The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-31
EggIer Was Principal Witness
In Case Against Alder
man Last Night
SAID HIS ANGER WAS The
BASIS OF WHOLE MAT TER
Several Witnesses Who Had Been
Summoned In the Case Failed To
Appear-committe Asks coun-
Gil to Exonerate Fuluhum.

The committee appointed to investigate
the charge of bribery against Fred A.
Fulghum, alderman of the Sixth ward,
after hearing evidence last night, passed
a resolution to the effect that the charge,
in the opinion of the committee, was with
out the slightest foundation.
The committee will request the coun-
ell at its next meeting to exonerate Al
derman Fulghum.
The committee was in session but very
short while. Two members, Alderman
Morgan and Alderman Cooper, We're not
present, the first named having attend
ed a wedding, and the latter, having
given notification that he would not serve.
OF the witnesses subpoenaed, and on
whom Chief Bodeker testified that he had
served notice, Rufus N. Rhodes, Mayor
Ward, and alderman Estes were not
present. Those who did testify were
Henry w. Eggler. ex-Chief Wier, Police
Commissioner Parker and ex-Police
Commissioner Dan Donahue. The mem
bers of the committee who heard the
testimony were Aldermen Moore, Gum
and Heidi City Attorney Thach, acting
in behalf of the city, and Max Winkler,
Mr.. F'ulghums attorney, were the law
yers in the case.
AT the conclusion of the testimony Mr..
Fulghum read a statement reviewing the
case in full, which statement had been
previously borne out by the testimony.
Chief Wier knew practically nothing of
the case, though he with Mr.. Parker and
Mr.. Donahue testified that Mr.. Fulghum,
on no occasion, had approached either
with a request for police protection for
Mr.. Egger.
Mr.. Eggler testified as follows: when
I was informed by the Mayor and Chief
Wier that some of my tenants, on ac
count of the restrictions of the segregated
district, would have to move. l went to
Mr.. Fulghum, who had been my lawyer
for number of years, and urged him
to obtain for them 80 days of grace.
He afterwards told me that he had OBJ
tanned this concession. When the 80 days
had expired, 1 again went to Mr.. Full
ghum, and he informed me that he could
do nothing, and that he had no control
over the Mayor or the police department.
l then told him that he had done me a
d dirty trick. He retorted that 1
was a d fool, or words to that eff
feet.
THE tenants moved, and the next
thing l heard about the case was when
l was summoned to appear before the
grand jury"
In answering the questions of the mem
bers of the committee, Mr.. Eggler tes-
tilted that he had not paid Mr.. Full
ghum any money save for legal advice,
ETC.
Mr. Heidi asked the following: ut has
been reported in Birmingham for a num-
Der of years that you preferred the
charge of bribery against Fulghum, and
that you stated that you had paid him
so much per month to allow these houses
to remain out of the district. Is this
true?'
ut is not true" replied Mr.. Eggler.
On. discrimination, he was asked by
Mr. Winkler: Isn't the size of this
whole proposition just that you were sore
because Fulghum called you d.
fool 2"
Il expect that's about the size of it,
replied Mr.. Eggler