The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-26
 DAWSON IS
 ARRESTED In Connection With Spiegel Case. sEeRo,s STORY sUsPIooNED Was Second to Reach Scene of
NEGROES STORY sUsPIcloNED
Was Second to Reach Scene of Killing.
ReIIce su.picisu. of statemens That He Saw Revolver in Golastein's
 Hand Before Arrival oa N Mounted omsers.

Something fresh and encouraging broke for the police Monday night in tns mysterious murder case of week ago. Frank Dawson, one of the ne- kroes who stated to the police at the scene of the murder that he had seen . pistol in Goidstein's hand. was ar rested as suspicious character
 The information collected so far, the disqualification of the first kiaring cir eumstantiaI evidence, and lthe beliei soon after given to the story of Mrs spiegel, has led the police to believe that the story told that night by Daw- son, that he had seen a pistol in the dyinR mans hand, Is too, thin. The po- lice do not believe that the murdcrers returned for a pistol, and they do be- 1leve Mrs Spiegers statement that eAeither her husband or Goldstein were
 fmed. Dawson and the other negro Jim Afford. are the only. persons who say they saw q pistol at the house. Another thing the police think worth investigation Is why did not the ne- gfees stay at the scene after they saw khe alleged pistoi7 They admit hay Ing been among the first to arrive They say they left later returning sf- ter the arrival of the second squad of policemen.
 Afford was the first of the two to epme back and was at the house some time before Dawson put in an appear ance. But both men seemed perfect sy at ease. They walked about the room where Spiegel was lying dead end answered questions put to them clearly and in straightforward man. iner. Their absolute ease on the sub feet turned suspicion from them for the time being. But later they were more or less discussed.
 Negroes in the vicinity of the kiii- ing gre very restiye. From their ac- ff0ns they are either sincerely indig- nant about some of their number be- ing suspected. as they have judged from the many questions asked them or they are trying to hide something they know. One woman who was spoken to yesterday became very ex. cited when it was inadvertently men, tioned in her presence. that the mur- derers had not yet been caught. (Which murderers!" she cried excit- adJy. 'Day ain't no murderers, dem 'foiks kin day self"
 How do you knowf" she was asaxed
 TT afnt know nuttin bout it, I been Sleep de whole time" And very promptly she went into her house and ehut the door.
 Believing absolutely now that the ssman did not shoot each other, the po- l1sce consider the stand the ngroees lAave. taken. to say the least. odd, No lmtranger can walk along the street near the scene of the murder without betHg the exposure of scores of pairs of aafsx.. .nondescript. baieful eyes sui- llenfy the white man passing by is scanned hy. the negroes of the neigh borhood. but to the youngest they de- my having seen . soul of suspicious character in the netghborhood before or after the killing,
 ! The investigation Is being pushed as vigorously as it was last Tuesday morning.
 DawBon's attorney has taken steps Coward securing a writ of habeas which win be acted on by Judge W. w. Pearson Wednesday.