The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
Stenographic Report of the Proceedings Will Be For
 warded to O'Neal
MANY WITNESSES
 HEARD YESTERDAY
Principals in the Hearing All Testify That They Think the Alamo Stock Is Good In-
 vestment

l The investigation initiated by Governor
 0Neal for the purpose of inquiring into i rumors connecting four prominent off 1 cials with an alleged effort to influence rrts pective saloon operators to purchase
 the capital stock of the Alamo Gas and 1 Oil company came to it's conclusion yes i terday afternoon.
 1 The vast amount of evidence sworn to
 by witnesses willsbe forwarded by Official
 stenographer Jack stallinss to the gov l ernor and it is understood that R. B. Evins, his legal adviser, who presided l over the investigation. will render the chef executive an official opinion. Neither
 lr Evins nor Attorney General Brickell.
 who assisted him, made a statement for | publication.
 Following the conclusion of the testi- mony, hands were shaken all around. Col, P. G. Bowman, back tax commission CT of Jefferson county; James G.. Oakley, president of the convict board; Leon Me Cord associate railroad commissioner,
 and Dr. E. T. Fields, physician to state mines, whom the governor named as the subjects of the investigation, were thor oughly satisfied with the result and the rulings of the presiding officers. Messrs. rSins. Brickeil, Oakley, McCord, Harold, Letcher and others connected with the in- vestigation, returned to Montgomery yes l terday afternoon
 Weatherly's Name Mentioned | The investigation was carried through o1t two days. None of the testimony | Thursday tended to establish a basis m | truth for thesrumors under investigation. 1 The testimony yesterday was on prac- 1 tical parity with that of the day before. | Dr. Fields, while on the witness stand, stated that he might have suggested to prospective saloon proprietors that tho purchase of Alamo stock would aid them in their efforts to acquire license, but
 he swore that no agreement had been formed for the purpose of circulating this
 suggestion. During his testimony he was preparing to refer to "an impression" but this thought was not permitted to be ! concluded.
 1 Interesting testimony yesterday was that of pr. Seay, who was not permitted | so testify concerning a conversation al- l legged by him to have occurred in Mont- l goI4ery between Col, P. G. Bowman and l James Weatherly, one of the city commits l sioners.l The ruling of the presiding off
 oer in this regard was strenuously op posed by Colonel Bowman and Attorney | Letcher, both of whom argued that the white light of publicity should be turned |
 cne whom it would.
 | But this furry, occurring in the early hours or the day, was no index to the 1 routine testimony which was destined to 1 follow Each of the principals took the stand and gave calm and deliberate state- ments
 Everybody Clears Oakley l The one feature which was brought out
 more prominently than any other was that | James C. Oakley was not in the remotest
 sense connected with any sale of Alamo | Gas stock Colonel Bowman swore that | Mir oakley had nothing in the world to | do with the sales of the company, and
 Leon McCord swore that oakley was
 never in Birmingham while the sales were
 occurring
 | MT. Oakley in his own behalf said from | the witness stand
 q am not an official a director in
 the Alamo Gas and oil company. l neve: 1 solicited anyone to take stock in the com l pany. | have never had a conversation with any excise commissioner in the state | of Alabama in reference to applicants for lsaloon license In reference to the con- | l tion with any applicant for saloon license CT holder of saloon license. In my pres discussed.
 | "I know of my own knowledge that
 rooms 2l5 and PIG of the Morris hotel were