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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
ALL ARE URGED
TO Be PRESENT
or THE THlRTY-slxTH
IOWA INFANTRY TO GATHER
IN cENTERvILLE.


October IL and 13 promise to be
great days for Centerville, where the
surviving members of the Thirty-sixth
Iowa infantry will gather to enjoy
their fourteenth biennial reunion Four
of the companies of the Thirty-sixth
Iowa were made up of Appanoose
county men, four of Wapello county
citizens and two companies were from
Honroe county.
The reunion will provide the vet
erans with opportunities to renew old
acquaintances and talk over the hard
days through which they passed in de-
fense Of the nation. Camp fires will
be held and the program will contain
some well known speakers of the state.
A number Of veterans of the civil
war will attend from Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
NOTED DOCTOR ACCUSED
Appointee Of Milwaukee Mayor, Being
Charged With Statutory offense,
Resions.

Milwaukee. Wis, Sept. IA war.
rant last night was issued for the ar
rest of DR.. William Colby Rucker,
health commissioner Of Milwaukee, on
a complaint charging statutory Of
fense. The complainant is Miss Cath
crime Hasdorf, a domestic employed in
one of the upper Grand avenue homes.
Rucker is we'll known, having been
in the United States public health and
marine hospitals for years.
Rucker was granted q years leave Of
absence from the government service
soon after Mayor Seidel went into Of
flee, the mayor having chosen him for
the head of the Milwaukee health de-
partment, after canyassing the country
thoroughly.
While Rucker says he has no doubt
that he will be vindicated in court,
yet he feels it his duty to resign to
save Mayor Seidel any embarrass-
ment pending settlement of the
charges.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
ROB P0STOFF|CE
At LAKESBURC
scRAcKsMEN GET FEW DOLLARS
BUT WE'RE UNABLE TO OPEN
VAULT CONTAINING STAMPS

Blakesburg, Sept. "A. Especially
Thieves broke into the postofice here
last night and secured between Sc and
81 which had been left In the drawer
by Mrs. Ed G. Barnes, acting postmis-
tress. The cracksmen tried to break
open the large safe in the rear Of the
postoff1ce which continued stamps and
other valuables. They were unsuccess-
full, however The knob was broken
off. but the big door could not be
swung open. There is no identity to
the thieves. 1t Is believed by some OF
the people here thai the work was
done by some crooks who We're fol-
lowing Dog and Pony show which ex-
hibited here yesterday. Postoffice
inspectors are working on the case
but there is no clue. Entrance was
gained to the building by the rear win
dow and the thieves worked with no
DANGER of molestation
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
ROE IS after
AUTO SPEEOERS
DEs MONIES COUNCILMAN WILL
ASK LEGISLATURE TO PASS
LAW.

Des Moines, Sept. Especial. -
Zell Roe, superintendent of the public
safety annoiinced today that he would
90 before the state legislature this
winter for a statewide anti-speed bill.
Roe In a proposed bill will make pro-
vision for a board to issue licenses to
all drivers in the state, q nominal fee
being made to bear the expenses OF
commission will be charged. The
state control Of the automobile drivers
will be given the commonwealth IN
penalties which the commission or it's
agent will be allowed to infiict. Make
the auto law statewide and give the
control of the autoists to the state in
stead OF allowing the city to regulate
the speed as they now do and the
question of speeding will be solved"
said Mr.. Roe. s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
MAY HAVE BIC
DIAMOND R0BbER
MASON CITY POLICE PICK UP
MAN WITH UNCUT GEMS WHO
is WANTED IN WEST.

Mason City. Sept. 14.-(special.) ~
A supposed diamond robber was picked
up here this morning by Sheriff Hol-
den. He gave the name of Charles
Harding but registered at the Wheeler
hotel under different name. The
sheriff of Great Falls, Montana noti-
fed the sheriff here to look out for the
man. After being taken to Jail, he
was searched On his person were
found seventeen unset diamond. One
set diamond, one diamond ring, three
gold watches, two automatic guns,
loaded and skeleton keys. The value
of the diamonds may reach five or six
thousand dollars. According to ad-
vices Harding with others was impli-
Gated in one of the biggest diamond
robberies which ever occurred in
Montana.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15

HOPE TO RAISE THE REMAINDER
or SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM PER
SONS LIVING ALONG THE RIGHT
or WAY-cITY WELL coM8ED.

