The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
LISTERS ON
 ON TRIAL Charged With Robbing Hardaway Young. THEY DENY USE OF FORCE Claimed That Young Deceived
 Lester. Lester Said He Bought stock In Youngs 1; Company Aad It Looked As Though Me Would Lose
 His Money.

Mobile, Feb, s--(Special)--The case uf Fleetwood Lester and his wife charged with robbery. which went 10 trial today before one of the largest crowds attending a trial in Mobile. was given a touch of sensation when the prosecution attorneys this afternoon made additional affidavits against the defendants charging them with kip mapping Hardaway Young. whom they are alleged to have held at the point Iof a pistol and forced an order for $b,- Is25 from him. The case consumed all day in hearing and tonight at 6:1O o'clock after all testimony was in. the arguments were postponed until Tues day, Monday being set aside as one of the attorneys has previous case for that day.
 l Mir. and Mrs Lester were both on the stand this afternoon and both de- nied emphatically that MT Lester had used any pistol to force Young to sign the order, but further than this practically no new. testimony was brought out except affairs of the south ern Supply ComparH which tended to show that the defendant feared his money in the company was in danger and he had tried to get 1t out but failed. He also testified that he bought the stock at the earnest solicitation of
 
 faithfully to buy back the stock at any time Lester wanted to, sell and at the same price as Lester had paid for it. Lester claimed that he had several times tried to make Young take back the stock at the original purchase price and reminded him of his promise, but Young told him he would like to sell himself.
 About twenty-five witnesses were iA~xn AAA 1.~~A lee Aka. n1o Ny which lasted until 6:10 this afternoon, when on solicitation of the prosecu- tion attorneys strenuously objected to by the defense, the court adjourned over until next Tuesday when the argu- ments will be heard.
 The. complainant in the case Harda-
 way Young, Is president of the South
 ern Hardware and Supply Company oi which firm Lester was @ member and to have been taken from Young wal $5.6z5. secured at the point of pis-
 tol.
 A great crowd witnessed the trial
 Many witnesses testified to the good character of the defendants. Young's testimony was dramatic. es- peciaIiy that pertaining to the mannel of procedure of Lester in securina
 drafts from Him at Lester's home al
 the point of a gun, he being held there } while the wife came down town an6 2 secured the moneys
 } Continuing his testimony Young sait a Issaters was an exceptional saIesmar
 until he began drinking. While Mrs Lester was gone after the money Les ter cursed him and told him if he re.
 peated what had occurred at the house
 he would kill witness.
 Several witnesses testified to. tho good character of the Lesters here
 and elsewhere. one witness saying
 however, he knew Lester drank, a.
 almost every man does"
 H. F. Cooper, assistant treasurer ot
 the Southern Hardware and Suppl, Company. testified that Mrs. Lester
 had telephoned for Young to come tt
 the house as she wanted to see hin , about disposing<of the shares in tn, f business.