The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-12
Thirty-Five More Witnesses Heard Yesterday in Stand
 ard Home Officials Case
KANGAROO COURT
 OUT IN CORRIDOR
Enormous Crowd of Witnesses From All Over United States Trying to Find Some Means of Diver
 sion While Waiting

Witnesses for the government are being examined at a rapid rate at the trial of three officials of the Standard Home company. which was eommerc cd in the federal court before Judge w l. Grubh
 last Monday
 About S5 were placed on the stand yes terday, and it is the opinion of the att torneys in the case that the government Will complete the examination of it's 25o witnesses by Saturday
 Nearly all the witnesses had bought contracts from the Standard Home com. pany and in every instance testified that they were promised by the agents of the company a loan of Sl000 after the payment of six monthly payments of s6 each and that they had failed to secure the loan.
 The defense has brought out the fact that many of these promised came from the agents and not from the company. but one witness, Alice Holman, a negro woman, stated she was the matron of a colored orphanage home near Eusley, and testified that she had taken the matter of her contract up with r. F. Whitehead, and that he had advised her to continue payments and that she would secure d loan at the end of 12 months. She also testified that she had failed to secure the loan as promised.
 Judge Kelton Witness
 Judge John F. Kelton. probate judge of Blount county, was one of the wit nesses. He testified that he had pur- chased a contract from the company and that while no guarantee of a loan had been made he was led to believe that he could secure one in six months. He stated that after reading the contract he knew there was some sort of chance about it." Judge Kelton stated that he had paid into the company about $4u0 and that he had received q temporary loan of $200.
 Rev. ]. l.. Taylor of Birmingham stated he had bought contracts with the under standing that he was to get q loan at from six to 12 months He stated he carried his contracts for 4S months and was put off from time to time on the loan proposition. He stated he then made settlement with the company and re- ceived s224 which was S60 less than he had paid in.
 There were several negroes among the witnesses examined, several of them min isters or deacons of some colored church who testified the congregations of their respective churches had purchased con tracts with the expectation of receiving loans within six or 12 months and that the loans did not materialize.
 The following local people were among the witnesses examined yesterday: The Rev. J. l.. Mitchell A. H. Nixon, Will liam Lockwood, W. w. Woolley, Alice Holman, w. L. Bridges, Mrs. Viola Fra Zier Other witnesses were: Louis Gull ter, Prentiss. Miss; A. A. Lynch, Mrs t,l,- Ryan New Orleans. La.: John r. Kel- ton. Oneonta, Ala; O. A. Davis, Mobile; Jacob Van Doren, Richmond. Va; R. Darling, New Orleans. La; NJ. E. Cole man, Lakeland, Fla: M. 0. Harlow, Rich mond, Va. Inez V. Cobb, Richmond, Va; c. J. Shubet Houston, Tex; Lizzie A. Hoge, Heavener, Okla; Robert c. Wal ker, Nashville, Tenn; Hugh McManus, Gulfport, Miss; w. G Sims Newcastle Ala; Mat Cornell Dyersburg Tenn. Charles Venture, Norfolk, Va; J. b. Cox Manchester. Va; Henry Miller, Holly Springs, Miss; J. w. Coor. Mobile, Ala. John w. Chapman, Richmond, Va; w. E. Dormer Bestrop, La.: A. A. Lynch, Weir, Miss.
 Witnesses Seek Amusement
 The corridors of the federal building have been crowded with the numerous witnesses since the opening of the case on Mcnday lhey are required to remain within call until the court adjoTns. In order to relieve the monotony the wit nesses have formed kangaroo" court with J. c. Johnson of Boise, Ida, as presiding judge. James T. Wells of Sa- Ga., is clerk, and M. F. Coleman is marshal Various and sundry charged are brought against several of the wit nesses from distant states and a jury was impaneled to try them this morn- ing. The prosecuting attorney Is J. A. of Pine Bluff. Ark. and the