The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
RELEASED ON BOND
rnHCf FONVILLE REACHES HERE
 FROM CHARLOTTE.
Aged Father of Young Ma. secure. An provaI of Alabama Boud ana Rrin~.
 Son Back With Him To

Percy G. Fonville, who was in prison lor several days in Charlotte. N. C., on charge of being implicated in the uehaultlng of the assistant cashier of A pank there. reached Montgomery iast nignt ,enroute to his ancestral home in Crenshaw County.
 He was accompanied by his father, V Fonville. the South Alabama sage, Who, since the arrest of his son. has been by his side in an effort to secure his release on bond.
 MT Fonville was the manager of A wire mousse In Charlotte, where the de- Iauiting banker speculated. When his accounts showed up short. MT. FonviIIe. as manager of the house. was arrested as an accomplice in the dedication and was paced In Jail by order of the Unit ed States Court.
 AS soon as the news of his sons ar- rest was made public. [. c. Fonville hurried to North Carolina. A ten thous- ana dollar ball was required and with the energy Of youth. the aged pfil- osopher went about the work to secure ms sons release. The bond was rais- ed in Alabama. but this the judge of the court refused. unless Is was certified to by Judge Thomas G. Jones of the Fed eral Court of Alabama.
 Judge Jones immediately had the bond approved and Mir. Fonville was released.
 The Charlotte Observer says in ref erence to the release of Mir. Fonville:
 The scene in Postmaster Spence's omce when United States Commission CT J. w. Cobb declared the prisoner at liberty to go wherever lie would is said to have been a touching one. John c. Fonville, the aged father of the ac- cused, who has been so untirlng in his enorts. to effect his sons release, took him In his arms and kissed him for joy A number of Mir. Fonville's friends had gathered in the building to tnder their congratulations. There was a handshaking all around. which lasted for several minutes.
 Leaving the postoffice building, Mir Fonvflle. father and son. walked up town to the telegraph office. where they wired the news to relatives In Alabama. They then went over to the Buford, where they spent the night.
 They will return to Luverne Ala, where they will remain until next month. when MT, Percy Fonville will return to stand trial, the charge against him being that of conspiracy
 "A more striking example of the great love which father bears for his son has never been witnessed in the history of the city. Although Mir. Percy Fonviue had reached mature manhood and had long since left the old f1reside for the stirring activities of everyday life. yet when he fell in trouble and there was none else to help him, his father. white haired and fee- ble hastened across two states to his assistance, forgetting all else but that his boy was in distress and needed help.
 He came from among relatives and friends to city altogether strange to him where he knew no one and where none knew him. His son was in prison under $10,000 bond and there seem ed little prospect of relief" The situa- ton was a gloomy one indeed. The $5.000 surety which he brought with him wa5 refused and there was little in sight. Not to be overcome, the father accompanied by his attorney. boarded the train and went up to Greensboro to see if they could not procure either reduction of the bond or the acceptance of the ball from Alabama. He secured the latter con- cession."'
 At Montgomery, the Fonvilles. fath- CT and son. were met by the brothers of the defendant. who reside here. and there was a family reunion