The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-05
NEEDS THE MONEY
CITY or GREENvHLLB CoMrLAIN-
 ANT AGArNsT LAWYERS.
Judge Richardson aad MT. Reed May Be Fined for Thesr Experiments la the xnterest of
 Science.


 la the Hnterest of
 Science. Greenyille, Feb. 4.--(speciai. IA great legal sensation is liable to pc sprung here at any time, the sort or sensation that will draw and keep the interest of the entire bar of the State. Two 8,stiuguished members of the Ala nanna har are liable at any moment to be araiened before the honorable May or's Court of Greenviile.
 1hIs serious matter has not as yet reached a head, but the whsper or U has stirred legal official circles here in GreenvtlIe from center to croum ference and enough of It has ieakea out for 1t to be presented to the puDhc in some form. S, linRs case now on trial In the. Circuit Court of Butler County. It Is no secret that the attorneys concerned m tnts late affair are two young but distin- uuished lawyers of Middle Alabama, Judge Terry Richardson of Montgomery and Clyde Reed of Andalusia. Tne mare or less serious matter grew out of the zeal of these attorneys TOT tAeir client, Dan staliings
 Witnesses in the Stallingg case had sworn that he had fired the hrst shots in thA famous duel and that they knew if because they could tell by the hssn of a pistol in which direction the | weapon was being held, Now this was a vital question, could man ten tns direction in which q pistol was being | held by the flash when It was hredr If was a matter that demanded sci- | antiac research and Investigation. In | the interest Of sciehce q night trip was ! to be made, the pistol fired and the 1 thing tested. The expedition started l up the railroad track early after aark Friday night armed with an out-o,- , | date 32-caiibre pistol to make the sci- 1 entifo test. Judge Richardson was dis- auised by a long Prince Albert coat | and a pair Of glasses. The portly pull. chritude of Mir. Reed was partly hidden In big felt hat and high standing collar But alas for the investigating attorneys. They were marked as sus. plcIous and followed by the haalroao ! Squad of the Greenville Police Depart ment 4 walked and walked, the man in tne Prince Albert and the man Tn the iei' hat, Attorney Reed 1t built on the same generous curving lines or hl. nafnesake, the late Thomas B Reed After they had gone nearly mile' 1T l spite of the coldness of the nignt' Al ; fornev Reed was puffing and flaming with his big hat. At his panting sng' } 9estlon the halt was made and the pis , l tol was fired no less than six tmes II inc night air in the interest or seience Then back to town they went bu a the eagle eye of the railroad squae had marked their coming ana so,ns TJorrible thing. They had hred pisto [ yvlthin the corporate limits Of Green vile. The Mayor must know 1t ana h' ! [ was t0ld . The Mayor of Greenville happens z Ua Col6neI Claude Hamilton, also an as torney. and also interested In the e.ait - inrs case, being engaged to proseeus p s, g inc defendant. and, therefore, peiIs t5,.b S' [ the opposite side from MessIs, ns noraere, daenIy over the question. lie eon s,,Itad with his brother attorney o~ainst whom the distressing inIorna ! ,1on hasl been laid. Planly IL was "i duty to take some action ina,
 The Mayor at first was not n, to discuss the unfortunate ahS .,ats at length he consented 70 man S'~ ment a, thai herhap thAsa gentlemen thought they MI, n,,tsida inc city limits of GreensIlA a S,sher fhav fired the shot, saio hAIs rys,siItou 9ravely, but Greenvile is eity and they should not tump so can at conclusions am wiling ,o,,' to "s' a,, !, ceie something to these dn m ,enoranee of city ways. stili, | , oO no sStot that we should overlook Suon thing because these gentlemen are o..t on.'
 aore4onaed to small towns Nhe N"o"' gomery and Andalusla. too the s.T an moved to consider, too' s.., hieh standing of these gehtieaN geh aNn of inc bar. And would overlooaA cnS -1s.s-- fenss against Greenvilles n oru,"Th That, l aA money inc rub--we need the money. fST Ss,.sev SS0 vvould be a very agreeable auoa.sy. s.'yt $o the terasury of the city lt wOSas Sn sS,rrnve fine equipment of our ire ""' nartment. It would -,uo,, ,,,h,
 'Yes,' said Judge RicnaroSI1n 1nr es, was standing near py anartnen would buy you new rlre
 ;ust like the one you've got. ,,,..s
 sTJovv in Andalusia-" began MT, sNess "
 "oont say a word. Reed, Don ,.,,,s,, ga word" said Judge Richardson. a,, is not a time for talking Ley Its eIt ,rh,
 we were not out of the clty hiii.ss l,lsS ,rh, Tora knows we walked far ehouSn V. S a
 st.. LV.u ,ix.s," nf this town seem 10 run n
 sar North as West End ana as 11 a
 south as Hurricane Bayou | suppSs oI.
 the ouIy way to get out or thV so o,s' =, i,rnits of oreenvilIe is to tell your tail ,a,1I iiv eood-bye and buy thous anu ii''' c tinket , uo,S Attnrne ., NOW m AuuhAuei
 u Reed. .. .s,,oa Mayo
 Hamilton, with manifest satcasT ,t s-a ,f it new breakssst food or hSs Moroccn ae s
 something to do with the "o'0''"
 conferencef ra rroudl,
 lfa tbe zenith city of the waving Wl'e
 grass; the Queen City of the Emp'F0
 ovington--the--' ro,,t sav ..
 Never mind Reed. , Doh Is
 word" said Judge Richaruso"'
 'em prove it. ,. ,hort if
 T don't know what II SD SinsIIv sum
 ming up the affair. But we nee' '' xnanAy."