The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
HIS CASE GOES OVER
BRYANT AMMONS WILL HAVE
 PRELIMINARY MONDAY.
Second of the Waite Men of CovingtOn County Under Arrest Charged With COmplIcfty in Criminal
 Assault Case.

Andalusia, Feb. as.---(special)-- )---Bry ant Ammons, the second white man charged with criminal. assault in con- Inection with the recent tragedy al this place, was taken from the county Jail to the court house yesterday af- ternoon, for the purpose of a prelim- mary hearing. Justice l.. J. Salter convened court and fin doIng so called Justice J. M. Snead to the bench to act with him! The State was repre- sented by Attorney J., ]. Payne The husband, father and assaulted woman were in the court room when the pris- oner was brought In, but there was no demonstration of any kind. A death | ly silence pervaded the large room. Perhaps only twenty-five persons were present. No publicity was given the trial. Many persons dld not know that the officers hau possession of their man.
 Ammons WIS not represented by counsel. He said he dld not want a lawyer-that he couldn't afford to pay one. He was extremely nervous, but didn't seem to realize the enormlty of the offense with which he was charged He sac with his back to the crowd and his eyes remained fixed. He seemed to be staring iplo space. and seemingly of very little intelli- gence. Lawyer Payne answered when the Justice asked if thu State was ready to proceed "Your honor l was out of the state when this terrible thing happened. nave some wit nesses that wish to add to the list and they can not be served this after noon. I believe that the testimony of one of these witnesses, a woman. will be sufficient to bind this man over to the grand jury. The State would like to have a continuance until next Thursdas morning"
 The two justices consulted and the case was set for next Monaay morn ing at 10 o'clock. The prisoner was soon locked up in the county jail The trial on Monday will be largely attended.
 Just before the holidays. City Oni- cers Adams and Jernigan attempted to alias Coffee. The negro made his es- cape and since that time has been eIuding the officers.
 Monday Deputy Sheriff Prestwood and Deputy sheriff Ard located the negro at Carter & Halls turpentine still. five miles from Opp. As tue off, ficers approached tlHe negro they The negro threw up his iert hand and pulled out a revolver with hls right. The revolver was leveled al
 Deputy Sheriff PrestwOod and that official used a Winchester rifle, BuI one shot was fired by the officer. The negro fingered until yesterday when he died.
 Ben Powell, charged with the kill ing of Hick Raburn, on the roadside on December 27th, had a hearing be- fore Justice J. NJ. Snead. Powell Is only a boy, being scarcely twenty years old, and was married about two months before the Killing. He plead rA Al att.,H m KAnnEn mad repeatedly threatened his life. Jus tice Snead held Powell to the grand jury in the sum of $500. This bond was promptly made and Powell was released from the county jail.
 At meeting of the county com mittee here yesterday to appoint man aEers for the congressional primary, a resolution was passed, stvlns the sense of the committee that August 27th be named as the day to hold the County Primary.
 Lizzie speariing. s negro woman,