The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
OVERTON WILL NOT
SEEK CHANGE. OF
VENUE, BELIEVED
Report That He Surrendered
to Tennessee Officer Under
+. Agreement to Use Reward
for Defense Denied

Huntsville, September 3O.-(Special)-D.
c. Vann, a deputy sheriff of McMinn-
Vile, Tenn, has been in Huntsville to
attend to some business fer his chief,
Sheriff Pickett of DeKalb county, who
arrested David D. Overton, wanted here
for the LAWYER murder, and obtained
the $500 reward. 1t has been reported
here that Overton and the Tennessee
sheriff are cousins and that the Ala
bamian surrendered to his relative under
an agreement that the reward would be
devoted to the defense of Overton.
vann stated that he was authorized to
deny the alleged relationship between
overton and Pickett and said that the
arrest was made in good faith and with
out any such agreement.
The belief is growing here that overton
will choose to come back to Madison
county and stand trial in his home town
and that he will not ask for a change of
venue. He has stated that he is anxious
to come back to Huntsville if the feel
ing is hot too high against nlci. While
there Is no doubt that the relatives and
friends of Judge Lawler have shown
some feeling in the matter, they are as
law-abiding as any people in the county
and no summary action has been consid-
cred by them. The prisoner, it 10 stated,
would be given as fair a trial at the
hands of his fellow citizens as would be
given in any court. The Overton case
will be docketed for trial at the Novem-
Der term of the circuit court here.
Huntsville capitalists have organized
corporation under the name of the Plan
ters Warehouse company, and Will pro-
coed at once to build a $4,000 warehouse
near the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railroad, on West Clinton street.
The warehouse will have a capacity of
about 1000 bales of cotton. Milton Lanier
is president of the corporation, Oman
Malo is vice president, and A. W. White
is secretary and general manager.
Mrs. Sarah E. Simmons, one of the old
est residents of Huntsville, died yester-
day of complications following fall in
which she fractured her hip about two
months ago. She was so years old and
was a sister of j. w. P. Kelly, prom.
inent cotton buyer She is survived b"
a son, SAKE Simmons, travelling sales
man, and one daughter, Miss Luther
Simmons.
Thomas T. Terry, who became mayor
of Huntsville this week, addressed the
declared that he would cooperate with
the league fully in keeping Huntsville
clean, both physically and morally. tie
said, he had found that running the af-
fairs of the city was no easy job, but he
expects to devote himself to the work
with the same interest that he has de
voted to his own business.
Commissioner J. D. Humphrey has
compiled list of improvements that
have been made in Huntsville and sub
trbs during the period that the city
commissioners directed the affairs of the
city. showing that more than S,500,00Q
have been expended in new buildings and
industries. Among the larger items are
the new county courthouse and Twick-
enham hotel. which cost $4,000 each,
three new Young Mems Christian asso-
citation buildings in the suburbs that cost
$4,000 additions to the Abingdon cotton
mills, costing 900, addition to Lowe
mills, costing $4,000. Merrimack mills,
$4,000. Dallas mills, $4,000 and the sec
ond mill of the Farmers Cotton Oil COM
pany, costing 100000.