The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25
Judge CASTOR Says He Will
Complete Introduction of
Testimony in An
other Day
DETAILS ELECTED IN
REGARD TO MONEY
BODEKER BORROWED
Judge Lane Says He would Not
Convict Yellow Dog on Such
Testimony" and Offers Reso-
luton to This Effect,
But Is Outyoted

| si"cice covering everything from Vag-
Fancy to train robbery, and including in
Its range several transactions by which
money was borrowed from diff,. ent per-
sons by Chief of Police Bodeker. and
gambling house yarns and street gossip.
and rumors and reports and hearsay
stories, occupied the business Of the probe
OF the police department yesterday
| The taking of testimony made very
slow progress throughout the day. AS
there are no rules of ordinary court pro-
cedure followed, all kinds of evidence.
suggestions, opinions, imagnations. be-
liefs assumptions. reports hearsays and
details were gone into. Judge CASTOR
stated last night he believed he could con-
clude with the witnesses for Captain Aus
tin in another day. No witnesses for
Chief Bodeker have yet taken the stand
Adjourn Until Tomorrow
The hearing resumed yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock, recessed at 80 o clock until
o'clock and adjourned at O'Clock last
night until o'clock tomorrow morning.
1t had been intended to hold-a night
session last night, but on account of the
slight indispostion of Judge Lane and
the absence of some witnesses it was de-
cided to adjourn about o'clock with w.
z. Starbuck on the stand.
Through misunderstood statement of
witness Tuesday, 1t was reported in yes
terday's Age-Herald that Attorney Prosch
had stated on the witness stand that
Chief Bodeller was with Bob Alexander
when the latter called st Prosch's resi-
for
What Mr. Prosch did say was that he did
not know whether or not Chief Bodeker
was in the car. The evidence brought
out yesterday tended TO prove that CHIEF
Rodeker was not in the car nor near
there.
j. S. Brown, editor of the Searchlight,
was the first witness yesterday Witness
stated that he had seen two notes made
by Chief Bodeker. one u Walter Bennett
and one TO j. D. Evans; that J. D.
Evans he was informed was agent for
the Cook Brewing company; that the
Evans note was for $3.50 and the Bennett
note for $500; that he believed they were
dated 1910 or 1911; that they were given
to him to take photographs of to be used
as weapons in case the city officials pros
ecuted his paper; that he did not know
where they were now; that lie had a
memorandum of the occurrence and the
notes, but that it had disappeared re-
Gently; that Birmingham had the reputa-
ton of being a gambling town; that he
understood w. Corning, Beb Alexander
and Lee Edmundson were the leaders;
that he had never seen Bodeker in con-
versation with these men; that he had
hoe inf cd Oft
gamblers who got into trouble with the
city, and that Alexander looked after the
county, and that Edmundson was sort OF
treasurer of the gamblers union;" that
Oscar Freeman, proprietor OF the Forrest
club, had informed him he was to be ar
rested and sent him TO Chief Bodeker;
that Bodeker told him he had no warrant
for him and told him to see Freeman;
that there was a much smaller police
force here than in other cities that he
never had reported conditions to Chief
Bodeker
George Whitfield Next Witness
George Whitfield, clerk In the probate
court, stated that there was a copy of
a rote filed in the probate court signed
by Chief Bodeker, made payable to the
Merchants and Mechanics bank fer $104.67
and made out against the estate of Fl. w.
Eggler; that another note signed by
Chief Bodeker for $500 was included in the
appraisement or inventory of the estate
of the late Harry Rensford. fled in the
probate court. Chief Bodeker stated that
he did not deny any OF this evidence;
that il was Legitimate transactions and
the witness was dismissed.
Sid Cowan. who was deputy sheriff I'M
der Sheriff E, L. Higdon. stated that he
saw what he believed was robbery of
man named Cock by Dan Odum; that
he reported the matter to Chief Bodeker
at once that shortly after Mr.. Cock
called him over the telephone, told him
to come to police headquarters at once;
that Odum met him on the street and
told him that George had telephoned me
(Odum) to come down as you had made
some kind of a holler against me;' that
Cock identified Odum in Bodeker's office
as the man who had picked his pocket;
that Bodeker refused to arrest Odum I'M
less someone swore out warrant; that
he did not know whether Odum was ar
rested or not: that Cock later came to him