The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-04
M 'ALL|STER GETS DEEP INTO TROUBLE
Wanted Engraver To Reproduce
 Confederate Bill
BOND MAY BE INCREASED
Chattanooga Officials Wire That Mo. Alllster Is Wanted There and Secret Service Man Will
 Arrive This Morning.

zA hafu row has been struck by w R. McAllister or McCalester the young ! man who was arrested last Friday night eharged with attempting to pass a raised cheek. A message over long distance ] telephone was received from Inspector Mills of the United States secret service at Chattanooga, stating that McAllister was wanted at Chattanooga and that he (Mills) would be here this morning Me- Allister has been confined in the county Jall under failure to make a $500 bond McAllister was also given a further hearing by Commissioner R. B. Watts yesterday afternoon upon motion of As- sistant District Attorney Joseph Mont somery, who desired that his bond be increased on account of new evidence which had been secured. This evidence was the testimony of Charles Koops, en- graver for the Birmingham News. who identified McAllster as the man who had given him an order for a cut of a s2O Confederate bill with an advertisement on the back Commissioner Watts has his decision under advisement
 Claimed It Was Unprecedented.
 The bond fixed by Commissioner Watts after the hearing given Saturday was for $500. Judge B. M Allen, who represent ed the defendant. objected very strongly to another hearing, claiming that Com missioner Watts had no Jurisdiction in the matter after he hai9 once bound the prisoner over to the grand jury. .It is without precedent" said MT. Allen. "apd we claim this court has no authority in the matter" MT. Montgomery insisted that while there was no precedent that common law allowed another hearing. This brought on a discussion of what common law was until Commissioner Watts ordered the trial to proceed. en- tering Judge Aliens objection.
 Charles Koops was placed upon the stand and stated that he was A commer- cial art engraver in the employ of the Birmingham News, and that he had been in the engraving business for about 20 years. He recognized the defendant as man who had gone to his place of business in the News engraving room last Wednesday between F and 1 D. m. This man came to the office and showed me Confederate bill with an adver- tisement on the back, and asked if I could reproduce it. The advertisement on the back was red and I told him it could not be reproduced. He just wanted 8 cut.
 Wanted Fac Smile of Cut.
 When he found it could not be re- produced he handed me an end of a Con federate bill with the figure 20 on it and asked me to make.a fac simile cut. I told him it could not be made on &C., count of the figure being too dark, but he told me to go ahead and do the best I could. I said I would do so and to call at the office about 3 o'clock Thurs day for it. Told him the cut would cost him g. the regular price. After he had left I wrote him letter saying I could not get the cut ready on Thursday. He called again Friday about o'clock and asked if the cut was ready. I told him it was not, and that it would be impossible to make it for several days He then told me that when it was ready to send 1t to Atlanta, care of general delivery, c. O. D. The witness then identified an envelope as one which the defendant had addressed to himself and left with him, and also the Confederate bills which had been left with him from which to make a cut.
 Upon ss-examination the witness stated that he was alone the first time McAllster called to see him. no one else being in the engraving room. "The sec- ond time there were two other men in the offce-Mr. Blickenstaffer and MT. Hay McAllster was there for about 10 or 20 minutes, and we spoke in orInary conversation. Mr. Hay and MT. Bhcken- staffer were about six feet away from us engaged in conversation, and l don't know whether they heard our conversa- ton or not. I haven't seen McAllister since then until today, but while he is dressed differently. | recognize him by his face. l gave the bills to him and he told me l could keep them.
 q had no idea of making the cut for Jim and thought after I had written him tn, letter he wouldn't come back. In the letter I told him I could not have the cut ready by the 18th. If he had kept on coming back I would finally have had to tell him we couldn't make the cut. The reason I decided not to make the cut was because I got to studying over the matter after he had left and decided it wouldn't be right to make it. Commissioner Watts then took his deci- sion under advisement as to whether or not he should increase the bond.