The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-19
TOLD HIS WIFE OF
 WHAT HE HAD DONE


 Il told my wife about what was done out at the place. Shan came to me some little time after dark, and told me he wanted me to go over where he | used to live, that he wanted to see a friend. He said, I just want to see him, | because l hate to go over there by myself. On the way he changed the | way he was going and said, Let's go over l this way, and we went over to where the | tracks were. Then he told me about tear | ing up the rails Shan had the two bars l or wrenches in the wagon l saw them | before he tore up the track. It did not | take him very long to remove the rail. | IL took him less than 15 minutes to my recollection. Some kind of train passed when we were even with Barnett Thomp- | sons place. I could not tell what kind of train it was because we were in behind the timber. This passed while we were on the road going toward the tracks.
 T seen the crazy fool was going to tear up the tracks and I got away. I have heard Shan say he used to railroad. He
 must have had the spikes already up. It did not take him long to do it. No l one in the crowd had any whisky that night If they did I never smelt any of 1t. Coming back, when I met Henry and We were in his wagon, he said You see, done tore it up.
 T told my wife as soon as I got home. | She said, Lord God. I wish you hadn't Of went. l did not tell my little girl. | Henry lit the lantern right near the | track. l don't remember whether Henry put the light out or not, but if it was not out It was down in the cut. I told | Henry later that some people had got l ten killed and he said, I don't care any thing about them. Shan Henry, Archie ; Lee and I were the only ones there that | know I mt onxr ny1n ht1f Shan Henry at work on the rails. Lee and I did not touch the rails. AMOS SMITH Archie Lee signed the foregoing state- ment as correct.
 Bouquets for Everybody | T cannot find words of praise suffi- | cient to say what I think of the fine work done by Chief Eagan and his men, | said Chief Wech. Tt goes without say ing that l am proud of my boys I must
 say that. have never in all my career
 of 30 years seen any men take hold | and fight to get the straight dope like
 these men have. Birmingham should cer-
 tainly be proud to have a chief like Eagan and two detectives as competent
 as Crenshaw and Eubanlks. I am over l joyed to learn that at last we absolutely l have the right men. I want every man
 in this room to have a cigar on me-" and ne sent out ana bought real cigars TOT 1 the whole crowd.
 Joe Hill special agent for the Sea board, went to the scene of the wreck with a reporter of The Age-Herald or the night of the catastrophe. Up until now his name has never been mentioned
 in connection with the case for obvious reasons. However, he was the first man l to say definitely that the wreck was
 caused by vandals, and was on the spot l before any detective in the district s'] am glad it is all over and we have got 1 the right men, said Hill
 | As usual Chief Eagan had very little l to say. He pulled on one of Chiei Welch's cigars and smiled contentedly l II am glad the boys have got the mer who were responsible" he vouchsafed al | llength. T don't believe anybody coult