The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-27

say testimony is admissible either In
criminal or civil case.
Commissioner Weatherly: This is not
that sort of hearing. This is not a case of
any kind. It is a hearing we are institute
ing for ourselves, as l understand it, for
our own information.
At the conclusion of Judge H. b. Aber-
nethy's testimony, the following occurred:
Commissioner Weatherly: Mr.. Chair
man, l want to offer this resolution:
Resolved, That the clerk of the recor-
ders court in the city hall and at Ems
ley and chief of police respectively be and
they are hereby directed TO furnish to this
commission forthwith full and accurate
list since the year 1909 of all cash bonds
tso-called) with amount of such cash de-
post In each case-that Is to say, securi-
ties given by persons arrested by the po-
lice authorities by deposits OF cash to Sc
cure the appearance of such persons in
the respective recorders courts OF the
city; such list to also contain the names
of each person for whom such bond was
given and the offense charged and the
date of each deposit"
The resolution received a second ard
was unanimously adopted.
Commissioners Ward: I wish to offer this
resolution:
BE it resolved, That in reporting the IN
auiry into charges against Chief Bodeser
the management of The Age-Heral be
requested to exercise sufficient supervision
over it's headlines to the end that said
headlines reflect with fairness the tenor
of the story Its reporter so correctly
writes"
Commissioner Lane: Mr. Chairman. |
am, believe, the main victim of the OBJ
ject of that resolution. was misquoted
1 know 1t was done Internationally by the
man that did it. l was quoted as saying
l moved to strike out the evidence By
which people might infer I meant I
wanted all the evidence stricken out,
whereas only a certain part of the evil
dence. An objection was sustained by me
as to certain part of the evidence as
hearsay. l will vote against it for that
reason. If it would include all papers, [
have no objection. They all make mis-
takes, because they are in a hurry and
cannot help it.
Commissioner Ward: I will accept
Judge Lanes amendment that the request
be made of all the papers.
The resolution as amended by Judge
Lane received second and was unaai-
mously adopted.
DIR. r. V. Mobley stated that he had
heard conversation about Dick Wray,
in which John s. Leedy stated that he
had heard that tho assault on Arlie Bar
Der by the Dick Wray crowd" would
not have been made had 1t not been for
MIR. Bodeker; that Chairman Agee of
the excise commission had said the police
department was worse than the sheriff 5
office in getting results from blind tiger
raids, and that he had lots of evidence
against the police department; that Mr.
Agee had said this just before Mr. Ward s
election; that this was all hearsay ev!-
dence.
Judge II. B. Abernethy took the stand
and upon examination by Judge CASTOR,
witness stated vagrancy conditions were
pretty bad in the last three years; that
Lattice row" was outside the segre-
gated district and was known as the
blue light district" that 1t was the
worst place in the world" and ought I }
be burned up; that the Monarch pool
room was the worst in town; that 1t
was a haven for bugs" "saps," porch