The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-01
GUT HIS THROAT FROM FAR ID FAR Negro Fround Dead and Robbed
 in Bessemer MURDERERS ARE CAPTURED Quick Work of Detective Patton-Hig- -don Meeting at City HaII-Ep-
 worth League to Pre-
 sent Play.
MURDERERS ARE CAPTURED

l passed through Ninth alley, between | Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, he stumbled upon the cold body of mur- dered man. Frightened, he ran away, but with another negro named Wright, he re- turned, and by the light of match ! looked down into the mashed and battered face of Evans Martin, a negro barber,
 who was lying in pool of blood with his
 head almost severed from the body. It
 looked as though some one had stood
 upon his head and chest and hacked at
 the neck with knife or razor.
 Lying to the right was found box | of razors, which was closed. together
 with a bunch of keys. The pockets were
 turned wrongside out, and a sum of $60,
 which Martin was known to have carried,
 was taken.
 Just at his back gate, within easy
 call of his wife, the tragedy occurred.
 It is believed that Martin was returning
 to his home, when two negroes Will
 Young and Jeff Sams, sprang out of the
 weeds, overpowered him and cut his | throat from ear to ear with a razor.
 At about o'clock Jeff Sans went to
 the door of Martins house and asked if
 he was in, saying that he had razor to give him. Afterward, when Mary Mar
 tin went to the barbershop on Nineteenth
 street to try to bring her husband home.
 he being drunk at the time, she found him and was forced to leave him with | Sans and Young. She did not know them. but heard one called WHIP and 1t | was from this clue that Detective Patton
 finally unraveled the mistery.
 | Instructions were telephone by the cor
 oner to Edgar l.. Mitchell to empenel
 a jury with himself as foreman, and to
 thoroughly investigate the murder. The jury. consisting of E. l.. Mitchell, w.
 s. Gilbert, L. L. Kennedy, Scotty Bry-
 ant, w. L. Odum and Mir. Pckens, was 1 in sesison all afternoon. By the tire | less efforts of Detective Patton. a num- | Der of witnesses were brought in, and it developed from the testimony of Fred | Powell that he had seen the three men | in the shop at o'clock and had recog- | nized "Will as a workman at a certain plant
 l With these and a number of other cleWs l Detective Patton finally rounded up and | captured the two negroes on Nineteenth street and lodged them in jail. Conclu- 1 sive evidence was found on the clothes of | Young, which were stained at the knees | and spattered with blood His handker-
 chief was also deeply dyed with dried | blood. The razor with which the deed | was done was also found this evening and | part of the stolen money.
 l The work of the detective is the sub | Ject of favorable comment tonight and
 is considered some of the best In the his | tory of the department.
 | Crowds have been passing through tine 1 undertaking parlors of Kennedy Bros. all day. looking at the ghastly sight. The | officers say that they have seen the re- | suits of many cutting scrapes but never a
 more horribly mangled body than this. | Martin was well known fin Bessemer and had the reputation of being a very rell- able negro. He has been married nineteen | years, and his wife claims that he had | always been faithful, although it IS hinted that he and Sans were in some l difficulty with woman.
 l All the evidence will be ready tomorrow | and the preliminary trial will soon be | ordered.
 Hiedon Meeting.
 The city hall was comfortably filled to-
 night when a party of speakers from | Birmingham addressed the Higdon club. The programme was enthusiastically re-
 ceived with shouts and cheers at every
 point. The red feather was greatly in l evidence
 Chairman w. K. Smith, after a brief
 address, introduced P. G. Bowman. who
 made a long speech on the issues of the
 campaign. His talk was stream of wit
 and logic, quite entertaining and instruc-
 tive. After a number of speeches by
 local talent the meeting adjourned.
 The two factions are coming closer and | closer together in Bessemer, and the
 great battle next Tuesday is awaited
 with eagerness. When the smoke has 1 cleared away, many ambitions will be
 shattered on the field
 A number of meetings will be held dur
 ing the latter part of the week. An at | tempt is being made to secure joint
 debate for one night as the challenge has
 been sounded by the Stiles club However,
 meeting will be held tomorrow night | in the Rebie hall. Speakings are occur ring nightly in Brighton, Woodward, | Jonesboro, Oak Grove and everywhere large crowds turn out in support of | either candidate.
 Chnotathanataltron.
 Chnotathanataltron or the great inyen- tion to bring people to life, is the name | of the one act comedy to which the people of Bessemer will be treated in tine near future. The Epworth League of the l Baptist church, with its usual push, is completing plans for the presentation of an unique one act comedy Tor the beneht | of the church funds.
 | They have held tow rehearsals and the | young people are enthusiastic over the l prospects, as there is much fine talent | among the members and they are taking
 hold of the plan with an energy which l assures success.
 The time of the play is in the present, | and a new invention forms the thread
 of the story. From it's magic interior all
 of the old eighteenth century people, in | cluding Queen Elizabeth, are resurected, | wearing their beautiful ancient costumes | and furnishing great amusement for the | audience by their surprise at beholding I modern America. An interesting pro- | gramme will also be presented in con- ! junction with the play, and the whole 1 thing is to be prepared In high class | order The cast is composed of sixteen of the popular young ladies of the city. l The entertainment, if all plans prove 1 successful, will be given at the Rebie | hall at o'clock. November 22. The 1 friends of the league are requested to l help to make the results as large as l possible.
 l Football Game. | The famous Hill Billy team swept the l field this afternoon in one of the most l brilliant games that was ever played by l the boys of Bessemer. Although the Sixth Avenue boys put up a fine game, they l could not stand before the onslaught of l the Hill Bilies who were anxious to re- deem themselves after the defeat two