The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-13
C0LEMAN'S COAT AND TROUSERS
 ARE FOUND SOAKED IN BLOOD

 to realize his peril. as he was thrown upon tho ground by hls assailant. The trousers with their blood d-soakcd knees are held to confirm the theory that the murderer bestrode his victim with | knee on either side as he stabbed tho Knife again and again in the face head and throat of the man who could | only dodge his head as ne saw tho
 knife falling
 The shadow Of the gallows since tag clothes were found Is darkcr and moro oaiinous upon corbin Coleman while their finding has brightencd the hopes of the seven suspects who have been held at police leadauartcrs since sun | .fay.
 The grand Jury Of Montgomery coun-
 ty tliis morning will begin the investi- gation of tlfe Finley murder. Thls was
 to have been done yesterdaw, but Chsei Taylor and his men had not forged ths chain of evidence so strongly or go completely as they had 1t forged lasi night The case will be laid before
 the grand jury today. and there is noi the slightest doubt an indictment vii he returned
 Efforts will be made to give the ac. eused negro an carly trial. The regu-
 lar time of trying capital cases in tho Montgomery City Court Is in April. bui Solicitor Dent. in case Coleman is in. dicsede will endeayor to have the ne. gro given an earlier trial.
 Negro is 0bdirate. | Coroner W. H. Tfce yesterday fur
 ther deferred action by the coronor's nirya which had been investigating the murder. He did this because he was assured the grand jury, the higher
 body. would Immediately take up the investigation. The jury is being held tfte~ a. IA (. IA aa examined by T. W. Martin. Coleman is securely held in the coun. ty jail but so far refuses to make 8 confession. The rambling contradict ory statements he makes to offset the evidence would be ludicrous but for tho awful tragedy os the whole af. | fair.
 As the net of eireumsfantiaf evidence draws closer and closer around Cole man It moves further away from ths other suspects. As the case develops 1t dams Coleman more and more, and
 It opens the way for hope of release fos The other suspects.
 The police have so far failed to lind
 tangible, definite clue that leads to
 the other DFisonors, The possible con. 1 nection of Eva Ewing with the tragedy has been closely scrutinized. She is [ yellow negress, of the vagrant class
 
 ley was buying drinks for Coleman She left the bar at about the same time
 the negro and the white man left, but negroes were constantly coming. and i going iR the early part Of Saturday. night. The police have not been able
 to find evidence of any friendliness CT understanding between Eva Ewing and Corbin Coleman. TEsy seem to have 1 known each other more than did any
 other two habitues of the saloons oj tbat neighborhood.
 Stories Are Contradictory, One of the dozen stories which Cole. man told to explain his possession of the watch of Finley was that If had
 been given him by Eva Ewing. But d few minutes before that, he told the police he had traded for the watch with an unknown negro. However, when
 Eva Ewing was brought face to face
 with Coleman. he denied he ever said She gave him the watch.
 Jerry Ross. the negro porter of B Helburn'S wholesale house on Com.
 merce Street. is held on the same sor, of suspicion. He was in the. bar al the same time with Finley and Cole.
 man. Ross, moreover was acquainted with Coleman, for the two had worked together. On the previous Thursday Coleman had gone down te see nos. and have a talk with him.
 Sweet White is also under arrest al a suspect, because he was presen when Finley came in, and was reeog mixed by Coleman. One cause oi Whites arrest was his unsavory rec, ! ord. The police hold him to be one ol
 the most dangerous and desperate ne. groes in the city.
 Most of the negroes who were in the bar wifcn Finley was there. left shortly after he and Coleman went away. But the hour was near closing time. 1t be- ing between 11.30 and 12 o'clock