The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-13

1 that his department was short until after Lacy's flight
 Did you know anything about any money being put in a pine box" asked NIr. Hill.
 'I did not" was the reply. Did you get any of that money?" Not a dime.'
 Did you know where Lacy went?" .'I did not
 Oakley was not allowed to say what he thought became of hls s27,50o, which he gave to Lacy. He said he knew what he told Lacy to do with it, but that he had never received it. What he did re- eeiye in convict department funds was his own money, he thought. Cross Examination by State Captain White leading counsel for the state, asked Oakley how long he had known Dr. Grove. oakley answered r os IS years.
 Intimately, have you not?" "Yes, sir
 You have both testified for each other, have you not?' 'I think so." 1 Oakley testified that Dr. Grove had de. livered this money to him at the capitol. He said the amount was S30,000. This money was due the department in settlement of numerous business affairs.
 
 Dr. Grove.
 Asked to enumerate, Oakley could not recall every specific transaction. One of the advances was an amount aggregatin2 s900o received from the Bibb County Bank and Trust company. The other money represented proceeds from his farm. the Ashiy Brick company and the Louis Lumber company.
 Oakley said he kept no book account of his business relations with pr. Grove.
 "There was no correct and specific account kept between pr. Grove and myself"
 Oakley could not recall any specific | amounts set down on the memorandum which he kept He did not have the ] memorandum with him. He did not l know where thA books, if any, We're Tn arriving at this settlement be- tween Dr. Crowei and myself, l cannot | recall any specific amount involved do not know whether 5000 or S500C was involved in the Ashby Brick com l pany settlement" 1 Captain White had to appeal to the court to instruct Oakley to answer 1 this question, and Judge Brown called upon Oakley ii make a definite reply | Oakley could not\ recall a single spe- 1 cific amount involved in the $30,OOC settlement.
 ldkiHB up the MOTHS Lumber com l pany settlement, Oakley said there were | three partners, a man named Norris 1 whose initials he could not recall George R. Moore, and himself He had no recollection of the amount involved | in his settlement from the Norris Lum. Der company. You cannot tell me a single specific amount involved in this $50 900 you re- l ceived from Dr. Grove? You do not know what was due you from any single business interest?' asked Cap tain White. q cannot" was the answer Oakley could not recall what dispo- sition he made of the S2500s which he took out of the $30,000 Dr. Grove hac given him. He did not know whether | he had spent it in a week, deposited all or any of it. and did not know how he had spent one dollar of it. ] oakley said he had gotten receipt from Lacy for the S27,500. but that ht did not have it with him.
 Did you not know that your cas, was coming up?' asked Captain White
 T did but l went to Birmin gham tt be operated upon
 The court declined to allow Captair White to ask defendant what physi. ! clans had examined him.
 oakley thought the receipt was among some papers of his at Ashby The defendant also thought the mem. | orandum relating to the amount o money he had drawn from the convict department at Ashby. Defendant thought this amount was about $23,- | 900 or $24,000. --l..-,-=- 1 At 11:30 brief recess was taken Whee court resumed Captain White continued his gruelling cross examina 1 tion.
 Oakley was asked what physicians l saw him at the South Highlands infirm ary. The doctors were enumerated. The defendant could not recall wheth- CT he had asked Lacy to put the s27.50C