The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25

came of the money; that he had reason
| TO believe Judge Lane and possibly Chief
Bo1eker had been impos a upon by men
| who were under them: that he was APP
/ posed to graft and that on that account
he had been prosecuted: that gambling
| had been stopped by Judge Forts charge
and by the work of the grand jury; that
| Eagan was less alert waen chief than
when IN charge of the gambling squad ;
| that after Hester Garner filed charges
against the police officer and Garner as
result was indicted for perjury, he MO
ragne) asked him for names of police
force members who We're getting graft
| money; that charges had never been pre-
| ferred against him (Moragne) until he
| had offended Captain Eagan by refusing
to open his door. although they had
known of his business for many years
that one of the police grafters had been
on gambling work IL or Is months AMI
/ that another about 10 or II months: that
| he believed gamblers paid to policeman
| as graft from 5000 to 500 a week or about
! $4,000 a year; that he would feel uneasy
| to play poker now, but would not have
| until recently: that he knew much more
| than he would tell.
An affidavit was introduced made by
| c. d. Baldauf that there was gambling
syndicate, members of which We're pro-
| tected and the syndicate was composed
of Bob Alexander, Frank Simon and w.
Caruny; that gamblers had street steer
ers" to bring in the sheep"
Captain White took witness who
stated street steerers" did not dress
different or act different from any
other person, except to Subjects" that
he did not believe either Captain John
| ston or Captain Egan was paid graft:
| that 1T was possible the chief of police
did not know of conditions; that town
| is closed tighter now than ever in it's
history and that the town could be kept
that way If authorities desired; that
policemen stated Saturday night they
wanted to arrest Hester Garner ito put
one over on Virgins crowd"
Did Not Know of Loans
Mrs. Z. J. Barfeld took the stand and
was questioned by Judge CASTOR. Wit
ness stated she never loaned money to
Bodeker; that she had money in the
bank; that Mr. Lathem loaned money
| to Bodeker; that she was informed two
notes were not paid that she told at
| torney to get them; that she and Mr..
Alexander and some girls and "A man
whom she refused to name started out
| riding and called Prosch to tell him she
wanted the notes; that Alexander went
| into Proschs house after notes; that
she did not know Bodeker had got
money until notes fell due; that Bodeker
paid 7 per cent interest; that Mr.
| Lathem loaned her money to Mr. Bod
eker; that Bodeker- called her and said
| he was called away on sickness ana
wanted to take up notes; that she
stopped on corner; that Mr. Bodeker
was not "the other man" in the car;
that Bodeker called her by phone in
automobile house; that Mr.. Prosch did
not telephone her about notes.
VIII T. Lathem on Stand
! VIII T. Lathem was called. Witness
stated he had loaned in neighborhood
| of $1,000 to Bodeker when he (Lathem)
| was in Peoples bank that Bodeker
came for money and that he intended
| to get 1t for him from a relative of his
that Bodeker did not know who he was
getting money from until he signed
notes; that was in 1907; that the notes
were payable 500 per month; that he
believed that Mrs. Barfield knew Bod
eker was getting money; that he believed
notes We're given to Mrs. Barfield that
diamonds and household furniture were
given as collateral; that it was about
the time Bodeker completed his new
home in Norwood.
Captain White took the witness Wit
ness stated he did not know that dia-
monds or notes were given to Mrs. Bar
field; that Bodeker paid per cent in
terest on notes; that Mrs. Barfeld had
lots of money to loan at his bank; that
Mrs. Barfeld cannot read or write that
he believed he told Mrs. Bartield of the
loan; that nobody had ever come to the
bank to look at notes.
b. c. Cornett took the witness chair
and testified in regard to alleged UNI
savory neighbors.
Williamson Next Witness
T. L. Williamson took the stand. Wit
ness stated he was night warden at city
jail that there were four blind tigers
in that immediate neighborhood; that
TRUSTEES bought liquor and gave it to
| lxaf
wheels out in front of tigers" that he
had not complained to Chief Bodeker;
that he had police authority himself
Walter Metcalf Called
Walter Metcalf took the stand. Wit
ness stated on invitation of Mr.. Sugg.
Mr.. Sigh and John Wren he attended
a Dutch supper where liquor was
served; that later the woman who
served supper was arrested; that gam
bling was closed now in Birmingham;
that sheriffs force was not vigorous
after gamblers because they could not
get any convictions.
Captain White took witness. who
stated he had not told Bodeker OF
Dutch supper that there was no UNI
derstanding that sheriff's force had
turned gambling conditions over to
police; that it was Just as hard for
policeman to get conviction as for
deputy sheriff.
]. H. Kimbrough Testifies
J. H. Kimbrough was next witness,
and stated that he knew of gambling
place above Norton's drug store; one
in the Florence hotel and one in the
Palace hotel. Gaiety hotel, Mecca hotel.
Beavers home, Peerless corner, on
Twentieth street between Third and
Fourth avenues; that he was IS years
old; that he had never seen q gambling
house ratded; that l. Horton told him
police were paid off so they would not
raid gambling houses that gambling
houses kept street ''steerers' to bring in
friends; that he worked in Traders
National bank two months when he
first came to Birmingham; that he had
been before grand jury that he had
never told Chief Bodeker; that he is
now employed by C. w. Austin; that
he had been working up evidence
against Bodeker; that he did not know
how much he was getting for it; that
he did not remember names of any
people he had seen to get evidence; that
he went to these gambling places with
various boys and men, many of whom
them on the street corners and about
| town.
| Mr. Cowan here presented a list of
| knew.
Judge CASTOR stated evidence from
now on would be largely accumulative
| and that it would take about one more
( day to present remaider of his wit
nesses. w. r. Starbuck took the stand
and adjournment till o'clock tomorrow