The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-30
bESSEMER ID HEAR . CHARGES AIRED AT
 MEETING TONIGHT
City Attorney Bumgardner, Assisted by Black, Will Conduct Probe at
 City Hall

Bessemer. September (special.) One of the biggest sensations in the history of Bessemer will be aired to- night at o'clock when committee appointed by the city council Monday night will investigate recent charges of third degree" methods and other derelietions in the Bessemer police de- partment made by the Jefferson county grand jury Dr. J. S. Winters, chair man of the committee, will preside and the investigation will be conducted by City Attorney George H. Bumgardner, assisted by County Solicitor Hugo l.. Black
 Intense interest in the meeting at the city hall tonight has been manifested here, and in some instances, bitter feeling has been aroused. The meet ing Monday night was attended by
 crowd estimated at 400. and 1t is ex- pected there will be a very large crowd at tonights session.
 Solicitor Black has insisted that the meeting be held in the open, and the city council will have a stenographer to make verbatim report of the pro- ceedings. which report will be given to the newspapers for dissemination. The Age Herald will have its stenogra- pher present. and will give verbatim report of the important features of the investigation Friday morning.
 B. F. Riston, who is employed by the Virginia Bridge and Construction com pany. which has the contract for the steel structure for the additions being erected at the local plant of the United States Cast Iron. Pipe and Foundry company fell from a scaffold 30 feet high, being seriously injured this aft ernoon. It appears that MT Riston, who is from Roanoke. Va. was on the scaffold at work when the crane was turned too far around, striking the scaffold and knocking 1t down. causing MT. Riston to fall on a pile of pig Iron. The ambulance of Huey & Spangler was immediately called. ana the injured man was hurried to the Elizabeth Duncan hospital, where he received medical attention from pr R. w. Waldrop. MT. Riston is reported | to be resting well tonight.
 In the inferior court today Katie Strong, a negro, was bound over to await the action of the grand jury | without bond on charge of murder. | The woman is alleged to have killed negro man several months ago at Fossil. She will be taken to Birming
 ham tomorrow and placed in the | county Jail
 Deputy Sheriffs M F. Parker and l George Howton left today for Tusca- loost to get Archie Spencer. a negro, wanted in Bessemer on charges of as- sault with intent to murder and arson. It is alleged that the man cut his wife very badly about year ago at Feeders l and then set the house on fire The of- ] ficers made the trip in their automo- 1 bile
 .p ' died today in Montgomery, will arrive in l Birmingham tomorrow at noon and will | be brought to Bessemer by Jacobs and ! carried to the home of his granddaugh- l ter, Mrs. E. c. Terry. 1704 Arlington
 avenue. where the funeral will be held.
 The deceased was S4 years of age and was Confederate veteran, having fought | all through the Civil war He has vls- tied in this city on several occasions, where he Is well known and highly es- teemed. He went to Montgomery the | latter part of last November and since l that time has been visiting his daugh- l ters, Mrs. H. Campbell and Mrs T. R. Crttenden. The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. George Stoves.
 pastor of the First Methodist cnurcn, as- sisted by the Rev. M K. Thornton,
 pastor of the First Baptist church. h. torment will follow at Cedar Hill ceme-
 tery with Jacobs in charge. The follow | ell George Ross, Charles Meigs, Dr. J. S. Winters. pr. L.. A. Spencer, A. W. Deason. The honorary pallbearers will be
 veteran friends of the deceased. as fol- | lows: c. l.. Hadaway, T. P. Waller, E. 1 M. Owen and P. P. Moore. Mir. Thompson | is survived by one son, B. F. Thompson,
 of this city; Mrs Bennett of Brighton, | Mrs. Crittenden and Mrs. Campbell of
 Montgomery, daughters. 1 Jettie Hunter. negro, was arrested today by Special Officer T. L. Parsons
 of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- | road company, on a charge of murder.
 The Hunter woman is alleged to have | shot and killed Hattie Huey. another ne- gro, about two weeks ago at Feeders. 1 Judge William Jackson has already qualified as a candidate for the office
 of judge of the Bessemer city court and
 filed notice that he will make the race
 for the position at the primary election | to be held in the spring. The incumbent. J. c. B. Gwin. will be a candidate to | succeed himself while Rose Huey, clerk ] of the city court, has also filed his mo- tice and will be a candidate for re-elec- l tion. So far there have been no an- lnouncements for the place of MT. Huey but it is rumored that he will have sev- | eral opponents in the race.
 Camp William Rose McAdory, Confed- crate Veterans, will hold it's regular meeting Saturday morning at 10 o'clock l in the city hall, at which time Comman- der McAdory will preside. Delegates will 1 be elected to the annual convention. which will meet in Selma, and officers will bs | elected.
 | Miss Marguerite Phillips entertained the members of the Jollyette club and l a number of guests this afternoon at
 her home on Berkley avenue. Red and | white were the colors chosen for the affair and flowers and ferns were at | tractively arranged throughout the re- | ception rooms. Punch was served 1 from a flower banked bowl by Mrs.
 J. c. Farris. Hearts was the game of the afternoon. there being four tables l of players. Score was kept on heart shaped cards with Dutch scenes by | Miss Phillips. The first prize, a bou-
 doir cap. was won by Mrs Ed De- l Shazo, while the consolation kewpie
 A delicious ice course. in which the red and white tones were emphasized.
 was served. Those present were: Miss
 Minnie Jackson. Miss Kathleen Cahill, Miss Lillian Cahill Miss Aline Scott Miss Vertna Randall, Miss Hattie Pen | ington Miss Lorraine Buck, Miss May Kennedy, Miss Oracle Kennedy, Miss | Blanche Smithson, Miss Marjorie Will 1 Hams, Mrs. Ed DeShazo and Mrs. J. c. Farris.
 The Woman's Missionary society of