The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-13

which 5000 has been paid in. The shares are valued al S10 each. There are 100 l shares, Mrs Minnie Walton being the 1 holder of 9S shares and Louis Walton l the holder of one share. Barton also l lad one share. The officers of the com pany were named as Louis Walton, presi- | dent and treasurer. and M. e. Barton, secretary. As far as 1 know, the com Iany has complied with all the Alabama laws regulating such corporations. 1 MT Douglas left unexpectedly for Mont gomery last night. but it could not be l ascertained whether his trip had any con nection with the case.
 Very Successful, Says Shirley Assistant Chief Shirley said We are leaving no stone unturned and I can only say we are meeting with very good success
 Detectives Creshaw. Eubanks and Lyons arc reticent as to what they are doing. We shant stop work upon this case until we have run down every possible clue. New eyiderce is being upturned every day. and gradually we are con- pleting the chain link by link" When asked if other arrests would follow they replied: Most assuredly, but when we cannot say. If we cared to we could make the arrest now. We are merely waiting.
 Louis Walton. when seen, said: T have nothing to say in regard to the case. My counsel has advised me to say nothing. However, l am not on the verge of a breakdown. In fact, l am in the best of health, and am confident that everything will be explained sat isfactorily when the proper time comes"
 When asked whether or not he knew anything about a revolver in his of flee he hesitated and replied in the 1 negative.
 l Did your wife know anything of ily?9
 There you go again" he said. | Didn't I just tell you l was not go- ing to say anything?'
 l Franklin, Stiles x Franklin, the firm
 which was mentioned by Mason as be- ing the one employing a MT. German, whom he was to meet the morning after the killing, said that they had no such man in their employ
 W. E. Voltz is no longer detained l by the police. He was not arrested hut was merely detained and asked | about the insurance which Barton car ried. Noltz made the following state ment last night: 'I was very glad to ] tell the police all I knew about the l insurance transaction. which was very 1 little. I merely helped Walton to get | a policy in the Continental Casualty company. or course, l know nothing i about the plot to murder Barton for insurance. I am just young man try ] ing to make an honest living by the sale of insurance and hope that no one
 suspects that I am involved in this 1 matter"
 Inquest on Thursday Coroner Spain, when questioned, said little. "I would be glad to give out all the information l have if it wouldn't in- terfere with the case, but you know that if l did we could never get the right par ties he vouchsafed. 1T am going to
 hold an inquest Thursday and then I be- lieve some evidence of startling nature | will be presented. We are all working
 hard and believe we will succeed in land
 ing the guilty parties"
 John Mcqueen, counsel for Walton ana | F.. w. Tutwilder, a nephew of Walton
 yesterday spent the day in the vicinity
 of Muga, After going over the ground
 thoroughly, I am very sanguine over the
 case and can say that l firmly believe
 l will be able to clear my client,' said
 MT Mcqueen.