The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-05
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REINSTATEMENT ASKED
BY L. & N. ATTORNEYS
Seven Members of Shreve Family Are
Indicted In Connection With jew
eIry Fraud-Onicers' school at
Pickett Springs
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD

Montgomery, July 4-tSpecial)-
Judge TIL omas G. Jones of the United
States court today continued the appli-
cation of the Louisville and Nashville
and other railroads for a reinstatement
of the injunction against the state
freight and passenger acts to the first
Monday in October, to be heard In this
city. 1t did not seem proper to the
Judge to hear this case now, "or any
time prior to August Is, 1910, after
which time a Judge of district court
sitting alone has no power to reinstate
preliminary Injunction"
The provision of the order is that IL
will be heard on the day mentioned
unless some Justice of the supreme
court or a circuit Judge fix an earlier
date for a hearing, and that complain
ant has leave at any time after the
18th of August, 1910, to apply to any
justice Of the supreme court or any
circuit judge to hear the motion Tor
the restraining order it being provid-
ed that five days notice of the hearing
be given the governor and the attorney
general of Alabama.
fore Judge Jones today Attorney Cen
eral CARRIER, S. d. Weakley and II. {.
Selheimer represented the state. The
railroads were represented by S. j.
Bowie. George w. Jones and J. Manley
Foster of the Louisville and Lashville
road. 1t being shown to the court that
with the work of taking testimony in
the rate case hearings at louisville and
Savannah, 1t would take two months or
more to get at any sort of a showing
of the merits of the acts as regards
revenue, 1t was agreed to run over to
that time.
This cause coming on to be heard
on motion of counsel for the reinstate-
ment of the preliminary injunction
heretofore issued In this cause, and for
temporary restraining order mean
while, and the court having fully
heard counsel for complainant and re-
snondents, respectively and fully un-
Outstanding the matter, 1t seems to the
court that in the present status of the
testimony, it would not be proper to
hear said motion now, or at any time
prior to the 18th of August. 1910, aft
| err which date judge of the district
court sitting alone has no power to re-
| instate a preliminary injunction, it is
| ordered and decreed that the hearing
| of the motion to reinstate the prelim-
mary Injunction be continued until the
| first Monday in October. 1910: and Their
to be heard at the city of Montgomery,
| Ala, unless some justice of the su-
| preme court or a circuit judge of this
| circuit fixes an earlier date for the
hearing of the motion for the REIN
| sta tement of the preliminary injunction,
and that complainant has leave at any
time after the 18th of August, 1910, to
apply to any justice of the supreme
court or any circuit judge to hear the
motion for the restraining order, pro-
vided that five days notice of the ap-
plication and when and where 1t will
be heard be given the governor of Ala
bama, and the attorney general of the
state; and said motion for res trainins
order is continued to such date as may
hereafter be fixed by a justice of the
supreme court, or a circuit Judge of this
circuit or by the Judge of the district
This July 4th 1910"
Shreves Indicted
Seven members of the Shreve family
by the name of George, Jesse, Reuben, A
c.. ]. E., D. K, and H. c.. of Andalusia
and Montgomery. Luther johnson, A. F.
Mickler and Sam Coplan of Andalusia
were today held under indictments from
the federal court, charging that they
conspired to spirit away, in anticipation
of bankruptcy proceedings, $4,000 worth
of jewelry from the City Jcwelry COM
pany of this city, and did take 1t away
before the referee in bankruptcy could
become possessed of the goods under the
bankruptcy order of the court.
1t is charged that Roland Cline man
In the confidence of the Shreves, went
about gathering up trunks and grips
which he used in removing the goods and
later getting back to Andalusia, where,
through the medium of the Trade Supply
company, organized, 1t is charged, as
dumping ground for the bankrupt goods,
they were put on the market. 1t is shown
that a complete code of signals were
made up and that these were used to keep
the various members of the alleged con-
spiracy posted as to the movements of
each other and the officers.