The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
4 SPECIAL JURY IS ID BE IMPANELED ID PROBE MURDERS Coroner Will be Ready Dur ing Early Part of
 the Week
TOLD TO GO AHEAD
 BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Has Conference With Mrs. Davidson and With Mrs. King-Harvey Establishes Alibi and is Re-
 leased From Jail

A special coroner's jury to investigate the recent mysterious assassinations In Birmingham will be impaneled tomorrow morning according to the statement of Coroner Charles L. Spain last night
 Throughout yesterday afternoon and last night Coroner Spain sought by long dis tance telephone to reach the governor or Alabama in Montgomery, but was unable to make the connection The coroner was desrous of having an interview with the governor regarding the special coroners jury to be mpaneled He desired to know whether it was still the opinion of the chief executive that a special jury should be called together to investigate the re- cent crime wave. However, unable to get the governor on the telephone, Cor oner Spain stated to representative or The Age Herald that he would take steps to impanel a special coroners jury to- morrow morning.
 Conference With Mrs. Davidson
 The determination of Coroner Spain came immediately after a conference with Mrs. Albert Davidson, widow of one or the young men recently assassinated, at police headquarters. The detective depart ment had arranged the conference be- tween the coroner and Mrs. Davidson un- der the impression that Mrs. Davidson could throw a great deal of light on her husbands murder After an hours close questioning the coroner announced that Mrs. Davidson had thrown no light on the mystery, and that once again Detec- tives Propst and Jones had failed in their continuous efforts to solve the Davidson assassination. There has never been an arrest in the Davidson affair.
 Mrs David E. Lewis of 9409 Avenue E, was also a visitor at police headquarters yesterday afternoon for a conference with Coroner Spain. Mrs Lewis is the widow of Dave E. Lewis, butcher, who was shot and killed several months ago near his home. As Lewis King, a sus7 pect in the Houihan assassination lived at the Lewis residence, Detectives Garner and Moser were under the impression that Mrs. Lewis might throw some light on the affair. She. however, threw no light on the matter and aftei an hour of futile queries was allowed to leave for her home.
 The coroner last night issued the fol- lowing statement:
 WdS III teleDnOHlc with the governor tonight and you may say that special jury will be impaneled and ready for business by the early part of the week. I will summon six of the best known citizens of the coun- ty and empower them to solve these crimes.
 At the beginning of the week Coroner Spain announced that he would conduct inouests on several murders. So far none of these has been conducted and the coroner stated last night that the req son no inquests were made the Brookins Davidson, Houlihan, Tillerson, and all the numerous negro murders, was that he was unable after prelimi- nary investigation to find enough evil dence at the time to warrant an inquest. The result of six days work on the part of Coroner Spain has been one inquest that of Sam Agee. negro who was killed by his wife. Maggie Agee. The coroner's docket of nine unfinished cases last Monday morning has now doubled and hence his determination for as pecial coroner's jury to take charge of the in- v7stigaton work for awhile.
 Yesterday afternoon Thomas Harvey a suspect in the killing of Jerry Ramage on the same night that Moses Houihan was killed at Thirtyseco street and