The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-25


fellow passengers. two men, tell that
q lynchins might result that night.
She bore the tidings to Mr.. Webb in
his ONCE. and to the negro woman. who
was threatened with arrest as an ac-
cessory. The woman broke down. ana
pleaded to be kept from jail for the
one night, and she would willingly go
for a year. And II was because Of the
message from Mrs. Hodgson that Webb
visited Cazalas and Judge Afford, and
there IL was that the sheriff was In
formed that the negro would be taken
las sure as guns iron"
The testimony of Mrs. Hodgson and
Mr. Webb was lengthy. she go
ing into minute details. telling the
| tion from the lawyers. and as also did
Mr.. Webb.
Webb told that he. as solicitor OF
| Mobile County for sixteen years, knew
| Cazalas intimately, and knew him Tor
| brave officer, and a reliable man; not
one to shirk duty or danger
The story of Casalas's behavior on q
| former occurrence, when the Mobile jail
| was stormed by q mob, and negro
prisoner taken from 1t and lynched
Then 1t was. II was told. that Cazalas
fought side by side with deputy
| Hoyle, who was shot down. the powoer
| from the fatal shot burning the FACE
of Cazalas.
| With webb's testimony, the morning
session ended. the court taking recess
at o'clock until o'clock In the ait
| ernoon.
After dinner the hearing was enliv-
ened. II before the testimony was I'M
challenged. and somewhat humdrum at
times, In the afternoon things were
| livelier. Time and again the defense
| endeavored to impeach the testimony
OF the States witnesses
Duncan Case, for instance, one OF the
witnesses, was asked whether or not
he and his father were not engaged
in collecting evidence for the State.
whether or not they did not attempt
| to pay several men to come and tes-
| tify against Cazalas.
o NJ. Crabtree. another State wit
| ness, was revealed his past record,
| which included a term in the peniten-
tiary for larceny. and two subsequent
| conflicts with the law.
1t was also endeavored, by the de
tense. to prove enmity between Crab
tree and the sheriff. to account for his
testifying against Cazalas in the i'm
parchment hearing.
Crabtree 1t was who told that he
saw ellis. the night jailer, on the
morning before the lynching. ellis
said, according to the Witness that
NhOy 10 60Ah8 ~ StAiA8 uR bn6 NEGRO
tonight"
Duncan Case, whose testimony the
defense sought to impeach. told that
| he overheard q conversation between
Charlie Cherry. a former deputy. and
Paul Cazalas, the son of the sheriff,
early on the night OF the lynching.
! According to the witness, Cherry
said to Cazalas: "oid boy. know
every lock and key In the building.
and you can't fool me-"
Cazalas then. according to Case,
asked the other when they would be
Piled
Later. according to Case, a certain
martinez spoke to him. and told that
lynching was imminent.
Story of I.ynehing.
| A graphic story OF the lynching came
from David Holt. reporter for The
Mobile Register. Holt declared that he
mad heard rumors of the occurrence
several times during the night. once
especially in a soft drink establish
ment. into which he had stepped be-
tween the acts OF the show which was
on al the theatre. He had been in
Vited TO attend the party" ne said.
Later, after 1 o'clock, ne saw a hodv
Of men, less than a score in numher
walk across Government street AZ
Royal. They were headed for the ,au
Later, shot. several shots, rang ont
The newspaper man, ne says, put ont
Tor the scene. There was a big crows
in the shadow OF the jail, ne saws Of
every class Of citizens, "except poI,oe-
men," p'i'o0-
and on foot there were several vvor,en
In the throng. he says, for ne heard
their voices.
He did not see the negro taken out
ne said. though he saw him later
hanging in front of Christ's church.
MT. Holt told that he had been in
vited to lynchings before, but on each
occasion OF the former requests 10
attend. lynching had been pulled or
And HE record was not broker tb u
time he said. for the invitation had
been followed by the lynchinR.
He did not go in response to the in
vitation. he told. but as a newspaper
reporter. wv
Major r. T. Erwin preceded Holt on
the stand with his testimony regardins
the statement of a deputy that me
was glad he was not on duty tonight -
the statement made Just before he
lynchinR.
Major Erwin. however told that
things seemed normal before the lynch
ing. with none OF the agitation that
preceded the former occurrences in
Mobile.
A. B. CASTOR was on the stand, Cas-
ton told OF a conversation with Dan
Young, deputy sheriff. Young. ac-
cording to the witness, talked of the
lynching that seemed probable. Mean
while a policeman strolled I'D and list
ened.
Would you shoot anybody IL they
Gamer" asked the policeman, accord
Ing to CASTOR
"oh. we wouldn't kill anybody" said
the deputy. as the witness put ii. FOR
the boss told us to take care Of our
selves"
William Harris. a negro, who had
been with Richard obertson, the
lynched man. six hours during the day
befors the lynchinR. told that about
$50 men came to the cell and look ed
in during that time, to see the negro.
The architecture of the jail, its de.
fensive qualities, and the situation re-
quired OF a man to hold 1t against
mob, was brought out by L. r.
Bentz. the architect who planned the
bastiIe. The strength OF the jail, the
strength OF the locks, were stressed
by the architect. It was shown that
II would have been comparatively
without danger for the jail forces, u
hold the prison against q mob
The court adjourned at 8 o'clock tc
be called this morning at 10 O'Clock. Il
may be that the evidence In the case
will be concluded today.