The last lap of the race is now being
run in the campaign for the $1OO,OO0
needed to secure the interurban road
to Iowa City land while most of the
active committees have dwindled In
numbers to twos and threes, prac-
tically all of the workers are still sub
ject to call in the clean up Of the cam
paign. The people Of Ottumwa have
been pretty we'll canvassed and now
the committees are turning their at
living along the line of the right OF
way. The securing of the right OF way
Is as essential as the cash subscrip-
tions, for without the former the lat
ter will be Of no avail. The struggle
to raise the money in Ottumwa has
been q very hard one, and the little
remaining is being asked of the people
along the line of the proposed route.
II the response met outside OF the city
will be in any measure as generous as
In the city, the success of the line is
assured and all Of the community will
be benefited thereby. Right of Way
Agent T. P Spilman, with some as
sistants, left this morning In the car
of the former for q tour of the country
along the line OF the proposed inter
urban, and it is hoped that they meet
with the success that will assure the
line.
The pickings during the past few
days about the city have been necess 4
sarily small, but the spirits of the
workers are not entirely dampened by
the fact, inasmuch as it has been felt
that toward the end of the campaign
the subscriptions must be smaller than
At the outset. Considerable still re-
mains to be raised If the line is to be
built and it is the hope of the COM
mittees that the succor needed will
come from the people living along the
right OF way to be followed by the line. I
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15

Los Angeles, Sept. 4.-Following a
trip half way across the continent,
Attorney John G. Mills Of KirksvilIe,
Mo-, has secured deposition here
which he believes will clear Mrs. Alma
p. Vaughn and DR.. James r. Hull Of
the charge of murder.
The deposition was secured from Dr..
Frank P. Young. formerly physician
and member OF the legislature from
I-irksville, who has lived in Los
Angeles the past year.
The story is of national interest be-
cause Of the prominence of the people
concerned. Professor John T. Vaughn,
a noted educator, was on the faculty
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
SHERIFF sPoILs JAIL DELIVERY.
Lynchers File Cell Bars Under Cover
Of Noise Made by an
Automobile.

Newark, Ohio. Sept. 14-What is
thought to have been an attempt to
liberate fifty men who are in jail on
charges of participating In the recent
lynching of Carl Etherington, the anti
saloon detective, was frustrated by
Sheriff Slabaugh yesterday Three men
in an automobile halted IN front OF tie
Jail and began tinkering with the ma
chine, cutting out the muffler and run
ming the engine, SO that a terrific noise
resulted. a.s 81. j53! 81
Under cover Of, this noise. the pris-
oners began to file the bars Of the up
per sections. Their actions were dis
covered by the sheriff, who went to
Columbus to notify the state authori-
ties of the affair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
DROWNED MAN FOUND.
Decomposed Body is Located in the
Mississippi River Near
f5gs Clinton sgsJ

Clinton, Sept 14.-(SpeciaD The
badly decomposed body of a man was
found floating in the river near Third
avenue yesterday morning. The
remains show a middle aged man, well
dressed, with black hair and blonde
mustache The remains have evidently
been in the water a week or ten days.
The police believe the body to be that
of Timothy Gavin, aged Sc, who has
made his home in this city for the
ranat thirty .r~Ars
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15

at the State Normal school at Kinks
vile. October IA. 1909, he returned
from church, took small quantity
of medicine he said was quinine and
in a few minutes died in convulsions.
The body was exhumed and less
than one grain Of strychnine found.
Mrs. Vaughn and DR.. Hull, promi-
nent physician of Munroe City. were
indicted.
DR.. Young testified he attended Pro-
fessor Vaughn in 1903 and at that time
permitted him to take strychnine as q
heart stimulant: also that in 1905 Pro
fessor Vaughn asked to be allowed to
increase the dose, which also was
permitted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
WATERLOO sHoRTsToP FINED.
1t Cost William Leard s25 to Soak a
Noisy Fan on the Bleachers
in Game.

