The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
PRISONER BECOMES VIOLENTLY INSANE Five Men Are. Unable To Control
 Him In Cell OLD GAGS ARE REGAGGED Barlow Minstrels Open Season at Elks Theatre In Taladega. Automatic Gates Placed at
 Grade Crossings.
OLD GAGS ARE REGAGGED

Talladega, October (special.)-Ab Collins was arrested some days since charged with an assault with intent to murder, and failing to make bond was locked up by the sheriff Yesterday while at dinner he suddenly became crazy He was very violent so much so that five men were locked in the cell with him. whose efforts were to prevent the luna tic from injuring himself Last night he kept the entire jail awake all night. cursing, raving and throwing himself against the bars of the cell. His guard of five men notified the sheriff this morn ing that they were completely worn out and asked to be relieved which re- quest the sheriff granted and then locked the prisoner in cell to himself The probate judge has requested the state in- sane asylum by wire to receive him.
 Three murder cases are set down for this week, one of them, d negro named Wynn, being now on trial. The others are state vs. Scott Johnson who killed another negro while fooling with Il loaded shotgun, and the other that of
 
 while he was drunk
 J. A Coburn's Great Barlow Minstrels' opened the season last night at the Elks' Opera house. It was thought by some that owing to the fact that the neople were surfelted with minstrel showy dur ing last season and that the additional fact that q long continued protracted meeting has just closed and another one hnpi1n ha -Jf., backsliders were all there
 The show did not present anything es- pecially new-the gags were the same of those a year since and the jokes were the mouldy chestnuts of d past decade. Even the songs were unchanged. The ElSs held a social session after the show and entertained some of the minstrel men until past midnight.
 The Louisville and Nashville railroad is putting in automatic gates at the East street crossing. A hagman has been on duty there and at Court street crossing during this year. The gates will be so constructed as to bar thea sidewalk as we'll as the roadway. It Is understood that the expense of these gates is shared jointly by the Birmingham and Atlantic and the Louisville and Nashville rail- roads. Both these crossings are danger ouS, lle f1dSl street one DelnR especially so, as large building hides the view of the track from the citizens and there is short curve and steep grade at this point, necessitating speedson the part of the locomotive to pnl oysr it.
 The official count of the prohibition election changes the figures a little, but only makes the victory of the prohibition ists more decided. Twelve hundred and ,4.rf fD,,
 hibition and 227 against it Is the reading of the official sheet The negroes who could vote, without exception, cast their ballots for prohibition.
 Saloons and bedrooms close here at o'clock and under the new revenue code there is a license of $2O0 on pool tables Some of the hotels want to put in pool tables as a source of amusement for their guests, but are prevented from 80 doing by the amount of the license re- quired The drummers say that they find the city bit dull after dark, as there is only the alternative of going to church or going to sleep. The young people com plain that there Is no Young Mems Chris tian association or library or place of amusement open to them
 The beautiful Camp-Boynton building on the corner of East and North street, is finished and occupied as a department store by R. L. Strnger. The fourth floor is reached by an automatic eleva- tor. and this floor is filled with offices. Further down the street, on the east side, is the marble front and tiled floors of the TalaGega National bdnlN ann tile new tiling of the Northern drug store, which has just been completed The Is- bell National bank has doubled its space and laid tiled floors. The first store to set the pace with metal art ceilings and tiled floors was the beautiful drug store / of S. H. Henderson. The city now has a number of beautiful interiors in its business houses
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