The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-16
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MRS. BELL ElL
FROM RAID SHOCK
Bessemer Woman Is Pros
hated.
SAW OFFICERS SEARCH HOhl
One Result If ihe 0dieus Fullel
Law.
Acted ON IN Ans.yn.s.s letter Belisve,
10 Have Deen written BY =
Business Rayat-Lens
Receives 0se4
Report.
Jaw OFFICERS SEARCH HOME

Birmingham, Nov. lid Especially
Mrs. Joe Bell. the young wife. Of Bssz
semer, who stood by. under distressing
circumstances and saw the ofncers Of
the. law search her home because Of
an anonymous lettefi Is confined to her
bed and under the care OF physicians.
Reports abroad IN Birmingham to-
day that q child had been born to
Mrs. Bell. were. on investigation, found
70 be groundless.i But she Is under
the doctors care and her husband and
relatives are somewhat concerned.
A pathetic feature OF this search Of
the Bell home Ii contained In the
statement that part OF the household
goods. searched by the offfcers, acting
under the law, were the soft and flmy
little dresses slowed away by the
young wife for hopeful use Id the fu-
ture. That these were not actually
upturned and scattered is due to the
forbearace Of the detectives who made
the discharge Of their repugnant duty
as gentle as possible.
And 1t AL come OF an anonymous
letter. In Bessemer 1t is believed
that the anonymous letter was written
by a rival suburban merchant Of young
Bell. The young man but recently
opened . little store adjoining his
home In the suburbs Of Bessemer.
There were older stores In the neigh
borhood. and now It - suspected tnat
some older merchant, resentinG the
coming Of q rival loosed the machinery
Of the Fuller bill. for annoyance.
That Am0nymOus Letter
The letter purported to come from
q woman 1t said, Joe Bell Is selling
fresh meat and whiskey without license.
My husband is drinking IT, and I am
49,. -
But the letter was In the handwriting
OF . man. No one who has seen 1t
: doubts that man wrote It And so
business rivalry Is given credit Tor
one of the most sensational incidents
OF the present campaign.
The incident has illustrated more
pewerfully than words could do the
danger TO liberty and to the home un-
der conditions that now exist In Ala
bama. Back OF the humiliation OF the
young husband, the alarm and the dam
ger of the young wife, was an anony-
NOUS letter to the Mayor Of Bessemer
signed "A Friend" That. and nothing
more. -.
!. made his affidavit and got his search
: warrant. And having complied with
: fhe law the detectyes further COM
{ Piled with the iaw. by making search
Sks the home. under repugnanf condi-
lions. II IL De true as 10 saSPvShoA-'
: that q. business rival tried this plan 20
s "get even" with his man, II shows how
easy such envy and hatred can be FED
( 1t shows how dependent upon rival
or an enemy the peace and welfare
!. OF man may be.
can infamous outrage" Hon. sid
: Y,ey j. Bowie termed 1t in his Hippo-
! tlrome speech. And the City Council
OF Bessemer suspended the Chief iof
police for his error of Judgment
~ Paying Up Poll Taxes.
.sThS arnenders have been told here
20 pay their back poll tax and that
on the last week Of the campaign they
I would get legal authority from Mont
! geometry to vote in the amendment cleo
sfion,. whether they paid the is0s poll
: tax or not before February 1. Do you
Know anything about this? The amend
ers are certainly paying their back poll
tax and are expecting TO vote. You
had better look into this. |"
Such was the report received by
Manager j. Lee Long from leading
citizen of one of the big counties OF
North Alabama. This report affirmed
other reports that headquarters had
received Of a similar nature. from few
other counties There has been some