The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
SHERIFF HOOD B POSITIVE.
Believes He Has The Slayers of
 Spiegel And Goldstein.
Mccoy, Positively Identifiea ny Wife of The Victims of January Tragedy, Maintains . steiid
 Attitade-Bailey is Ac- cused.

A tale of deliberate murder in the dead of night will be unfoided Mon lay morning when Mack Mccoy and raigned before Justice stephen H. Beasley. to answer the charge of the murder of Leo Spiegel and A. Gold stein last January.
 At the hearing Sheriff Hooj will endeavor to prove by the testimony of his witnesses that these negroes are the slayers of the two men. Mack Mccoy. who was arrested on the Red . Bridge Road by Deputy Sheriffs Mo Cord and Bridges November 21. was positively identified by Mrs. Spiegel al the county jail Friday afternoon as one of the slayers of her husband and Goldstein. Roland Bailey was cap tured in Birmingham December 3, through the successful working of one of Sheriff Hoods detective schemes. The evidence against Bailey. accord ing to the sheriff, Is as conclusive as that against Mccoy.
 Whatever were the actual circum- stances of the crime. whether or not the two negroes eventually will be exonerated, 1t is practically certain ty that they will be bound over to the grand jury without bail at the hear ing before Justice Beasley Monday
 Perhaps no case in the criminal hiss tory of Montgomery ever baffled the city police and the county officers more than the Spiegel- mur- der. Following the crime, more than two scores of negroes were arrested by the police on suspicion. Every one was released through the lack of evil dence to convict Mccoy and Bailey were included in the first crowd of men arrested by the police and both were released after hearings.
 Such was the interest in the case and the intensity of feeling aroused by the killing that Governor Conner offered reward of $200s for the cap- ture of the murierers. Naturally, this spurred the efforts of the police to find the criminals. but all to no avail. and the case gradually dropped from public notice.
 But throughout the eleven months since the murder occurred, Sheriff Hood has worked on the case. When he was sure of his men. he issued a quiet order to Deputy Sheriffs Mo- Cord and Bridges to arrest Mccoy, telling them exactly where he could be found. In order to avoid publicity, thereby possibly thwarting the cap ture of the second negro. Mccoy was cnAr&Su Wltn NaBTAnCy.
 Captain" Mccoy said to Jailer Pet fus the day following his incarcera- tion, what am in jail, for?"
 You know what you are here for. was the answer.
 "Yes," he said. 'r know what they are going to accuse me of"
 when he was marched in the jail office with two other negroes and confronted by Mrs. Spiegel, the negro was indifferent. whether or not thls indicated innocence remains to be proved. However, the prisoner Is not afraid.
 Neither of the arrests happened by chance Sheriff Hood has not ceased to work for the capture of these negroes since the night of January IS, when the murder of Spiegel and Gold stein occurred. If the guilt of the prisoners Is proved. the work of the sheriff and his force of deputies has beenI fruitful. If they are cleared oi guilt, the mystery will be deeper thar ever.