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had gone back of his own free will.
Cross Examination.

Cross Examination.
On cross examination Judge John
son stated that he was not a lawyer.
The affidavits in the. cases in question
had been made under a section of the
Alabama statues, which was read,
upon request, by witness. A consider
able controversy ensued over the pro-
visions of the Alabama law, which
had the result of showing that the JUS
tice was but imperfectly informed.
c. n. Monecky.
Mr.. Monecky is deputy sheriff To-
Gated at Florala. He stated that he
was acquainted with defendants and
also Gallagher, Grace and Sander.
Witness had arrested Basota and put
him in Jail, afterwards taking Basota
out and turning him over to Mr.. Han
Ian. The matter was compromised by
Basota agreeing to return to Lock
hart if not prosecuted.
Witness also arrested Albert and
took Him before the justice, after
which he was taken to Jail Before
Albert was tried witness telegraphed
for Gallagher, on request of Albert.
Gallagher trst went to the Jail and
saw Albert. Witness heard a CONVEX
sation in which Albert asked to be
taken out Of Jail, admitting that he
owed some money. Witness told AL
bert that if he owed the debt he had
better pay it. Gallagher was present
when the conversation took place be-
tween Albert and witness. Albert
owed some debts in Florala, which
Gallagher paid, and which witness
thought was included in the contract
which Albert entered into with the
Jackson Lumber Co. Witness was to
go back and work for the Jackson
Lumber Co until the debt was paid,
the amount being in the neighborhood
of s65.
Witness remembered the Crum
case. Crum had been carried before
the court and the costs had been paid
by Mr.. White, store manager for the
Jackson Lumber Co. He knew there
was contract, but was not present.
Witness stated that it was common
business at Florala to arrest and hold
turpentine men who were in debt I'M
til contracts were entered into. De-
Tense objected to testimony as to what
other turpentine men did and the OBJ
lection was sustained by the court
Witness was asked IL he had wit
messed a contract between the Jack
son Lumber Co. and Crum, but could
not remember which contract he had
signed as a witness, but it was either
that OF Crum, Basota or Albert. The
purport of the contract was that the
party making ii should go back to
the Jackson Lumber Co. and work
out a debt
Cross Examination.
On cross examination Monecky
said that Albert had asked witness
to telephone to Gallagher as he
wanted to see him. Subsequent to
that Albert had been locked up in
jail by the city authorities and had
again sent word for Gallagher to come
and take him out
The government gave notice that
secondary evidence would be offered
to prove the contract with Albert by
producing a copy Of said contract
c. Frank Dunkey.
Mr. Dunkey was next called and
stated that he had worked at Lock-
mart iOT Tue JdChSOu LuluDSI W. IOI
six weeks. Witness met Laninger at
Lockhart on July Is. Witness had
been employed as a second foreman
at New York but when he reached
the camp was put to work in the tur-
-pentine camp, in the kitchen, where
he worked for five days The third
day after witness arrived in camp two
carpenters came in the kitchen. Mr..
-Lamata being present; they told La
mata that two Germans had run
away. Lamata picked up a gun and
said he was going to kill them. In
about half an hour he brought the
men back. The men said they had
run away because the work was too
hard and Mr.. Lamata had said they
would not be allowed to run away.
Witness knew DR.. Grace, who had met
witness at Savannah.
Witness saw Gallagher take a
whip from a wagon and strike a
foreigner named Mihaly twice with it.
DR.. Grace then caught hold of the
man and said he would give him
pair Of blue eyes" If he didn't go