The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-05
Wotorman Borough Says Me- AIIiSter Is Man Who KiII-
 ed Conductor Grimes
BOYS. FATHER SAYS SON
 SPENT NIGHT WITH HIM
Little Evidence Has Been Produced Other Than Positive Identlflca- ton Made By Motorman.
 Special Guards at Jail.

charge of numbering Conductor J. 2. 1 Grimes who was shot and killed last 1 Tuesday morning about o'clock at the Louisville and Nashville crossing near Thomas on the North Ensley car line l Motorman J. E. Dorrough who was on the car when Grimes was killed states that he Is positive that McAllister is the man with whom he had the desperate struggle on the street car after Grimes had been murdered.
 1 The new development in the murder case proved something of sensation and l the treacherous manner in which Conduc- tor Grimes was murdered was the cause of much discussion when the two young white men were arrested yesterday morning.
 During the day there was some talk of i violence being done to the two prisoners i and while little fear was entertained from this source ten deputies, heavily armed 1 were kept about the county jail through out last night simply as a precautionary measure.
 While both Of the young men now held on the murder charge stoutly deny any knowledge of the killing which they are alleged to have committed, their l statements are conflicting in several points, McAllister states that with the exception of Tuesday night he and Voght l have been together every night for some l time past. Voght stated yesterday that he spent Monday night at Powderly and Me Allister says that he stayed in Birming- ham with his father, who rooms on First avenue. The statements of the two young | ale tof tn otI r>f1f,, kz of minor importance.
 McAlister Talks Freely.
 Accompanying Coroner B. L. Brasher, an Age-Herald reporter called upon both of the young men at the county jail 1 yesterday afternoon with view of secur- ing their statements. Voght was ex- ceedingly reticent, stating that he had i been advised by his attorney to make no statement McAllister, however, an- swered all questions freely
 McAllister stated that with the ex- ception of Tuesday night he has been with his father every night this week up until night before last. Asked what he was ] doing near Vanderbilt yesterday morning the young man stated that he and Voght
 had planned to go to Decatur with voght's brother. who is an employe of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. working with a train crew which was to leave Boyles yesterday morning He said that he and Voght had made bus mess of painting houses for some time and being unable to obtain work here had decided to go to Decatur, Voghts' former home, and seek work there.
 The arrest of Voght and McAllster I to Deputy Sheriff L. ". Vaught by a citizen that two suspicious looking strangers were lounging in the Louisville and Nashville yards at Boyles The 1 two young men were taken in charge by 1 the deputy and brought to Birmingham on an early car. They were first carried to the sherlff's office but were removed to the city jail until a warrant could be sworn out for them.
 Identified By Motorman.
 A short time after the men were taken 1 to the city jail Motorman Dorrough put 1 in his appearance and after taking care ful look at McAllister, and removing the prisoners hat, remarked:
 That's the man that killed my buddy" Dorrough was very positive in his state- | ment.
 | The motorman immediately went to the 1 office of Judge H. B. Abernethy and 1 swore out a warrant for Voght and Me | Allister, charging them with having mur- l dered his partner. Chief Deputy Sheriff | Lucien C. Brown, accompanied by Dep uties vaught and Cowan, then went to the city jail and transferred the two l young men to the county prison. l When Deputy Vaught arrested the two men he found in their possession suit l case containing various kinds of tools, such as wrenches and screw drivers, sev- eral paint brushes and two punches, one l apparently a leather punch, the other being like these used by conductors in punching tickets. The two men had only sl.2O in money between them.
 Finding of the Punches. | The finding of the conductors punch 1 in the possession of the two men was | the source of considerable interest, it be- ing at first supposed that it was the one taken from the pockets of Conductor l Grimes after he was killed. However, the punch was shown to several con ductors and they stated that it was not the kind used by the street car company i employees.
 When questioned McAllister stated that both punches belonged to him. He stated l that he had secured one pair from his 1 father and the other, he stated, he got | from son of Mrs. Wade Mothershed, who was formerly employed on one of the 1 railroads. McAllister states, and his statement is borne out by Mrs. Mother | shed that he boarded with the Mother sheds for about two months and it was during this time that he secured the con ductor's punch from young Mothershed. J. T. McAllister, father of Gordon Me- Allister, rooms and has roomed for five years, according to his statement, at 20261a First avenue. When seen by an Herald reporter last night MT. Me Allister stated that his son had spent the night with him every night this week, with the exception of Tuesday night when he stayed with the Mothersheds at AT North Twenty-fifth street. He states that he and his son slept in the same room on Monday night, when the