The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-27

IN the city.
George Deihomme tss<ined 10 the
"bad" characfre of hts brother, Leon
Deihomms. He said thsrs Il bad blood
was good reason FOR such.
James Ziegier was uped to impeach
the testimony Of Defhonme and Case.
witnesses Of the state W -
John r.. Brown had heard or seen
nothing unusual up TO 4 o'clock on the
evening of the iynchine. the hour
when he vent home from the vicinity
Of the JAN.
Arthur I. NeLsin. bookkseper In
the nefxhborh6od of ths jail. testified
to the same effect.
carried prisoner to the jail about
1880 or ii:Ss o'clock on the night OF
the Iynching,. but heard nothing to In
dicate that . Iynching was impending.
He was on duty that night but did not
talk with Sheriff Caxaiaa He denied
having heard prior to the. iynching
that the negro. was APT to be hung or
iynched."
Policeman, scheuher, whose patrol
extended from Dauphin, to Monroe
streets on Royal. and carried him by
the county Jail about every ten min
ute1 He hear nothing to indacate the
&QVI0ACu VI -
having fad q conversation. with A. B..
CASTOR and Dam Young In which the
witness had intfmated knowledge Of
the lynching. He had heard remarks
Unfortunately that the negro ought
to BE- iynched."
George Heryey.. hotel man. said
there was no suggestion of g. lynch
ing until about 1850 o'clock. when In
the Battle House. q guest asked II any
trouble was impending. He instituted
inquiry through his house detective
who reported at 1880 o'clock that
nothing threatening was In the afr.
Clifford Connors, of whistler. testi-
fed to the excitement and bearing of
arms on the part OF -citizens proceed
ing and during the lynching Of a
negro whom he helped to arrest This
lyncfing took place before that which
Is the subject Of the Impeachment
proceeding.
Bauer, testified. to no rumors or cir
cumstances that would indicate a
lynching to be.
Defenaanf ON stsnd.
Sheriff Cazalas was next. called to
take the stand. and with his Testimony
the defense.s attorneys announced their
case closed. There was tense inter-
est manifested by the audience when
the defendant began his almost inau-
dibIe narrative of the facts and cir
cumstances leading up ytoNthe lynching.
Mr.. cszalas. examined by Attorney
Gregory T.. Smith. said that he had
been connected with the once sf Mo-
two years consecutively. During this
time he served as deputy or TALLER. His
term Of Sheriff. so far. has lasted two
years and bstween three and four
mcnths .ts ~
when Deputy ratch was shot the
news was teIephoned the Sheriff. who
started to meet the deputies who were
in charge OF the negro Robertson. He
was present when the negro was put
In his cell. There were. only small
crowds present at and around the jail
when the imprisonment took place,
crowds no larger than usual There
was no particular excitement notice.
able, the crowd apparently being pres
ent more out Of curiosity than for any
other reason. @M,
Mr.. cazalas showed possibly four or
I'VE parties UP the cell. where the
negro was Imprisoned He had never
heard of suggestions Of q possible
lynching of the negro prior to q con-
versation with former Solicitor J. H.
Webb, in which the latter had told
him of ruinor to that effect. He
did not hear anything or see any
signs indicative OF q iynching. during
all the day he was on duty prior to
the night Of the violence. He went
home, as was his custom. about $3.50
or g. O'clock 49, 49, s--ss = ..-.v ~
The witness said that Mr.. webb had
spoken to him something OF 81 colored
mixed up with the negres Robertson
IN the shooting OF FAtch. that Mr..
Webb INQUIRED about q Zwarrant that
had been issued FOR her arrest He. re-
piled that he did, not have such war
rant. Later MIR webb rang up the
jail once and asked Mr.. CaEalass fur
Their about the woman, in whom he
was. professionally interested, saying
that he did not believe the woman had
really trying to act as peacemaker.
Il told him that / h6d no desire to
arrest her. continued the witness.
'tand that probably would; not exc
cute the warrant against the woman.
He had said that the woman was, in
pregnant condition and that she did
not prompt the negrosto do the shoot
ing."
In. reply to a direct question. MI.
Cazalas denied that he had told Mr..
webb prior to the lynching that there
was going to be q lynchins sure as gun
Is iron" or words to that effect.
The witness said thathis health Is
had that he suffers from a stomach
disorder. and had one time gone to a
resort for the benefit OF. his disease.
He repeated that ne was In the habit
Of going TO his home about $40 or 8
o'clock In. the afternoon. when he left
the city In buggy. ne said that he
ala. not. use aR eTort to put on extra
guards on 'th9 night of the lynching.
not believing there was any necessity
for e.. s,ee SIS
The witness first intimation that a
lynching had taken place was when
his residence phone rang and his wife
answered. Then the message came
that the negro had been lynched. This
was about o'clock in the morning
after the lynching, 80
- Hurled to Seene.
He Immediately had his horse hitch
ed and drove with. his son to the city.
He fastened to ask his deputies who
were on duty iffthey had any chance
10 save, the. negro to which they all
replied in the negative. He said that