Wate loo, Sept. 14.-(SpeciaD -
william Leard. shortstop for the Wa
terloo baseball team assaulted Ben
Bunton at the game yesterday after
noon. This morning Leard pleaded
guilty to assault and battery and was
fined $25 Bunton, who was arrested
for fighting after hearing was re-
leased without q fine. The bleacher
fan had been roasting Leard. but 1t
had not been shown at the trial that
Bunton had made any remarks per-
sOnally to the player.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
TRUE BILLS FOR
The BRICK TRUST
INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED
AGAINST FOUR MEN AND
THREE COMPANIES

Chicago, Sept. 14.-The so-caIled
brick trust was indicted by the fed
eral grand Jury today, charged with
violation Of the Sherman antitrust
law. Four individuals and three COM
panies are named
D. v. burlington, president Of the
Purington Co., Galesburg, Ill.
C. S. Barr, president Of the Barr
Co., Reading, III.
H. S. Renkert, secretary Of the
Metropolitan Co., Canton, Ohio.
William F. Brennan Of Chicago,
sales agent for the three companies
represented by the foregoing indivi-
duals, also. was indicted. Bench war
rants were issued against the accused.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Murder Trial Continued.

Mason City, Sept Il Especial )-
The preliminary hearing OF Jack
Ehearer, charged with the murder of
Henry Lucas was continued until a
later date. Attorney for Shearer de-
manded that the "man of mystery"
who is said to be an eye witness of
the affair to appear at the hearing.
The subpoena was granted and his
name given as Harry Parsons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Thirty-flfth Iowa Meets.

The fourteenth biennial reunion of
the Thirty-fifth Iowa regiment is be-
ing held in this city today. Many sur
vivors of the regiment are in attend
ance. The feature of the gathering
will be the camp fire this evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
PoiNDExTER NOMINATED FOR
SENATE BY 1000 AND CONGRESS
sloNAL CANDIDATES WIN, roo;
OTHER ELECTION NEWS.
Two STATES HAVE
ADOPTED PA 7FORMSs
CONNECTICUT AND MISSOURI RE
Pu7LicANs ENDORSE TAFT AD-
MINIsTRATloh; FOLK GETS EN-
DoRsEMENT.

Seattle. Wash, Sept. 14-In the
insurgent storm that swept the state
OF Washington yesterday the old
guard Of the republican party lost
everything. Miles Poindexter Of Spo-
kane. the insurgent leader In the pres-
ent house to defeat whom President
Taft and his close advisers lent their
advice to the regular republicans,
was nominated for United States SEN
ator by 10000 plurality, carrying
every county in the state. Two and
probably three insurgents were nomi-
mated for congress. One Of these is
William D. LaFollette of Pullman,
cousin Of the Wisconsin senator
TWO Missouri Platforms.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 14.-The
platforms of the democratic and repub.
lican parties in Missouri were COM
pleted here today. In the democratic
platform, Joseph w. Folk, former gov
ernor, is endorsed for president In
1912. The platform denounces stha
Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Criminals
prosecution Of trusts is. urged TheS
Taft administration Ii endorsed III the
repub blican platform, which favoxs ros
ducing the tariff on necessities anu In.
creasing it on llIxuriee.
Stokes Defeats Murphy.
Trenton. N. j., Sept 14.-The re-
turns Of yesterdays primaries In New
Jersey indicate that former Governor
Stokes defeated former Governor MUIR
ply for the republican endorsement
for senator.
Woodrow Wilson, president OK
Princeton university, probably will be
the democratic choice for governor
and Vivian M. Lewis the republican
candidate.
Tho Connecticut Platform.
Hartford, Conn, Sept. 14.The re-
publican state convention today
adopted a platform, one plank pro-
nouncing Taft the great and good
president who has given the "coun-
try law abiding, law enforcing ad-s
ministration, and that "the repub-
lican congress has made q record for
constructive work OF abiding value
that will be Landmark In our legis-
lative history
The Maine Fassult.
"a FOEtIdHus M0., Sept. 1f.--NOIupI0IOs
returns for the vote Of senators and
representatives in the state election
yesterday gave the democrats sub
stantial majority in. both branches OF
the Maine Legislature, which will elect
a United States senator to succeed
Eugene Hale, secretary Of state, q
state treasurer, an attorney general
and commissioner Of agriculture.
Practically complete returns on the
vote for governor gave Frederick W.
Plaisted, democrat, .7s, GA and Gov
ernor Bert M. Fernald. republican. 81
912. The plurality for. Plaisted is S.731.
Doubt still exists regarding the re-
suit in the fourth district. Congress-
man Frank 3. Guernsey. republican,
and George M. Hanson, each claiming
the victory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
CHARGED WITH BRUTAL ACT.
Four Sailors Arrested In New York
for Assault on Non-union Man
In Buffalo.

