The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-05
D|SLOYAL WHITE MAN PLACED IN STACKER CAGE AT BESSEMER Hayes Brown, Carpenter, Charged With Casting Re- flections on Red Cross MANY CITIZENS
 MARCH ROUND CAGE Citizens Make Patriotic Addresses Near City Jail Kid Are Loudly
 Cheered---Reese Murray
 Notified

Notified
 Bcssemer, July 4.--tSpeeial)-T slacker's cage. which was placed yes terday on the corner of Second avenue and Nineteenth street. held it's first occupant today in the person of Hayes Brown, white man, for dis- loyal utterances against the govern ment and also for nonsupport of the war burden.
 Brown, who came to this city about p month ago from Sheffield, and se- cured employment as mine carpenter at the Ishkooda mines of the T. c. l.. company, was under the supervis- ion of R. R. Marler, mine foreman. who made a sworn statement against him. MT. Marlor states that Brown had made unpatriotic remarks in his presence against the Red CT oss. Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
 Albert Armstrong, timekeeper, made a affidavit that Brown had remarked in his presence that he twas damned tired of being solicited' and that some one every day was trying to sell him Lib- erty Bonds or get him to give some thing to the Red Cross. and that he was getting damned tired of it and would not give them anything if he had B million dollars.
 UNPATRIOTIC REMARKS
 Brown had boarded at the Marlor home since coming to Ishkooda and on one occasion when asked by MT. Mar for if he had purchased any Liberty ha cta had bought s200 worth and was paying for them at rate of $20 per month. After his unpatriotic remarks MT. Marlor invest igated and found that he had not pur- chased any bonds at all.
 Brown is the first stacker to be placed in the cage. He is about AZ years >of age. and about feet tall with dark hair and eyes. He is unmarried.
 Between the hours of and o'clock traffic was blocked in order to give the curious spectators vieWSat Besse- mer'S first stacker. Fully 5u00 people were on the streets and around the cage, which is situated at the intersec- tion of Second avenue and Nineteenth street making all passage impossi- ble A number of citizens took charge of the matter and forced the large crowd to march single file around the . cage to see the >'slaeker"
 NOTICE ON CAGE
 On the door of the cage was tackled the following notice: "One Brown, white carpenter, employed by the IT. c. l. company at Ishkooda, came here about one month ago from Sheffield; made statement in mines that War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps were graft game and were no good as they would not be redeemed by the government. lie stated in the presence of white men that Red Cross collections was a
 xI,,,f tt.r 1n l al lectors for Red Cross were bunch Of harlots backed by the government. The s- above statement was made in the pres eace of Albert Strong, timekeeper, who will make affidavits this afternoon; also In the presence of men with whom he boards. This man states that Brown has made stronger statements than the above and as soon as he is taken in custody, he, Strong, will make affidavit to this effect'>-
 While in the cage the prisoner is 2 said to have attempted to place his head in the loop of a rope with which he was bound to strangle himself Later the large crowd became also bloodthirsty and for fear of violence. he was re- moved from the cage and marched down Second avenue to Eighteenth street to the city jail The crowd fol- lowed after him. and upon reaching the jail was held back and d number of
 
 stood in the doorway of the court house
 \, STIRRING APPEAL George Bumgardner5 made most stirring appeal to the citizens, He stated that there were a number oi such unpatriotic citizens in this com munity and that Brown was only the first He further stated that one indi- vidual the committee had in mind had | provided himself with shotgun and pistol, but that it made no difference if he possessed a machine gun, they were not afraid. He stated that Ii there are any more slackers in this city, they, too, must come across. Each remark made by Mir. Bumgardnel was accompanied with loud cheers ant much applause from the crowd A call was made for George Ross l who appeared and seemed to pour oi on the troubled waters. He said: Boys we want to maintain the reputation of the city of Bessemer. So refrain sA. from foul language. violence and in jury. If any slackers are found, brins them in, without injury and the gov ernment will handle them. Our on object ip view is the successful prosecu ton of the war. Bessemer is on city that is 100 per cent American, an, let's keep it so."
 J. Reese Murray, head of the depart ment of justice, was notified, and in al probability will have Brown removed t. I the county jail tonight.