The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-22
Brooks Appears and Spends Several Hours Before
 Grand Jury
ACCEPTED
 IN PLEASANTS' CASE
Judge Brickell Writes to C. NJ. Nails, Calling for his Res ignation as Clerk of
 Circuit Court
By JACK BETHEA.

Huntsville, June Especial )-Aft- CT week of tumult Huntsville res ed quietly today, undisturbed by the ssn sational. Officials marked time today in the search for D. D. Overton, charged with the murder of Judge w. T. Law Ter pending the report of the grand jury, which will probably be presen ted tomorrow afternoon.
 Percy Brooks. also charged with murder. was. brought back to Hunts vile from Birmingham today and ap- peared before the grand jury to give evidence regarding the case. His re- appearance in Huntsville as unaccom- panied by any disorder. but large crowd gathered when 1t became known that he was in the city.
 Nirgie Taylor,sa negro chauffeur, was arrested this morning by Detectives Daly and Cole and lodged in the cour- ty jail as a material witness. Taylor, 1t is alleged, will give valuable test.- mony as to the movements of the ac cused men on the night of the mur- der Word came from Montgomery to- day that the formal proclamation of the reward of $400 offered by the state for the apprehension of David Over ton had been issued. Six hundred dol lars already had been raised among friends of Judge Lawlar. which will he paid Overton's caotors.
 WILL NOT TAKE REWARD
 Taking cognizance of his own diff cult position as a friend Of Overton, Sheriff Phillips today declared that if his department should capture Overtcn the reward would not be accepted nor asked for by him nor would he allow any man employed by him to accept the reward. As is known. Sheriff Phil lips was formerly warm friend and political adherent of Overton and tn ere mas been considerable talk along this line, to which he replied in a state. ment in The Herald Monday.
 Solicitor Thompson was very opti mistic today. He predicted the capture of Overton within the next 12 hours
 Few citizens of Huntsville have doubted from the first that Overt on was any great distance from town Others even said that he was fully informed as to every move of the of ficers and facts have given complexion to this theory. The sheriff's office has made no secret of the fact that inti- nations have been received that at the proper time Overton would surrender himself. Like Nails. it was said that he did not fear the law. but that he did fear the temper of the mob.
 REACHES HUNTSVILLE
 Brooks was brought into Huntsville this morning by Fred McDuff and Jim Daly and Paul Cole. McDuff took Brooks cut of the Birmingham jail and was met at Decatur by Paul Cole The prisoner was quietly placed on the Huntsville train and Jim Daly was waiting at the station here. Brooks was slipped out of the side of the train and placed in the automobile which then drove leisurely to the Twickenham hotel Brooks was placed in Coles room and access to him to was denied.
 Detectives declared that Brooks man. ifested considerable nervousness over his trip here. If so he recovered his grip on himself. Not dozen people in Huntsville knew that Brooks was in town until Il o'clock, when the elevator of the Twickenham suddenly opened and George H. Bodeker, former chief of po- lice of Birmingham, walked out. Beside him stood a shambling elderly man dressed in faded overals. On his face was stubble of gray beard and his mouth was covered by struggling gray mustache. Like wild fire the whisper ran around the lobby that this was Brooks He was unmanacled and by no outward sign was it evident that he was a pris- oner. Turning to the left of the elevator Bodeker and his man walked out the ladies entrance of the hotel, turned north and proceeded unconcernedly to the courthouse block away. Close behind Brooks walked two women of evident refinement, their faces stamped with sor- row. They were Mrs. Brooks and her daughter.
 BEFORE GRAND JURY
 Brooks was taken before the grand jury and remained until 12:40. when he was returned to the hotel for lunch. Again he walked through the streets un- attended except by Bodeker, but this time crowds gathered along the way. Curiosity was manifested, but no hostile curiosity so far as could be seen. As a matter of fact. it is not the residents of Huntsville from whom trouble was feared but from the country people. who seem to be still in highly excited frame of mind.
 The courthouse here is surrounded by
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