The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
NO DEVELOPMENTS
MURDER MYSTERY NO NEARER A
 SOLUTION
The Police Arrest Every Person Un- der Possible Suspicion, But Nothing
 Has as Yet Been Gained

Tn spite of large reward offered for Information that will lead to the caIture of the murderers of Leo Spie- gel and Abraham Goldstein. who were ki1ledI Monday night a wek ago, no Important developments have arisen in the rapidly becoming prominent murder mystery. From the first the detectives have been doing their best. but the tracks of the perpetrators of the deed were so well covered that theory IS all that Is left the officers to work on.
 Theory after theory has been ad- vanced and pushed to the uttermost, but not one has, so far, proven cor rect. Not wishing to take any chances, the police arrested every per son to whom suspicion led. among whom were Roland Bailey, negro, with whom, 1t Is said the dead men had an altercation, and one whos 1t IS said, bears an unsavory reputation, Burrell Burch. the negro who found the bloody check, who has been re- leased; Jim Afford and Frank Dawson, who said they saw a pistol in Gold steins hand shortly after the Killing, and Lee Andrews, who was also thought to know something of the case.
 These men have been held by the police for several days an6 constantly keLt under cross- fire of questions. but nothing so far. has been gained from them. To add to the difficulties of the officers, other negroes have in- terested themselves in the cases of xhe suspects and through attorneys are applying for writs of habeas corpus If they are freed the police will have lSst one of their main possibilities of q capture. for the suspicion in some of the cases was strong
 fo oA Ia fo NaO of frh or early this morning of several ne- groes who have been reported by a constable of a local magistrate, who says. Spiegel asked for their arrest because they owned him money. This development may lead to something. but the fact that his application for their arrest was made a month or so before the killing, weakens the prob ability of their having committed the deed But 1t is the policy of the police department not to pass up a single chance for the arrest of the right per- sons and the slightest suspicion will be hunted down to it's pro or con fact
 It was rumored yesterday that coun- trymen of he dead man will offer a purse also for Information that will lead to a conviction, and it Is under stood that the amount win be large. The orthodox Jews of the city are uCSptJ AhlCEcStcu tHe case dll0 are lending the police every help they can offer
 One development in the mystery Is fixed now and that Is the belief that the work was, done by local negroes familiar with the store. whether they were inimical to the dead men or not i. Although the slight clues have led to no arrest that has developed the Der sons wanted, still every one of them has led to negroes every phase of the question is redolent with "eau d Afrique." and that negroes committed the deed is now. in the minds of the police. an accepted fact. l.
 There is not the slightest thought oi dropping the case, the hest men of the department are devoting their entire time to 1t. and 1t is confidently be- lieved that sooner or later the arrest of the perpetrator will. be accom-. plished.