The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-17
THIRTEEN CAPITAL
 CASES DOCKETED
 FOR COMING WEEK
Eleven Are for Murder and Number of Noted Cases Will Come Up-Heflin
 to Sound the Docket

1 Eleven murder cases and two of ar son are set for the second capital docket week of the present term of court which begins tomorrow morning. Judge Harrington P Heflin will or ganize the juries and sound the dock ct for the week.
 Of the capital cases several are of wide interest throughout the county and plans have been made by Solicitor Black and his assistants to try ev cry case set for this week. The case that will attract probably the widest interest this week will be that of AL bert Box. policeman of Pinckney City, who is charged with having shot and killed Gus Goolsby, an 1S-year-old boy, several months ago. Another trial of interest will be that of Robert Ben ton, young negro, who stands in- dicted for the killing of Willie Tuck CT. young white boy at Ensley, about year ago.
 In the case of Albert Box, the state charges that while policeman at Pinckney City he warned the youth, Gus Goolsby, to keep out of a pool room. It is further alleged that the boy went into a poolroom and when discovered by Officer Box attempted to escape by running away despite the commands of the policeman to stop. The state charges that when the boy apparently was succeeding in escaping Officer Box drew his pistol and shot him. The bullet entered the back of the boys head, killing him almost in- stantly.
 In the Robert Benton case, the state relies for conviction on a confession or the young negro, who admits being an accomplice in the killing of Will He Tucker, messenger boy, who was shot and killed while riding to his nome about o'clock at night about q year ago. The negro who actually iired the shot that killed the Tucker boy Is still at large.
 Other capital cases that will come to trial this week follow
 Arnold Miller, on trial for the kill ing of Lige Nelms with a pistol in 1908.
 Joe Canto, on trial for the killing Of August Bruss with a pistol Bruss was a beggar and when he came to Canto's house the defendant alleges he shot him owing to alleged threats the deceased had made
 George Smith, on trial for killing John Maynard with pistol.
 Walter Patterson, negro, on trial for killing Tom Henderson, another negro with pistol.
 John Glover, on trial for killing isaac w. Fields with a shotgun at Brookside about two years ago. Glover was convicted and sentenced to 13| years at his first trial He was grant ed a new trial on an appeal
 II fDrv. policeman. on trial for the killing of Ernest Whitaker, negro, about three years ago. This killing occurred at Twenty fifth street between Third and fourth avenues and attracted wide at tention at the time as it was testified at the coroner's inquest that Officer Fierce while in an irresponsible con- dition had attacked Whitaker and had been disarmed. Later another officer, w. Il. fropst came on the scene and requested the old negro to bring out Officer Pierce's pistol and surrender it. The old negro brought out the pistol and gave it to Officer Propst, who in turn handed 1t to Officer Pierce, who. 1t Is alleged, thereupon shot and killed the old negro. Officer Pierce spent sev- eral months in jail awaiting trial but hnally was allowed bond at S5O0O, which was made
 s, B. Franklin and Lively Vandiver, on trial for the killing of Pierce Full grum
 Earl Schaefer and B. w. Richardson. negroes, on trial for the killing of ancy Madison, a negro, with a pick 1
 The other two capital cases set for this week are c. w. Catlett and Fred krelhaus, indicted for arson. It Is al- 1 lcged by the state that these two men set fire to saloon last spring and nearly caused the loss of one mans life.
 The above cases are expected to keen Solicitor Hugo L. Black and his as- sistants, Walter s. Brower w. S. 1 Welch, James Davis and Circuit So- l licitor Joseph R. Tate, quite busy throughout the week.