The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
Roy Veal, Confessed Bur glar, Fatally Shot While
 Attempting to Escape
RED MOUNTAIN SCENE
 OF THE DENOUEMENT
Officers Attempted Lawyer Game Second Time-Negro Was On and Led Men On Vain
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i Clarence, alias Arthur Wilson, alias Nili
 Alexander. a confessed negro burglar, was
 fatally shot yesterday afternoon in at
 tempting to escape That he did not
 escape was due to the fact that he weak
 ened from loss of blood and was finally
 picked mp at Five Points. He is now at
 the Hnlman hospital in a dying condi- | ton.
 l Veal arrested Wednesday morn l ing when a negro woman betrayed him to Detectives Brannom and Macke. De- | tectiye Macke effected the arrest at the l city jail and this enabled Detective Bran-
 nom, who Is of porty stature, to pose as
 an attorney. Brannom asked Macke what
 he had Veal arrested for and Maeke an
 swered that 1t was for burglary. The negro asked Macke who Brannom was
 and Macke replied that Brannom was a
 lawyer The negro then called for Bran | nom for a conference which resulted in the negro revealing some half-dozen bur l garies and also where the stolen prop erty was hidden. About 5000 worth of stolen goods was recovered by the de- 1 tectives Wednesday, afternoon and they congratulated themselves on the clever work
 The Negro Was "On" 1 However, the old adage of taking a pitcher to the well too often was ex-
 emplified yesterday afternoon when the detectives again attempted the lawyer
 game on Veal. This time the negro,
 instead of being worked played the detectives and nearly got away with his daring scheme His battle of wits will quite probably cost the negro hls life, a a ba pya abn f,sfioa f,,f ha Si1
 large calibre bullets perforated his in- testines and liver. and he is not ex- | pected to recover.
 | Yesterday afternoon about o'clock. after many conferences in the Jail with Veal and Detective Brannom, whom the negro now knew a detective, it was 1 arranged with Will Clark, a negro, who
 posed as friend of Veals, to ntroducee
 two other officers as lawyers. J. B. Ivey.
 motorcycle scout. whose leg was broken
 so badly three weeks ago that he has plaster cast on 1t now that cannot
 be removed until August 1, was chosen to pose as one attorney and Desk Ser geant Kenneth Warren who Is a young man In the early POS, was chosen to pose as MT. Iveys son. The fact that MT. lvey was on crutches was explained to Veal by saying that he had a bad case
 of gout.
 i The plot being worked out to the satisfaction of Detective Brannom he sought the permission of his superiors to carry his plan out Chief Martin Eagan was attending u funeral and at
 the time Sergeant Darnell. the head l of the detective department had stepped out in answer to a call. Not see | ing his immediate superiors, Detective
 Brannom states that he went to Con-
 missioner of Public Justice A. o. Lane and after explaining the affair with all fa Tn taa fxxtae J...l.~
 dered him to go ahead and put 1t in execution.
 Officers Swallowed Story Thus Kenneth Warren and Scout Ivey went to the negro's cell and were vouched for by Will Clark. Veal then said that several weeks ago he had
 snatched the purse of Miss Smith of Woodlawn in which there was SAY and some valuable diamonds He also stated that he had stolen several gold watches from places on the South Highlands
 and some valuable trinkets. 1nvestiga-
 ton disclosed that such robbery had
 occurred. This loot, the negro ex- p1ained, was all hidden under big l tree at the top of Red mountain near Rosedale. Veal told the lawyers" that l if they would secure his release for
 an hour he would lead them to the buried treasure. Warren and Ivey as- | SuTtu lnt Hc6IO lidt tHty WOuiu otSuIt
 his release and all would go for an au- tomobile ride to the top of Red noun tain. Brannom, being known by the negro, was left behind.
 1 Scout Ivey secured an automobile | and was helped into the machine. Clark
 insisted on going along and sat with l the driver The party then started from
 the city hall with the well wishes of l Detective Brannom.
 Nothing happened on the automobile | trip. The negro talked volubly of all the robberies that he had participated in and stated that this time he would | show them some sure enough treas
 ure that would make the lawyers fight
 to defend him. Officers Warren and
 Ivey listened to all this with smiles as they thought how bad the negro would I be fooled into revealing the hiding
 place of his loot to policemen. At the top of Red mountain. near the Rosedale road Veal pointed out a
 spot in the woods as the hiding place | of his uoney and watches. As Ivey
 was crippled and could not walk with out two crutches he remained in the automobile With the chauffeur and
 Sergeant Warren and the negro Clark followed Veal to the supposed cache"
 Points Out Tree Then Bolts l About 300 yards from the automobile ! ' cal suddenly stopped anu, poiHtiIiB to l a large tree, said:
 Cap, thars dat tree"
 Sergeant Warren and Clark looked at l the place pointed out and simultan-
 eously Veal left the scene in an oppo- site direction at high speech with these derisive words
 ] Gap, yo sho is some lawyers but | I reckon I'm g'wine home"
 1 Sergeant Warren was stunned at first l by the quick move of the negro, but he
 suddenly drew his heavy calibre revolver | and Clark who had been entrusted with Officer Ivey's pistol, drew the gun. and 1 both started shooting at Veal, who could still be seen darting about in the bushes I on his way down the mountain. In the | fusilade two shots struck home. for all l though Veal escaped cleanly at the time l he was picked up about 6 o'clock at | Five Points and taken to the IIllman 1 hospital in dying condition. | At the time of the attempted escaped 1 Sergeant Warren. in running down the mountain after Veal. slipped and fell | hea willy, suffering a badly sprained right knee. besides contusions about the head.
 Excitement At Headquarters
 However, Warren managed to limp to No. 8 fire department and telephone the escape to police headquarters Detective 1 Brannom received the call and at once informed Sergeant Darnell of vears es- l cape. AS the head of the detective de- partment knew nothing ofsthe affair he called for an explanation. and for time
 there was excitement in the private of | flee of Sergeant Darnell.
 | About 5:S0 o'clock Warren limped into | -----~-