The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-09
LOCAL ATTORNEYS
TELEGRAPH CLAYTON
WANT AMENDMENT TO BILL FOR
NEW JUDGE BIRMINGHAM DIS
TRlcT-cLAYToN REPLIES 1T
WILL DEFEAT RELIEF.

Washington, February S-(Special)-
I'VE, the undersigned attorneys, suggest
the bill reported by the committee be
amended to conform with the plan Of the
Alabama Bar association" The above
| telegram was received by Representative
t, Clayton of Alabama today with ref
! erence to the bill reported by him, pro-
viding for judge for the Birmingham
district. 1t was signed by the following
Birmingham attorneys:
]. S. Kennedy, George P. Bondurant,
Leo J. Marx, A. Latady, C. B. Ballard,
A. Leo Oberdorfer, II. C. Crane, W. T.
Ward, w. e. Gibson, Zell CASTOR, John
w. Tomlinson, r. e. Blackburn, j, r.
Stokely, f. G. Moore. A. c. Birch, w. l.
Grubb, w. II. Standifer, William Vaughn,
w. G. Ward, Ben Davis, Erie Pettus,
Roy Mccullough, M. l.. Ward Griffin
Lambkin, r. B. Watts, H. r. Rudolph,
John Trimble, w. Y, Stewart, j. w. Da-
wilson and S. d. Murphy.
Mr.. Clayton sent the following reply
to each of them:
Your telegram received 1 wrote and
introduced two bills in the interest of
public justice with the view Of relieving
the congested condition of the dockets,
particularly at Birmingham, where the
business is three years behind one or
these bills provided for an additional
Judge for the northern and middle dis
tricts, the other for a judge for the
northern district. The latter met with less
opposition. In my opinion the amendment
you suggest will defeat relief at this
time. I take it that you do not want to
defeat nor even hazard the legislation
which may be had II there be harmon
ious action by the bar and the representa-
tives in Congress"
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I,ongfellow. The postscript Mr.. Delmas
read as follows:
mo one could have made me believe
since I first saw her that she would show
any one except her first thought she
cared for any letter l should have bet
every cent in the world three weeks
ago to get money for fabulous presents
for you; that after our trusting each
other no hypnotism could make you for
get all. l won't say, but 1t is inexpressi-
bly, sad"
Tremulous Reply.
Mr.. Delmas first question to the wit
ness was as to whether or not the 'her
In the letter referred to the witness.
Yes. sir" came the tremulous reply
ne itlltT tOIlllliutbs
81 have been asked to have nothing to
do with you because you are dangerous
woman.
He never lied to you.
From the first he saw you he wanted
to do his best for you, to send you to
Paris, with your mother or to send you
both to school, and he never did any
thing not respectable.
yesterday he saw you, believed every
thing false people told you as you did
before but as you are absolutely honest
he would do you no harm ever for IT,
only he was sorry He won't trouble you
at all, as he would do anything for you.
but now you must get stronger without
him.
You said you would live anywhere
any way he wished so he could have
chaperoned you and had all the honor Of
your exclusive friendship and lose moth
ing himself. Instead he wished to give
up everything to do all he could for YOU
IT wish you would have spoken this
morning through the telephone.
ITO make you sure I'll explain After
I saw the poor ill-advised angel was
,, so sorry. She meant to do right. and
was right, had she only kept the purest
things from polluted lying. double-minded.
deceitful. money graspng, smooth
tongued. hard heartened. but soft speak,
ing professional decelvers.
In the letter were also the words:
"If I wished Evelyn to become mis-
tress--" but through them had been
drawn a pencil line.
did the ne in the letter refer to Mr.
Thaw? Did he speak of himself thus in
correspondence? asked Mr.. Delmas.
yes, sir" replied the witness
other Letters.
Tho Ietfer aud a small nnaRnifvnp pla ss
were passed to the jurymen, who spent
some time examining the paper.
The next letter. which was also writ
ten to Mr.. Longfellow by Mr.. Thaw
while in Paris, the story said in part:
THANK you for sending $50 and $50
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