The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-30
MOONSH|NE KING
VERY LAMB-LIKE
Jim Floyd Is Now In the Jail
At Admission
ALL CASES ARE CONTINUED
Two of FIoyd's Associates Are Re.
leased on Bond and Other Cases
Are Postponed Owing to
Wounds of Floyd.
ALL CASES ARE CONTINUED

Admission. November 29.-(Special AS
he lay on his couch in the federal de-
partment of the Calhoun county jail Sat-
urday night and Sunday, young. hand
some, calm and smiling, save for an 90
easional finch under pain OF the bullet
wounds in his legs. no one would have
imagined Jim Floyd to be would-b be
assassin, violator OF the internal rev.
enue laws, amker OF moonshne
States government; yet, If the federal Of
fcers speak correctly, this man with the
lamb-like appearance is one OF the most
ferocious characters that have ever Shout
dered arms against Uncle Sam, his rec.
ord in Alabama being paralleled only
by that of VIII Smith, better known as
Bell Tree" Smith. who recently met
his death in Cherokee county.
Floyd delighted to call himself Mon
arch Of Turkey Heaven Mountains" am
as the alleged king of the carnival u
crime which has been holding forth n
this notorious territory for nearly a de-
cade, his self-given appellation was prob-
ably representative, for his sway has
been absolute and unquestioned, h,s
neighbors living in constant terror II
the double-barrelled shotgun which / e
constantly carried over his shoulder AT
least two men have fallen before his
deadly aim, though he was acquitted of
murder on a plea of self defense and
according to Internal Revenue Agent
Knox Booth he is alleged to have made
the statement that no man alive could
capture him while he was in possession
of the breath of life
Whether Jim Floyd's resistance was
born out of genuine dare-deviltry or not
there can be no doubt about his desper-
alton, his determination not to be cap
tured, and in his fight for his liberty
he manifested a quality of grit which
challenges the admiration. He fired the
first shot, held the officers at bay for
several minutes, then, after being shot,
dragged himself for nearly a mile to
the home of friend, surrendering only
after the pains in his legs had become
so severe that he could no longer stand
alone. The one thing, though, which
more than all else destroys ones SYM
pathy for him is that he was hiding his
crimes behind the sacred name of re-
ligion; for after returning from the fed
eral prison where ne served TWO years
for moonshining he professed conversion
and even went so far as to hold prayer
meetings in the homes of his neighbors,
prosecuting his Illegal business the while.
United States Commissioner G. B. Ran
dolph says that Alabama owes more to
her women than to her officers for the
eradication of the Illegal whisky BUSH
nesse within its confines, and it was due
to a good woman of Randolph county,
who gave the first definite information as
to their operations that the Floyds and
Aliens were brought to bay and the
moonshine business in Turkey Heaven
mountains destroyed probably for all
time All of the men captured are well
known characters and when Watts
Pearce, alleged operator of the big still
which was destroyed yesterday in full
blast is captured it will probably be the
straw to break the camers back.
Through the columns of the Admission
Star it had become known Saturday
evening that the prisoners would be
brought here from. Heflin and when their
train arrived there was a crowd at the
station as big as that which recently
assembled to hear the address of Vice
Presidential Candidate Kern. The men
were taken Immediately to the office of
Judge Randolph for preliminary hear
ing. Their cases were continued until
Sunday morning, when John Smith and
Mack Perkins were released on bonds
of 800 and $500 respectively, the cases
against the others being continued until
December 10, on account of the inability
of Jim Floyd to appear in court Tho
bonds of Bob Allen and Will Floyd who
pleaded guilty were placed at $500 each.