The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-09
HEARING BEGINS
IN DOWD'S TRIAL
Important Witnesses Were Ex-
amined Yesterday
MYRTLE HAAS TESTIFIES
The State Is Seeking to Establish That
the Prisoner Before the Bar
Is New York
Harry"
MYRTLE HAAS TESTIFIES

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Considerable progress was made in the
trial of Harry Dowd, alias New York
Harry" in the criminal court yesterday.
What promised to be a somewhat do
nestle scene was averted when Mrs.
Frank Duncan failed to identify the pris-
oner at the bar as the man whom she had
known as New York Harry" She EN-
phatieally stated that the man was not
the one she had known by that title.
1t required considerable time xduring
the morning session to complete the trial
| Jury. The regular venlre was exhausted
and there were still three men lacking to
make out the twelve, 1t will be remem-
bered. The other three were secured from
a special venire summoned Monday after
noon. Following Is the jury as finally
empaneled Thomas ]. Bailey, Blrming-
ham, G. W. Dorman, Smith Mills, farmer;
T. d. Moore, Irondale, carpenter John
Broda, Ensley, merchant; c. L. Wood,
Ensley carpenter; w C. Montgomery.
IroIdale, mechanic; George Sexton. Ems
ley bookkeeper; II. II. Hahn, Smith Mills.
timer; Walter A. Reynolds, Birmingham
grocer; Samuel Mayer, Birmingham. mer-
chant; Rev. E. A. Wright. Birmingham.
Judge s. L. Weaver is presiding. The
state is represented by Solicitor II. p.
Hef1in and Assistant Solicitor f. C. Win
ston, while Attorney w. Il. Gibson is
representing the defense.
Regarding Identity.
The hearing yesterday was principally
upon the denial of the identity by the
| prisoner. entered as a plea in abatement.
| 1t will of course be necessary to estab
fish the identity of the defendant before
| he can be tried for the charge of high
| way robbery.
Nat Stanley, who was conducting a sa-
| loon at 2230 First avenue at the time of
the robbery of the Standard Oil COM
| panys safe, was the first witness for the
state. Mr. Stanley testified in substance
| that according to the remembrance of the
person who formerly visited his saloon,
where his companions called him
| "Frenchy' and New York Harry" the
prisoner at the bar was not the man.
The interest of the spectators centered
around Frank Duncans wife, who was
the next witness called. She testified
calmly, and stated that she had known
| New York Harry in Chattanooga and
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amount of cross examinaton could change
her declaration that the prisoner before
| the bar was not the one whom the state
| seeks conviction
Pat O'Hear testified that the man in
| custody was not the man wanted
| A. H. Davis and William Fidger who
were connected with saloons which the
Mlller-Duncah gang trequented at the
time on the ronoery' were unable TO den
tify the prisoner as the man who they
Knew as New YORK Harry
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| WORDS ABOUT MethooIsn1
| $50 far / have spoken to you of material
| and secular matters. Let me now say a
word to you relative to our common and
| beloved Methodism. 1t ought never to
| be forgotten that Canadian Methodism is
the eldest daughter. of American Method
| ism, and we are bit proud of our
| mother, (Applause) The sneaker then
told of the progress and deveIopment of
Methodism since its Introduction In Can
80 aua d iaeie W. ~" yeais a go IN loVo
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| 81 81 ''' 'nele "eie Ii-A iiiii,is'eis anu ooo'
OH nsuipeIs. III 'he SUNDAY schoois are
od 4sz sehoiars'
| Dr. oparhng reiated that In nearly
every province OF the dominion the Meth
1 ooist church was IN the lead, with the
exception OF the Province or quebec,
| which oeing largely OF french dscent.
was OF course mostly Roman Catholic.
lie stated mat the Methodists are build
ing good churches. lie said in passing
.nat ne hao preaenea IN nearly every