\ New York, Sept. .14.-Four sailors
from the great lakes. Joseph Meyers.
Robert Cochrane, Henry Moran and
Michael Kane, we're arrested in q sail
ors' boarding house here last night,
charged with brutal assault upon
Edward Fraser, q non-union sailor, In
Buffalo, last June. The men. Il Is said.
drugged Fraser, robbed him Of his
wages and then cut OF his right ear,
which was sent to H. Coulby, presi-
dent Of the Pittsburg Steamship COM
pany at Cleveland, accompanied by
letter threatening his life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
DIES OF AUTO INJURIES
Mrs. J. L.. Purinton, Who Was Run
Down by insurance Man At Des
Moines. Dead.

Des Moines Sept, ;14.-( Special ~
Mrs. J. l.. Purinton died this morning
at the Methodist hospital from injuries
received when she was struck Monday
by an automobile driven by c.. B.
Wright, well known insurance adj
juster of this city, Mrs. Purinton was
80 years of age and is survived by her
husband and two children. According
to the police the case will be actively
pushed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
EXPLOSION KILLS MAN.
Chief Engineer Of Mason City Packing
Plant 10 Victim Of Sudden
nAaxh

Mason City, Sept. 13.-(Special -
BY an explosion OF the ammonia plant
at the Decker Packing plant at 10
o'clock this morning, William Belk,
chief engineer Of the plant was in
stantly killed and two others seriously
injured. The names of the two injured
are C. B. Locke, an electrician and
Oscar Bradley, q loborer
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Took poison BY Mistake.

Mitchellville, Sepet 14-(Spec-
ial. Ut. F. Barnes, an aged man, took
dose Of carbolic acid yesterday mis-
taking it for medicine and died from
the effects of it soon afterward, al
though every effort was made by ply
sicians to save his. life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Matron Of Blind Married.

Waterloo, Sept H. Especial ~
Miss Elizabeth Eastman, for twaivc
years, matron at the college for the
blind, was married today to H. s..
Rowe. q well known resident Of Grand
junction, Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
creston Woman Injured.

Creston, Sept. 14-(Special. ~ Mrs.
Peter Frederick was struck by a
switch engine while crossing the
tracks in the Burlington yards yester-
day and sustained serious injuries.
One shoulder was dislocated and it is
feared that she is internally injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
800 Miners Haze
Maroon, Escape in
Nine Explosion n
= *4+**4+4*+*+++++4a

Linton. Ill, Sept. 14.-One
dead, one fatally injured and
five seriously hurt in the Van
valia mine is the result of an
explosion of gas caused by a
miners defective lamp. The
usual force Of 300 men en-
ployed in the mine had been
changed to another section this
morning before the accident
occurred.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Rail Head Quits His Post.

Boston, Sept. 14.-Lucius Tuttle has
resigned the presidency Of the Boston
&Maine railroad. Charles S. Mellen,
president of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, last night
was appointed acting president of the
Boston e Maine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Walsh Estate shrinks.

Denver. Colo, Sept. 14.-The estate
of the late Thomas F. Walsh, which
had been approximated as high as
800 100000, is worth only $500, 900.
according to an inventory fled here.
OF this valuation $3,O0OOOO is in Colo
RADIO pronerty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15

SSA'iey yVosSI0Ayy au0 ~ suS ESasuS
time said he was to take hand
In drafting the republican state
platform.
New York, Sept. 14.-The primaries
held in New York City yesterday
show that the relative positions of
Theodore Roosevelt and the old guard,
who are fighting for the control Of tie
coming republican state convention,
are practically unchanged Roosevelt
will have the support Of practically
the entire delegation from New York
county, numbering 19C, while his op-
ponents claim 109 of the 142 delegates
from Kings, twenty-four in Queens
and eight in Richmond counties.
Both Sides Claim Delegation.
Although State Chairman Woodruff
says the returns indicate that num-
Der of the New York county dele
gates will support Vice President
Sherman, the Roosevelt forces, head
ed by County Chairman Lloyd G. Girls
com, claim the delegation will support
the colonel almost to O. man for
temporary chairman Of the state con,
,ventiop. as "A ss
State Committeeman Vim. Barnes,
IN, Of Albany. who has been Co -opeT-
ating with Woodruff, issued a state
ment characterizing Roosevelt as the
most dangerous foe to the world of
business and labor in the United
States.
Barnes said further IF. Roosevelt
is temporary chairman and II the con
vention adopts the report of radical
committee on resolutions, New York
will place herself alongside Of KaIsas
and Iowa, and the conservative ele-
ment of the republican party, which
for years has been it's backbone will
be invited to the rear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
snrlnufield Has 51.67a.

