The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07
DETECTIVE SAYS HE KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY LACY TOOK IS
E. o. Miles Appears Before Legislative Investigating COmmittee-Others
 Implicated

1 Montgomery March 6.-(Special )--De
 cinrng that had he been continued or
 1 the Lacy case he could have brought ou
 ''other'' important developments, and in
 timatlng that he knows where the money
 Is that the former chief clerk of the con. vict department stole from the state. F 0. Miles. an Atlanta detective, who was Instrumental in bringing Lacy back tc
 Alabama, was an important witness be- fore the Merritt joint Investigating com | n,ittee today.
 l Detective Miles told the committee oi the arrangements he had made with the relatives of Lacy whereby Lacy was to l return and explain where the money was,
 and outlined other features in connection with the case.
 Do you know where the money is?'' Chairman Merritt asked.
 T can't answer that. as it would not be competent" was the reply. Tkc committee insisted that he answer the question.
 with the utmost respect to the com nittee,'' Detective Miles began. q am bound by an oath not to say anything about the case now as my statement would incriminate persons against whom there is not another thread of evidence" 1" Not Been Paid Detective Miles told the committee that t,e state still owes him for his services Si05O. He said MT. Douglass, of the state convict board, wished him to secure a sta tement from Lacy's family to the effect ttat he was instrumental In bringing the embezzler back to Alabama, but that at torneys for Lacy objected to such T sts tement being made. He did not get the statement and he did not get the money.
 Other witnesses at the morning session were John Moffat. recording secretary to the governor: D. W. Troy, former special counsel; pr A. IT. Montgomery, presi- dent of the Montgomery excise commis- sion; Gen. Joseph B. Scully, and w. II Seymour, pure food inspector of the agri- cultural department.
 Dr. Montgomery told the committee thai until two weeks ago all the clubs ol tho city sold liquor on Sunday. He de nicd being a stockholder of the Theatrica club. Fa
 General Scully was questioned concern Ing items on various expense accounts as well as in connection with matters relat. l ing to the military department He was asked, particularly, to explain variou. items of expense he had incurred whil' on trips for the state.
 Montgomery March 6.--(Special. John D. McNeal, for time private secretary under Governor O'Neal, while On the witness stand this afternoon be- fore the Investigating committed. tes- tiled that the former governor in Sep | tember, 1912, was interested to somt extent in deals in New York cottor market 1
 1 Mir McNeel at first declined to an. ! swer questions regarding the former | governors private business, but ths committed insisted that he tell whai l information he knew. He then testi. i fed that the governor was interested 1! to some extent in cotton futures. bu l that he had never been required tc put up any margins.
 Ed Jones, a negro convict 1t ths l Henderson Lumber company at Sal, l ford for nearly seven years, told the committee that at times convicts had been cruelty treated at the lumber camp, but said conditions had i'm. proved within the past few years. H. said he had seen convicts whipped St severely that they were, unable 70 work for several days.
 1 Other witnesses at the afternoon ses. 1 sion were Cyrus B. Brown, former sec retary of state. and Hector D. Lane ol Courtland. formerly connected with l the department of agriculture Both answered questions relating to thell
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