The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-29

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 them the stationery; that he told he
 she was not compelled to give it; it wal
 on the next day that he went back anf
 searched the shop in the yard, and or
 neither occasion did he have searcl ] warrant
 Who Paid Expenses
 The witness was asked several ques. tions as to how his expenses at the tria
 were to tbe paid. to which he replied that l if his house did not dock him for the l time lost, the house would pay him; Ii i they did deduct pay for the time lost
 then the understanding was that the Louisville and Nashville would repay him,
 Attorney Von L. Thompson, member of the firm of Thomposn x Thompson, was next called. He testified to receiving two letters signed William Majors and identified them. He told of turning one of them over to Postoffice Inspector Diltz. He could not say that that vas the name, but was reasonably sure that it was. MT. Thompson said that he did not know Majors, and did not remember seeing him at the former trial.
 E. L. Higdon, Jr., was the next Wit ness called to the stand by the state. lie was a deputy sheriff at the time of the arrest Of Nabors in August, 1909. No ll4Ol1tAitHiG NSIc OiltIGu lo eiiD RAAS~ to make him make any statement he said. Majors had asked why he was arrested, and was told that he would be informed when they got out of the crowd. The prisoner said, II am as innocent or that or any other charge as a new born bape' said the witness.
 Higdon identified some keys taken from the person of the prisoner at the jail, ana said the prisoners clothes box was taken F.1,, hi acrffa md l,rOs1 it had a switch lock on it, and one Of Che keys found on the defendant un- locked it.
 Witness saw the box opened and some articles taken from it. Among them was time book and a letter, which the w.t. hess identified.
 At this point Shipp was recalled to clear up certain points in his testimony when were not understood by the prosecution He stated that he made two trips to Nabors' house on the first day and one on the second, when he searched defendant premises in Decatur.
 Ashworth on Stand
 It was at this point that James Ash worth, master mechanic of the Louisville an6 Nashville, was introduced, and told Of the trouble or misunderstanding De- tween himself and the defendant.
 Tt is the custom of the company to give those engineers and firemen who have been longest in the service Of the company choice of runs" he said. "This is true, regardless of whether the employe is white or black. A ne- gro had two years seniority over Ma bors, and wanted Majors run, which was from Decatur to Montgomery. I was forced to give the run to the ne- gro on account of the agreement be- tween the company and its employees. Majors made threats against me and offered his resignation, which l tried to induce him not to do. l-ater Majors wrote me a letter containing an apol- ogy for his language and asking to be reinstated. Shortly afterward he was given his old run, which he kept until his arrest"
 A letter was given the witness and he was asked whether. to the best of his opinion, it was in the handwriting of Majors. Witness had already stated that he knew Majors writing from correspondence with him in the regular course of business.
 Strenuous objection was made by the defense and lengthy argument was entered into Judge Weaver ruled for the prosecution and the defense noted an exception. The letter was one of those received by Superintendent Brooks, dated February 21, 1909, and signed "A. R." Witness said that he was confident that the writing was that of the defendant, Majors.
 Another letter addressed to Super intendent Brooks, signed "A. ". P" was stated by witness to be to the best of his Knowledge in the handwriting of the defendant.
 MT. Ashworth was followed on the stand by Detective Ped Porter, with. whose testimony the days proceedings were brought to a close.