The Sentinel=record., 1918-06-01
GRAHAM ARRESTED
 WHILE IN MT IDA
VIOLATES THE TRAFFIC LAWS OF THE CAPITAL OT MoNTGoM-
 FRY COUNTY.

Yesterday morning Judge Graham
 left this city in company with Pros
 eeuting Attorney Berry II. Randolph
 at about m. 10 attend the meeting
 of the county central committee in
 Montgomery county and arrived in Mt
 Ida about late breakfast time and in
 his hurry to get 10 Uncle Jerry Wat
 lins' hotel he overlooked the post set
 in the street near the corner of that
 busy populace and took 10 the left, as
 that was the shortest route to Uncle Jerry's breakfast table The judge
 had hardly gotten through with his
 face washing when a traffic officer.
 who just reached the judges waist
 lin in l0nsitude and the weight ot one of the judges pedal extremities
 in ayoirdupois rushd in and dmanded
 to have the person who drove that
 ear pointed out Co him. and when this
 was done he pormptly said to the
 judge, Come with me come on nov,
 as l am in a hurry as | have my mail route 10 start out on and you are Hn-
 der arrest' The judge protested as
 he scented th ham on the table, but
 the doughty officer promptly took him,
 WhereupOn Randolph rushed down Co
 the Brakefeld Mercantile company
 and secured Mr. Brakeheld as a bonds
 man and secured the temporary re-
 lease of Judge Graham until he could
 go 10 breakfast, after which Mir Ran
 dolph secured the services of Mr Mac
 Martin, Mr. Jerry Witt and Mir, Hern- don. all the memEcrs of the Mont gomery county bar who were in the city Of Mt Ida and then began the preparation for the defense. It devel- oped that Mr. w l.. Graham was the | mayor and the judge immediately pro- | ceeded to his residence and raked up | relationship that had been long for gotten. without, however first inform 1 ing the mayor of his arrest, and in- cidentaly the iuoge detained the mayor until he was sure that the traffic officer was well on his way with his rural delivery
 When the mayor came down and opened court the case was called. then the mayor discovered the reason for the long-foreotten relationship. but as announcement for trial had already been made the defendant demanded hat the trial proceed and entered his )lea ot not 4pltY. whereupon the mayor discovered that the prosecut- ng witness was ou on his route and hat the city w1uld not probably 1e lble to make ease because of failure )f proof when Q and betold Judge Wood who was present in the city as vas also Judge Mooney in the interest If Judge Gotham, realizing that they night each gain some advantaget by 7 .aying Graham mcarcerated while : he committee was deliberatiug. uietly told the mayor that Randolph 'as in the ear wiCh GrInam when he lighted rhe.r t"affo post and that he ' ould Je used as a witness. and Ran olph found out what Wood and lbNittN ttaL NNtif taii iilt ttlt-ttlt ltiA q i ached himself 10 Grahams array of n Ounsel and wlen called upon 10 tes- fly, c.aimed the statutory exemption , rom testifying on the ground that he [ 'as of counsel for the defendant. who { ad told him as attorney all the facts ( therefore the communication were rivileged and his evidence could not e used aaamst his client h
 Finally very much to the chaerin l. f the court and the indignation of he assembled popuIace the court was to iisc haree the defend mt and Graham left while the going vas good
 Later reports indicate that the in- | ignation of the people has reached | he point that there is talk of a recall or the mayor and if that fails the possibility Of impeachment proceed ugs following, if it can be fully es- that relationship does act lally exist between Judge Graham nd Mayor Graham. we. however, have information that the pre- ended relationship was mere camou laee on the part of Judge Graham and hat the mayor was innocent Of any wrong doing