The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
AMPLE PROVISION MADE
 FOR LADIES OF THE T. P. A.

, B. B. Conner Is expected to make talk in the interest of the state while Alder man Copeland will speak for the city. A member of the association will respond, and adjournment will be taken for lunch.
 The delegates will then reassemble at 2:3O o'clock, while the ladies are taken on a trolley ride. After election of off cers and reports, as well as various bus mess matters have been finished, they will adjourn to reassemble at night for the banquet at the Hotel Hllman.
 Tomorrow morning at 9:SO o'clock the trolley ride to Ensley will begin and wind up at tie Country club, where the even ing will be spent in dancing and where a barbecue is to be served. Many delegates arrived in the city last night and con- i tinue to pour In this morning. There l will probably be from 300 to 400 in all.
 
 to do that. l cannot forget in this case 1 that you are a young man, that your l character has been proven to be above l reproach prior to this offense I cannot forget that you. like all young men, are 1 open tc the temptations and snares that 1 appear in the way of all young men. 1 have been a young man myself.
 "I cannot forget that there is testi- m 1ny in this case which went to show that you were induced, verbally and by l letter, to enter Into these speculations with | hope held out mat you could reap gain by it. All these things appeal to -tr nOlx I tuich wa in my power to feel that l was doing right to give you the lowest penalty designated | by the law, but with the trial you have had, after the strenuous defense you have made and that has been made for you, I would be recreant in my duty if l gave you the lowest penalty. This 1 Is by no means pleasant task for me l assure you. I have known your father for many years and while l have not known your family, l sympathize with them from the depths of my heart and without saying more, l shall sentence you to six years imprisonment in the penltentiary at Atlanta. This is all l have | to say"
 Capt. Frank White, counsel for the de- | fense, was not present at the time the | verdict was rendered, but it was learned I later that he would accept the verdict and that no appeal would be taken.
 Petition for Pardon Circulated l Before the crowd in the court room dis persed petition for the pardon of Alex chisolm, which had been prepared by his brothers. was presented to the fore I man of the jury, who signed 1t. 
 History of Case.
 The history of the Chisom case is fa- miliar to the public and can be summed up very briefly. Alexander R. Chisolm, a young man of fine character and fine family, was paying teller In the First National bank of Birmingham. He had l been connected with the bank for more than five years and had gradually been | promoted to this responsible position where he had the handling of over half million dollars daily.
 Chisolm began speculatlng in cotton in December, 1905, or about that time and 1 at first used only his own money Sur l rounded by immense sums of money and i trusted implicitly, he saw how easy it | was to use this money without detection and began to use 1t, taking currency l from the reserve vault. He specuated lightly at first, but continuing to lose, he, according to his own statement, be- ban to plunge" and ran his losses up to nearly s100,00O when he took his vaca- tion in July. 1906.
 When Chisolm left he left his key to the vault in the door of the vault and his substitute at the paying teler's win dow had easy access and with another employe counted the reserve fund dis covering a shortage of $100,O00. Chisolm when he left, took 5000 in cash, which made the shortage an even sl0O,0O0 When the discovery of the deficit was made known to the bank officials they waited until Chlsolm returned, when he was con fronted with the evidences of his guilt, and he confessed to taking the money
 At the first trial, In November 1906, the defense pleaded guilty and the trial pro- ceeded until counsel for the defense an- nounced that the defendant was mental ly unbalanced, whereupon in interrup- tion came until the jury rendered yer dict that he was sane. The trial was re- sumed, but again interrupted by the ill., ness Of a juror, and a mistrial resulted. After the trial the defendant spent two months at the state hospital for the in- sane at Tuscaloosa, and when the second trial began on May 2, in which the de-
 
 ity at the time the acts of defendant were committed.
 A great many medical experts were ex- amined, some testifying that they be- lieved the defendant mentally unsound, while others testified that they believed him sane.
 Upon this question the jury had to de- eide, admitting the guilt of the defendant in taking the banks money. and the yer dict was rendered accordingly.
 Many Friends Call on ChisoIm.
 Alexander Chisolm still has a host of friends. The fact that he was convicted of an offense against the government did not cause these friends to desert him, and they ffocked to the county jail yes terday afternoon and last night to offer words of cheer and hope to the young man whose acts have cut him off from the world for a period of years large number of Chisolm's friends visited him and he held quite recep- tion for several hours. The prisoner was cheerful and appeared pleased that he was remembered by those who have known him so long and call him friend.
 Marriaoe icenses lssued