The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-27
BESSEMER NEWS

Susan c. Crotwell died last night at the home of her son. C. C., Crotwell, 1527
 Dartmouth avenue, following a short illness. Mrs. Crotwell was 7S years of age and suffered stroke of paralysis last Sat
 urday, her condition continuing to grow worse until the end came last night. The deceased spent the greater part
 of her life in this vicinity, where she was well known and loved for her many acts of kindness and lovely traits of char
 acter. She is survived by six sons Wes-
 ley Crotwell of Avondale; A. c. Crotwell, M. E. Crotwell, C. c. rotwell Thomas
 Crotwell and George Crotwel. The fu-
 neral will take place Saturday at F
 0 clock from the Canaan Baptist church., the services being conducted by the Rev. M. K. Thornton, pastor of the First Bap-
 tist church, assisted by the Rev. MT. McRae. Interment will follow at the i Canaan cemetery, with Jacobs in charge The following gentlemen will act as paIl- i bearers: Active J. D. Parrish, L. H. Humphries, George Ross, Eugene Rar- den, J. R. Waldrop and J. M. Shipp. Honorary: James B. Morton, Dr. R. w. Waldrop pr. R. P. McTyiere, N B.
 Parker, J. H. billiard and James Lowery The Jonesboro car of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, bound for Jonesboro, left the tracks this | morning about 10 o'clock at Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street from some un-
 known cause and without any warning whatsoever. The car made a complete circle and when it was brought to a | standstill rested diagonally across the l street with the front end headed back towards the pipe works from whence it
 had just come. At the time of the acc- | dent there were eight passengers on
 the car, Mrs. James Knight who resides 1 at the pipe works, received 8 severe | shock and was badly shaken up and | bruised. She was removed to her home where Dr. s. F. Nash attended her J. T. | Hunnicutt was also badly shaken up, but refused to go to the hospital. He was removed to his home by Dr. J. S. Winters.
 A. M. Sullivan, the conductor, was thrown | upon the rear platform, but was not in | jured According to M. A. (Dad) Chris ! tian. the motorman, the car was going | at about 10 miles an hour and he could give no reason for the car leaving the | tracks. MT. Christian is one of the oldest l motormen in the service of the company. Traffic was delayed for an hour and | half and the car after being placed on
 the tracks left for the shops under it's | own motors. looking little if any the | worse after the accident.
 | The nine negroes who were arrested yesterday by Chief of Police T. B. | Wallace and Detective W. c. Steele on
 a charge of obstructing the sidewalk were given a hearing this morning in recorders court before Judge l. A.
 Lewis and were reprmanded and the
 cases dismissed. The negroes were on Cf f6av H. .,~ | Express company waiting to get in to | get their Thanksgiving liquor and were crowded on the sidewalk making it al- 1 most impossible to pass. A complaint
 came in to police headquarters and the negroes were arrested. Chief Wallace
 says he intends to put stop to the
 negroes blocking the sidewalk in front
 of the express office, which has been
 the case almost every day since the prohibition law went into effect. l Milton Rasberry, negro. was given a fine of $100, including costs, on a charge of carrying concealed weapon. Not being able to pay the fine the ne- gro will work 200 days on the streets l for the city.
 Funeral services over the remains of | Mrs. Lilly Lynch, who died last Monday | in Hot Springs, Ark, were held this aftl ernoon from the studio of T. J. Fitz- ' pdtIiCh Ou oeCOuu avenue, the services being conducted by the Rev. Father M. E. Kittrick Of St. Aloysius Catholic church. Interment followed at Cedar Hill cemetery with Jacobs in charge. The following acted as pallbearers: l. A. Lewis. T. B. Wallace l.. J. Mating | ly, Willis Hammond, James Sullivan and w. F. Nolan.
 1 Mrs. Lynch was GA years of age and l lived in Bessemer until a few years l ago, when she moved to Hot Springs. | She is survived by two sons, Will 1 Lynch of Detroit. Ed Lynch, and one daughter, Mrs. Mamie Wallace of Hot | Springs.
 1 Deputy Sheriff Monroe Parker made capture this afternoon of Fletcher Moorer, colored, wanted here for burg
 lary and grand larceny, and the man
 will be taken to jail in Birmingham,
 tomorrow, where he will be held pend ing his trial MT. Parker also recovered
 a pistol, razor. a suit of clothes two bed spreads and lady's skirt stolen l from the house of section foreman of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Allan tic Railroad company The capture of the man was made at Brookwood and l the major portion of the recovered property was also found at that place. Prof. W. I. Pittman of the Bessemer High school will be the story teller for | the Story Telling Hour tomorrow aft