The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
CAPITAL. CASES SET
PRISONERS WE'RE ARisAIGNED BE
 TORE JUDGE THOMAS.
Seventeen Are Accused of Murder ' the First Degree-Other News of the Local
 Courts.

Prisoners who are held on capital | charges which are to come before the | present term of tho criminal division of the City Court were arraigned De- fore Judge William H. Thomas yes. terday. dates set for their trials, and provision made for the drawing of 100 extra jurors for each week during which these cases will be heard.
 The docket of capital eases is larger for the present term of court than ft has been for several years. Twenty foitr t,risoners answered not guilty to the charges preferred in their indict- rnents. of which seventeen are for murder in the first degree, one for mur der in the second degree. one for man slaughter two for rape, one for rob bery, one for carmel knowledge, aHd one for arson. The eases, ih IS ex- peeted, win occupy two weeks begin ming with March 27. All the prisoners arraigned pleaded not guilty
 One of the most interesting and most intricate cases winch will con- front the Solicitor is that in which three negroes, Thomas Malloy, Rass Barnes and Andrew Chambers, are charged with the murder of negro fiddler, Ananias Ellisoa at dance several years ago. The prisoners have pleaded severance. and will be tried separately.
 ElIisor was killed at a dance in the country, twenty miles south Of Mont Eomery which all of the suspects att tended Although there were some fifty persons present when Ellisor was killed, no one has thus far been found who will testify as to the murderer. The State Is passing its case largely upon the testimony of negro boy who. ! 1t is said, overheard the three de- fendants planning the killing.
 Malloy was tried on the charge of murder at the last term of the crfna- inal court, but the jury disagreed. The
 dates set for the trial of tue three ac-
 cused men is April D.
 l The trial of W. c. Sanford. charged with murder in the second degree, is set for March 27. Sanford was tried at a former term of criminal court, for
 murder in the first degree. and receiv-
 ed a verdict of guilty in the second
 degree. He appealed the case to the su-
 preme Court, on the grounds of acquit-
 tai in the first degree. and is now to
 be tried on the count of murder in the
 second degree.
 whose case comes to the present tern
 from the last term of criminal court
 Charged with murder, he was found
 guilty of manslaughter. Pleading ht'
 scouittai of murder before the Supreme
 Court, he is now to be tried for man slaughter. His trial is set for Marci ' I2S. The trial of Sydney Davis. charged with murder will be held on April 2 Tom Benjamin. also charged with nnur : der, will be tried on April O. Ellison , Starks, accused of rape, will be trie' ! on April II, while Ben Pratt, charged r with murder, will be tried on April Of the other trials. that of Nathai 2 Lamb, charged With murder is set fo April srd; that of sam Artist, murder | April 4th; Jesse Beasley. murder April I1th: Sam Grant, robbery, Apri 1 10th; Henrietta Howard, murdei
 April 5th; John Haynon, murder
 April 2nd; Henry Johnson, carna q knowledge, April 4th; Ed Sankey. mnr der, April srd: Sarah Rayford an George Wright, murder, April i0cp 2 Alice Williams and Mary Perkin'
 murder, April 10th; Jim Williams, rap'
 April 9th; Stella Williams, arson, Apr
 10th; and Willie Elhs, murder Apr
 l6th.
 The Williams woman, who is charge
 with arson, appeared before Juds
 Thomas on bond, but was commute i. by tho court to jail without bond.