The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

Two days ago little Willie and Ethel White were playing. in their back yard, happy and contented. Now they are cry ing and sobbing at the Mercy Home. Their mother is in the hospital suffering from a bullet shot. Their father has gone back to Nashville, leaving the little ones alone. s
 It was over these two pretty little bright faced children that all the sorrow and diff fculty and tragedy of the past few days resulted. In the fight for their posses sion one of the best detectives of the Bir mingham police force, Sam Hamilton was killed, their mother was wounded, and IS charged with murder; their father, w. R. White, as well as two Nashville men, J. T. Stout and A. B. Anderson, are charged with Kidnapping, assault with in- tent to murder, and the first two, carry ing concealed weapons
 The little innocents are the victims of their parents sins. They cannot see why they should be separated from mother and home. They can do nothing but sob, and beg for mamma.
 Willie is a bright faced boy, 6 years
  what his opinion was as to how 1t was caused.
 Or oss-examiration he stated that t was his opinion that these wounds would produce high tempci ature and that they would tend to hasten and accelerate death within three or four days.
 Surface of Lungs Congested.
 Witness also stated that in his post mortem examination he had found the surface of the lungs were congested, but not consolidated, and that he had found the liver was somewhat enlarged He stated that the enlargement of the liver was very probably caused by excessive drinking. He found none of the organs disarranged, and all of them with the eX- ception of the lungs and liver were in very good shape.
 The question as to whether blows in- f1icted by lash would cause a shock suf- ficient to pass through his body and so affect his lungs that he would contract pneumonia was then propounded Mack lin's opinion was that it could so shock the nervous system as to bring this con- dition about.
 Just at this time the examination assumed very scientific phase, and threatened to produce a rival to the word ''brainstorm'' in the shape of the word shock It's smallest words were path ological condition" and extended up to words of practically twice that length. .'Shocks' was discussed in every way in- aginable. and it's power to cause "trau- matic pneumonia" was debated in words even more unusual than those used in discussing shock.
 Mehaey Brown Called.
 The next witness called was Mehaley Brown negro woman, who has just fin ished serving a term at Pratt mines. ha.- ing been released on Saturday, May 4.
 She stated that she had known Pig Ford for about twenty-five years up and down the streets and avenues of Birming- ham. That she did not know what kind of work he was engaged in, but that she had known him well enough to want to know how he felt and say howdy do. The witness was an ignorant woman and a typical police character Her descrip- tions of Pratt mines and the way they treated prisoners kept Judge Benner court room in roar of laughter from the time she started testifying until the finish.
 Witness stated that she had seen Love- joy hit Ford over the head with a shovel, knock him up against the wall and KICK him. and that after he. had finished beat ing him he 1.oYejoy) had sat oo"h ana famed himself. She then saw three men pushing and showing Ford over to the hospital.
 Her expressions as to how the wolf cats (the guards) had treated tho pris- oners and of the actions and expressions of one of the convicts named One Eye, kept the court room in a state of laugh ter.
 Court was then adjourned until .s. 1. nfh hfr anN r. nesses for the prosecution had not reached