The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-01
POOLE COMING To
IDENTIFY SUSPECTS
Tuscaloosa to Release Men
When Bail Is Made
PAVING CONTRACT LET
Special Agent of A. G. S. Believes
Men Ran Train Through Tusca-
lo0sa as Blind-ShOok Leaves
Central Iron Company

Tuscaloosa. September 3d. Especial. lit
/ was announced at the office of Sheriff
Palmer here this afternoon that the three
men held in jail here and who were sus-
pected of being implicated in the robbery
of the Alabama Great Southern train last
week, would be released at any time they
could make bail in the sum of $500. The
men, John Gannons. Robert Vaughan
and Harry II. Pate were arrested at Eu-
taw last Friday night and brought to
| Tuscaloosa. They made statement adj
| mtting that they were on the train when
| the robbery occurred: that they were
beating their way on the top of the
press and baggage cars, and that they
| rode on the top of the train on it's run
away trip through Tuscaloosa Immediately
after the robbery.
The officers reiterated their former
statements that the men were innocent,
despite the fact that Special Agent Ball
of the Alabama Great Southern is credited
with the statement that he thinks the
three men are accomplices of the other
robbers. The theory of Ball is that the
men in Jail here took part in the rob-
berry, ran the train through Tuscaloosa
after the crime as blind in order to let
the other men get away with the money.
He stoutly maintains this view of the case
despite the unanimous opinion of tie
detectives and government inspectors VINO
have talked with the men, Leander Poole
OF Cuba, the mail clerk who was injured
on cattle guard while getting out of
his car on the night of the robbery, sent
word 60 Sheriff Palmer today, asking that
Vaughan, the younger of the three men
in Jail here, be held until he was able
to come up and see him.
Poole is expected to b. here within the
next few days, and 1t is believed from
his request that The thinks Vaughan is
the young rpbber who did most of the
shooting on the night of the robbery.
The information was given out here to-
day that j. Warner Shook, vice president
and general manager of the Cenral Iron
and Coal company, had rendered his resig-
nation at the recent meeting of the direc-
tors of the corporation in New York and
that W. L. Kluttz of Birmingham had
been selected as his successor. The re-
port was confirmed by Shook, who stated
that he would leave the company on No
vember l. his resignation being effective
on that date
Shook has been at the head of the Ala
bama furnaces and mines of the Central
Iron and Coal company for the past seven
years. coming to Tuscaloosa from Bir-
mingham His successor, w. L. Kluttz,
was formerly associated with him In the
Birmingham district, and is at present
general superintendent of the Thomas
properties of the Republic Iron and Steel
company.
The city commission today authorized
the paving of three additional blocks
with asphalt and also passed the prelimi-
nary ordinance for the paving of another
han hn grrlr "a 11ip1, ,, 9 fl,,
been done and the contracts which have
already been let are completed, Tusca-
loosa will have laid more than three miles
of street paving within the past eight
months, the total cost of this work being
about 5000, 600
In addition to the asphalt streets, the
curbs, cutters, concrete sidewalks and
storm and sanitary sewers recently fin
ished will run the total expenditures for
public improvements of this character
within the past year up to approximately
sS50,O0