The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
E. T. Stanfield of East Lake
Arrested Last Night by
Detective Taylor
BOND is SET AT $1,000,
WHICH IS NOT MADE
Prisoner. Who Is a Carpenter, De-
clares He Knows of no Reason for
Arrest-Bodeker Gives De-
tails Leading Up to Arrest

f T. stanfield. who resides at S22o Sloss
svenue East Lake. was arrested last
night bv Detective F. l.. Taylor of the
Woodlawn precinct police station and
placed in the city Jail. He was charged
on the docket with placing dynamite on
street car tracks His bond was set at
5000 which he had not made at an early
hour this morning.
stanfield is charged with a dynamite
outrage that has never been publicly re-
ported. 1t was stated at police headauar-
ters that Stanfie1d was not arrested until
he had been positively identified by two
witnesses, whose names the police Will
not make public at this time
A warrant will probably be sworn out
for Stanfield this morning and he will
be removed to the county jail unless he
makes bond to await his preliminary
trial
At 10 O'Clock last night Chief Bodeker
issued the following statement in regard
to the arrest:
1.-The arrest of E. T. Stanfield does not
come as a surprise to the police depart
ment as it has been expected for the
SANSN.
that white man had been seen placing
two sticks of dynamite on the East Lake
loop, a short distance from East Lake
park. In some way the first car passing
removedo it from the tracks with
out causing an explosion, which is ex-
plainable by the fact that the sticks were
not tied to the tracks. few moments
later, witnesses state the same man came
back and again placed the dynamite on
the tracks, this time making them secure
against rolling off. The man then es-
capped and an East Lake car coming along
was tagged just in time to prevent 1t
striking the dangerous explosive.
at the time this matter was reported
to me I detailed Detective e. l.. Taylor
of the Woodlawn precinct police station
.on the case. Taylor with two witnesses,
has been searching Woodlawn and East
Lake for nearly a week trying to identity
the dynamiter. Two days ago he was
identified and then Detective Taylor
worked to get the necessary evidence
to connect him with the East Lake mat
ter. This was done and at o'clock to-
night Detective Taylor, under my diree-
tion, and after the two witnesses mad
positively identified him as e. H. Stanfield
of S220 Sloss avenue. East Lake, was
is placed under arrest.
"A warrant will be sworn out In the
morning and Stanfield will be removed to
the county Jail. L cannot make public at
this time the names of our witnesses and
can only state that we believe that we
have enough evidence to arrest this man
Stanfield.''
Stanfeld at the city Jail last night said
II know nothing of the charges against
me- / was at home at o'clock with my
wife and children when l was arrested by
a detective whom I'd never seen before in
my life.
Il am carpenter and belong to the
union although | did not participate In
the last strike, owing to the fact that we
were not called out at East Lake. / be-
lieve that [ have always borne a good
reputation and cannot understand why l
should be arrested and taken away from
nv family on this vague charge of plae-
ing dynamite on car tracks. | am sure
that my innocence in this affair will soon
be apparent and my release from prison
will follow"
There is at present standing reward
of $1,000 offered for the arrest and con-
yiction of any person or persons placing
or causing to be placed dynamite or any
other explosive on the street car tracks
of the Birmingham Railway, Light ana
Power company. This reward was Oh
fered last week by Culpepper Exum,
president of the city commissioners