The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
Witnesses Tell of Punishment Inflicted on Charley Ford
 While at the Mines
LASH IS EXHIBITED AS
 PART OF THE TESTIMONY
Prosecution Finishes Case and Defense Will Introduce Witnesses Next Frlday-The Prisoners
 Sanity Questioned.

The preliminary trial of Deputy War den ". J. Lovejoy who is charged. with whipping a prisoner so severely that it caused his death, was begun yesterday in Judge Benners' division of the in ferior court and Lovejoy was released on s250O bail. This trial is the result of the death of Charley Ford, alias Pig" Ford, a negro convict at Pratt mines No. 3, on the Eth of April. Lovejoy was deputy warden at the mines and it is charged that Ford's death was the result of whlppings received by him at the hands of Lovejoy. The warrant charging Love- joy with the crime was sworn out by Ford's sister, Minnie Payne
 The preliminary which began yesterday consumed both morning and afternoon sessions. after which it was adjourned until Friday May 17, at o'clock The prosecution presented five witnesses and closed it's case. The defense has not yet presented it's case, but will begin next Friday. Attorney P. G. Bowman assisted Solicitor Hehin in the prosecu- tion Of the case, while Bell & Allen rep resent the defendant.
 Four Witnesses Presented.
 The witnesses presented by the prose- cution were Minnie Payne a sister of the deceased; Dr. Macklin, negro phy- sician; Mehaley Plerson, a negro wom- an and an eX-convict who finished term at Pratt Mines on Saturday, May 1; Ma rion Love. also a negro ex-convict who finished his term on Saturday. May 4; and J. L. Fields, hospital student at Pratt Mines.
 The first witness called was Minnie Payne, a sister of Charley Ford, and who swore out the warrant against Love- joy.
 She stated that Charley Ford was her brother and had lived with her and her husband for years, up until the time he was arrested and convicted for vagraney. Witness stated that Ford was a heavy. thick man and of good physical strength. Witness also stated that he had been of unsound mind and that at times it had been necessary to keep a close watch on him.
 There was quite an argument between Attorneys Bowman and Allen on the sub ject of insanity, Attorney Allen object ing to the question as to whether Ford was insane or not on the grounds that the sanity of the deceased had nothing whatever to do with the case under con sideration. Judge Benners overruled the objection, however.
 Paid Fine at Mines.
 Witness further stated that she did not know that her brother had been arrested and convicted until the 27th day of April. When she learned that he was at Pratt Mines, which was on the morning of the 21th, she immediately went to the mines and paid his fine. She found that Ford was in the hospital and in an unconscious state. She procured an ambulance and had him removed to her home at North Birmingham. The ambulance reached her house between and s:30 o'clock that night. She immediately called in pnysi- cians but it was too late and Ford died between and 9:3O o'clock that night.
 Witness also stated that Fords back and sides were all covered with bandages and cotton: that his legs were all bruised up; that he had a bruised place on his head; and that there was a bruised place with finger marks around it on the throat. She stated that she did not remove the bandages on his back, but that sine had seen his back and legs stripped just be- fore he was arrested and that there was not a bruised place on him. She also stated that Ford was in the mines for sixteen days
 Negro Physician Called.
 Dr. Maci1lin, a negro physician who WIS called to attend Charley Ford by Minnie Payne, and who also assisted in the post mortem examination of the body, was then called.
 Witness stated that he mad been prac- ticing medicine for about twenty-nve months ard that he had been called to attend Charley Ford, but that when ne reached him it was too late and he ex- pired few minutes after his arrival. He also stated that he had assisted In the post mortenl examination, which had re- suited in the committee of doctors turn ing in a report to the effect that Ford had died from pneumonia caused by the whippings he had received while in prison He also stated that he had ex amined Ford's back and was of the oDin- lon that :he wounds Jn him had hees inflicted by hard instrument, and ikat lie ws.s also of the % nion that the iasE shown could have made the woUndi
 Lash Shown In Court.
 TT lash shown hlln Mas the lash wiit which the prisoac.S at ine la.nes are whipped. Its length now is about i've or six feet and it is about one and oneh half or two inches wide. has very heavy handle being three or four ply at the handle and tapering down to one ply. IL appears 10 nave tecn a good deal longer than it is. now, as lne end is badly frayed The lash is nearly one-quarter of an inch thick in its thnnest part.
 Macklin stated that Fords back was in a raw condition from just beneath the shoulder blades to a line on the level with the kidneys. He said there was one very bad place in the center of the back and been inflicted with the lash radiated from it in stripes. He said the wounds on the legs were in stripes and looked as if they might have been inflicted with the lash He said it was hard to tell just how the wound on the throat had been infiicted that it could have been done in a dozen different ways, adding that the bruised