The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-21
AND INDIANS
IN SHER|FPS MOOSE
SpeIIman'S Whole Pleasure
Way" Is Attached
HIGD0N HAS HANDS FULL
Lady Gets Hurt in "Human Laundry
and speIIman Has To Make
$4,000 Bond To Stand
HIGDON HAS HANDS FULL

The sheriff of Jefferson county is not
combining his activities entirely to run
ming down, capturing and OBTAINING blind
tigers" but last night he went after
bears. Indians and other things
The Pleasure Way is a lonesome place
this morning, and 1t belongs, temporarily.
to Sheriff Higdon. What's more the afore-
said sheriff has stationed at the State
Fair grounds two of his most trusted
deputies to see that none of the bears
get away and that none of the Indians
get on the warpath as the result of their
wrath which might result from detention.
In fact, the whole Pleasure Way is at
tached, bgosh, and just what hour it will
be moved away from the fair grounds to
other parts is bit uncertain.
Had matters taken a different turn all
of Frank Spellman's shows would doubt
less have been packed up and sent mer-
rily on their way to some other big show,
but however sad and however true it
may be, the whole business stands on the
fair grounds this morning just as it stood
last night when the gates of the Ala
bama State Fair of 1909 were thrown to-
gether and officially locked for another
year. The throngs of pleasure seekers are.
OF course, missing because there is moth
ing doing, and the blare of the noise
making instruments of torture and the
husky voices of the spoilers have been
stilled, all because the whole outfit has,
through regular legal channels, been or
dered attached, and it stands attached
completely.
The whole affair grew out of an acct
dent which occurred on the Pleasure
Way" a few days ago. Mrs. Minnie B.
Hall. who resides at SOP North Nineteenth
street, entered the human laundry" and
after going through the laundry, as she
was coming out, sliding down the chute
to the exit, she was thrown heavily to the
ground and suffered quite serious personal
injuries, it Is averred.
Yesterday Mrs Hall, through her at
torneys, took steps toward the filing of
a suit in the circuit court to recover 5000
damages for the injuries sustained. The
Spellman Amusement company, headed
by Frank Spellman, being a foreign cor
poration, the sheriff was ordered to levy
upon the property of the company to Sc
cure the suit. The law requires such cor
porations to make bond for double the
amount of damages sued for where It'll
cation is instituted. Consequently all at
fractions on the pleasure Way" will be
held at the fair grounds. or at least
within the bounds of Jefferson county,
until Mr.. Spellman can give bond in the
sum of $4,000, which he will probably
make arrangements to do this morning,
and the shows will probably get away by
tonight.
The attachment issued from the circuit
court yesterday afternoon was placed in
the hands of the sheriff and he in turn
referred 1t to Deputy sheriffs Sid Cowan
and Lee Higdon for execution. And they
certainly did execute the attachment.
Deputy Higdon went to the fair grounds
early in the night and served the attach
ment on Mr. Spellman. Having done this
he hied himself back to the courthouse
to secure aid perhaps fearing that he
might not be able to handle lone-handed
a bunch of Indians. lot of bears, a wild
west circus and what not? Deputy Sid
Cowan came to his aid and the two depu-
ties journeyed back to the Pleasure
Way to assume possession for the coun-
ty authorities
The entire line of attractions, was tied up
and the deputies remained on the erst-
while Pleasure Way" to see that the
attachment was observed.
1t is understood that Mr.. Spellman VIII
make arrangements this morning with a
bonding company to give the required $lo,-
600 bond, In which case the sheriff will
draw off and permit the attractions to
move on to the place of their next en-
gagement.