The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-23
BOY ARRESTED ON
BURGLARY CHARGE
Allan Barnes is Now in Jail at
Selma
EJECTMENT SUIT TRIED
Bill Enlarelng the Corporate Limits
of Selma Passes the Alabama Leg
islature-A Bill to Gust
Bucketshops.
EJECTMENT SUIT TRIED

Selma, January. 22.-tspeeiaLl-Whe
Cato Wood. the negro who perpetrated
the burglaries of the homes of J. c. Adler
and Judge p. H. Pitts, confessed to his
crimes he stated that in the Adler burg
larry he did not enter the house, but that
another boy went in the house ard
divided the jewelry taken with him.
In October last when the grand jury
indicted the negro there was found a
bill against Allan Barnes, young white
| boy about 10 or 16 years of age who
is quite well known around the city. The
! charge against Barnes is burglary, aud
| the specific case is that of entering the
| Adler residence. For some reason the
! capias against the boy was not served
until Saturday, when he was arrested and
!, lodged in jail. He has been employed at
the Theatorium lately and it was there
ne was found by the officers and carried
to jail.
| The boy denies any knowledge of the
! offense for which he was Indicted Ills
bond has been fixed at $500 but the same
has not been made for him and he will
likely remain in jail until his case comes
to trial
! Cato Wood, on whose evidence, it Is
surmised the bill was found is serving
long term in the coal mines for mis-
self-confessed burglaries. Whether there
are any other witneNes to be summoned
by the state is not known
| The boy lives with his parents in the
vicinity of the Cawthon cotton mill. lie
has worked for several brokerage ana
grocery firms of the city
An Electment Suit.
Before Judge Mabry of the city court
of Selma was argued today the ejectment
suit brought by the Peoples Bank aGd
Trust company against the Tissier Hard
ware company seeking to gain possession
of the building now occupied by the
| Hardware company which was purchased
| by the bank last February.
The hardware company claims that
! they have a lease on the building extend
| ing until October. 1905 The bank con-
tends TO the contrary. and the court Will
render the decision.
The people are more than ordinarily in
| terested in the settlement OF the matter,
| as IL is likely considerable improvements
| will be made ON the building as soon as
| 1t is definitely determined when the bank
| can come into possession Of the property
H. i.
| Hardware company and Hons. A. L. Nc
| Leod and j. r. Satterfeld for the Poo
| pies Bank and Trust company. Among
the witnesses examined was Hon. l.. q.
Haley. a member of the legislature, who
| came over this moring. Mr.. Haley was
administrator of the property prior to ITS
being sold to the bank.
Selma Local Bills.
Senator H. +. Reese came home this
morning on law business. The senator
was quite pleased over the passage
through the senate yesterday of two OF
his measures local to Dallas county.
One of the bills was providing for
deputy solicitor for Dallas county, whose
salary is placed at $500. This salary
does not come out of the county funds,
but is paid as circuit solicitors are paid.
The other bill is the extension OF the
corporate limits of Selma, taking in
large section north of the city.
Senator Reese was assured by the con-
mittee on commerce and common carriers
of the senate that at a meeting which
was to be held this morning his measure
breaking up bucket shops and wire
houses would be formally agreed upon
and reported favorably to the senate.
This bill by Senator Reese is Identical
with the one presented in the house by
Representative Pitts Of Dallas. Messrs.
Reese and Pitts framed the measures to-
gether and they are patterned after the
North Carolina law. The bill does not
make any distinction between wire
+, houses" and bucket shops. but seeks to
| nut out of the state all future trading
| concerns.