The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
IMPOSE FINES ON ALLEGED MEMBERS
 OF JUNE 19 M9b
Cases Are Appealed From Recorders COurt-BOnds Made and Alleged Dis
 turbers Are Released

On charges of dsorderly conduct in night, June 19. William H. Alexander and Earl Davis were fined slO0 and 1so days in police court by Recorder Henry J. Mar tin yesterday afternoon.
 Oscar V. Hunt Was found guilty of lending passive encouragement to the mob and was fined s5C.
 Ernest Cawthorn and Walter Honey cutt received fines of $25. The case against L. M. Waggoner was nolis pressed.
 Alexander, Davis and Hunt took ap- peais from Recorder Martins decision. Cawthorn elected to pay his fine. Alex ander and Davis were only fined in one case each. Additional charges were dis missed in sustaining a plea of former jeopardy made by Attorney McArthur for the defendants. Bond was placed at s3JJ for Alexander and Davis and s100 for Hunt.
 The hearing of evidence and pleadings in the six cases extended through Thurs- day and a greater part of yesterday. The city was assisted in the prosecution by Graham Perdue and Walter s. Brown, attorneys. The. prosecutors undertook to show that Alexander was the ringleader of the crowd that visited local hotels de- manding the dismissal of negro beilboys. MT. Alexander admitted visiting the ho- tels, but claimed that he was not in sym pathy with the spirit of the crowd and was trying to keep down trouble. His purpose. he said, was to get control of the crowd into the hands of older heads and to prevent any mob violence.
 Earl Davis, tried on two charges as being a member of the crowd at the city hall and later the hotels, offered no tes- tmony in his own behalf. City witnesses testified that he called out at the Motion hotel in a demand for action and not talk.
 CURIOSITY
 Curiosity was the impelling force that caused Oscar V. Hunt, photographer, 2191a North Twentieth street, to get mixed up in the mob, according to his testimony. Later he was asked by MT. Alexander, according to some of the witnesses. to present with him the demands of the crowd to Manager H. B. New of the Mol ton hotel for the release of the negro bellboys
 Walter Honeycutt painter and paper hanger. according to the testimony of De- tectfve B. F. Hubbard. was drunk. and by yelling at the top of his voice exciteI the crowd that gathered around the city hall after the negro who started the trou- ble had been placed in jail.
 Ernest Cawthorn of Fairfield admitted cursing the officers when they turned the fire horse on the mob at the city jail. He stated that he had joined the croWc through curiosity and had no idea of as- sisting in any mob violence.
 The six men were arrested as the re- suit of the roiting Saturday night, Jun 1s The trouble is said to have started when Ethan Harden, negro, brushed against an unknown white woman. Her escort took exception to the negro's ac- ton. As a result Harden pulled knife and stabbed A. w. Smith in the breast. As he was attempting to escape he was shot through the back.
 Wild rumors began as to the crime the negro had committee. After he was taken to the city jail by officers mob made an unsuccessful effort to enter the jail. While the crowd was being held back by fire hose. Harden was slipped out by a back door and rushed to the county jail The mob then made the rounds of several local hotels, demanding the release of the negro bellboys.