The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-18
LITTLE PRISONER
 APPEARS IN COURT CoIIoquy Between Judge Feagin
 and Small Darkey CHARGED WITH STABBING Chief Wier Gives His Experience With the Youth of Birmingham Who
 Frequent Forbidden Places.
 Fathers Are Criticised.
CHARGED WITH STABBING

murder" called Judge Feagin yesterday afternoon, reading from his docket
 A little negro boy about thry inches high lined up against the bar of justice Charles Jones' repeated the court
 Here me, Jedge" said the little darky. You are not the one charged with stabbng, are you?" asked the Judge
 T dunno, sir was the reply
 Judge said a little white boy seven or eight years old, "here is where he stuck knife In my breast.
 My my" said the court. Do you know that they hang boys in England at seven years of age for murder? Do you want to go to the gallows before your body is heavy enough to break your neck?"
 Dunno sir" was the only reply,
 At this stage of the proceedings the white boy barred his breast and showed an ugly wound that had been made by knife in the hands of the little negro.
 "Well, I'll tell you said Judge Feagin, you wait until tomorrow morning and will see what l will do with you.
 The remarkable feature Of the case was that the little negro boy had concealed a knife and deliberately stuck ie into the white child in the most murderous fashion.
 Chief Wfer in commenting yesterday on the work of the. g)ice department in try ing to correct the evil ways of boys un- der the age of discretion, said:
 "This is most troublesome problem to ns We are trying to do our duty. Within the past two months we have ar rested about seventy-flve boys in places where they are forbidden by law to go. and seventy-two of them have pleaded guilty and paid their fines.
 "The surprising feature of the matter is that in a great number of these cases the father has appeared and with great show of indignation said that he had given his son the privilege to go where he pleased, and it was none of our busi- ness
 What are you going to do?" asked Chief Wier. Look into that prison room and you will find fifty per cent of the crowd composed of bright-faced promis- ing young boys. l again ask. What are we going to do with them? when their own parents come here and endorse their conduct.
 ''One thing is certain continued the police chief. "I will have these youthful violators arrested until l check this Br- mingham wholesale boy ruination if l have to delail the whole police force to do It.
 "It is getting serious, and outside of my official duty I propose as a citizen, in touch with such things, to stop it if the facilities at my command are sufficient
 
 Birmingham; pr. Watkins of Montgomery and pr. Fletcher.
 Dr. Thomas J. Happel of Trenton, Tenn. read a paper on Continued Fevers Neither Malaral nor Typhoid" Dr. Hap pei was very warmly received.
 His prognosis was' Practically all cases will recover if not improperly fed or overmedicated."
 Dr. Benjamin Britt Sims of Talladega read the last paper on "1'he General praetition in Obstetrics" which was free ly discussed.
 The following members who were on the programme to read papers were ab- sent. Dr. William Richard Jackson of Mobile Dr. Robert II. Hayes of Union Springs; Dr. F.. B. Ward of Selma, and pr. Y. McR. Schowalter of Point Clear. owing to the lateness of the hour it was announced that the smoker which was to follow the night session would be postponed.