washington, d. c., Sept. H. The
population of Springfield, ILL.,. is 51,67S,
an increase of 1852, or 51.3 per cent
as compared with 1900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
THO Years in Pen
For Man Convicted
Of SugarFra

New York. Sept. 14.-Ernest
w. Gerbracht, former superin-
tendent of the Williamsburg
Refining Co., convicted last
spring Of conspiracy to defraud
the government by underweigh-
ing sugar, was today sentenced
to two years Id the penitentiary,
and fined $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
LAD CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Ray Stewart, Aged 1s, Loses Life u
Accident at Des Moines
Brick Works.

Des Moines, Sept. IA Especial. ~
Ray Stewart, a lad Of 1S years was
crushed to death in the machinery
room at the Flint Brick Co. this morn
ing. No one saw the accident and 1t
is not known how 1t occurred. His body
was horribly mangied. The boy lived
in Highland park.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
TRAGEDY IN WISCONSIN.
Farm Hand Kills Woman and Then
Suicides; Cause Is
unknoNr1 49,

Oshkosh, Wis. Sept, 14.-Mrs.
Louisa Edwards, wife Of Ira Edwards,
who conducts a farm at Black Wolf
Point, was murdered in the kitchen Of
her home late yesterday afternoon by
George Kuenzel sefarm hand, who
afterwards killed Himself The cause
Of the tragedy is not known.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Cleminson Gipen
a Lite S e ntence
For Wife Murder
t+*+s**4+++++4444 + -

Chicago, Sept. IA motion
for the arrest Of judgment in
the case Of DR.. Cleminson, con-
victed OF numbering his wife a
year ago, was denied by Judge
McSurley today and the pris-
oner was formally sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
Zeppelin Airship Blown Up.

Baden Baden, Sept. 1.-THE German
dirigible balloon Zeppelin vi was to-
day blown up by the explosion of a
motor. Three Of the airship's crew
were seriously injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15

creston Attorney Still Unconscious.
Creston, Sept. 14.-(Special. NJ
County Attorney Armitage who was
brought home, from Denver. Col, nine
weeks ago unconscious. has never
gained consciousness. 1t is said that
he lis almost a skeleton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
BURGLARY AT LEIGHTON.
Robbers Blow Safe Of General Store
With Explosives and
Secure $50. 5

Leighton, Sept -(SpeciaD -
Burglars forced an entrance into the
G. v. Stugg & Tryseling general store
this morning. BY the use of explo-
sives and iron bars they wrecked the
big iron safe which contained $50 in
cash and $25 in check.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-15
CLAIMS MADE BY
BOTH FACTIONS
PRIMARIES in NEW YORK STATE
SHOW ROOSEVELT FIGHT is
UNCHANGED.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 14.-col.
Roosevelt expressed satisfaction
today over his victory In the re-
publican primaries In New York
county yesterday, and at the same
time said he was to take q hand
IN drafting the republican state
platform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-31
WALSH HEARING
Is POSTPONED
Man Is Charged BY Former Policeman
bud Byars With killing officer
VIM. Smith Two Years Ago

The hearing of Ed Walsh, who was ar
rested Tuesday evening charged with the
murder of Officer William Smith two
years ago, was postponed yesterday in
police court until today. Walsh was ar
rested on the advice of Bud Byars, who
was an officer and the partner of Po-
lceman Smith at the time he was killed,
Byars met Walsh Tuesday evening on
Twenty-first street and says that he in
stantly recognized him as The man who
killed Smith on the night of March II
1908 Byars called the police and De-
tectives Murphy and Williams placed
Walsh under arrest and charged him with
murder
Walsh maintains that he is innocent of
the crime he is charged with and can
prove it. He is a roofer employed by
the Birmingham Supply company He
says that he has a mother who is dying
In New Orleans
The killing of Smith happened two years
ago when he asked man who had
just passed him at l o'clock in the morn
Ing If he was not out pretty late. The
man wheeled and shot Smith dead it is
claimed, and then made his escape Byars
was working with Smith and was shot in
ythe knee Byars was charged with the
crime OF killing his partner but was ac-
quilted by the coroner'S jury.