second primary will be necessary Q determine who shall be county treas lrer This race will be between John }. Welsh and J. Ed Williams. The
 ther candidate. Thomas F. Wrighton, # deceived only a small vote. The race between Messrs. Welsh and Williams vas very close and there will be great interest from now until the second pri- 5nary, June l2. A second primary will
 lso be necessary for representative to he legislature. for which there were ix candidates. and for county commis-
 toner from districts three and five, here being three candidates from each
 lstriet. All other county offices have
 een filled, there being only two candi- # #Htances only one
 # Considerable money changed hands the city on the result, though the kages were comparatively small to FSat they have heretofore been.
 The county executive committee will heet Saturday night to canvass the
 nte and announce the names of those