The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-15
BOND PERMITTED THREE ARRESTED
 IN RECORD CASE
Bailey, Reddock and Morrow Released Under 1,500 Bond ' Each and Return to
 Their Homes
By FRED H. GORMLEY Montgomery, Bureau, The Age-Herald
 221-2 First National Bank Building


 Montgomery, March 14-(Special )-Aft- from Coffee county by constable, w.. M. Bailey, W. M, Reddock and M. N. Morrow, arrested at Elba Sunday on charges of burglary in connection with the removal of tax records from the courthouse, were ordered released on s1,5oO bonds by Judge Walter B. Jones in the circuit court Monday afternoon They immediately furnished bonds signed by prominent citizens of the county and returned to their homes. The state charged that Bailey, Reddock and Mor- row are guilty of breaking into the of fices of the assessor and collector and removing the tax records for several years, in order that the state would be forced to make another assessment ot property ill that county.
 State constables quietly went into Eiba Sunday afternoon, during the hour for church services, arrested the three men and left town with them, according to the allegation of J. A. Carnley, one of the attorneys, who was heard in behalf of the defendants in the circuit court Monday Another attorney was Judge M. S. Carmichael, referee in bankruptcy here and a brother of A. H. Carmichaei of Tuscumbia.
 The arrests were made under warrants sworn out in Montgomery county by n. T. Knight, an employe of the state tax commission, and L. l.. Philips, state coa- stable It was charged that the men broke into the office of the courthouse the night of February 19 and removed the records An affidavit attached to the warrant alleged that there was cause to believe the men would be recuSed confined in the Coffee county jail, anu that a safer place should be provided Judge Leon McCord, before whom the charges were preferred, directed that the men be brought here for safeKeepIhs'
 WARRANT HELD VALID
 MT. Carnley, accompanied by iarge number of citizens of Coffee county, , came to montgomery Monday morning and made a motion before Judge Jones LIudge McCord was in another counsyI that the case be returned to CoIlee county for trial, and that the delenoan.s he released on reasonable bonds II the court held that the warrants "eIe ny void. Judge Jones held that Warran,s ,s were valid, but that the case snou,o have been started m Coliee cou,s then directed that the defendants De per nitted to make bonds in the sum or sI 5oO and the bonds be returnaDie U fudge A. B. Foster of the Twelfth CIT cuit' who will sit in the preliminary trials. Efforts of newspaper represent, atives to find what evidence tne s.a.o has against the defendants raiieo. I.o~- ever. # was learned that employees Of the state tax commission and. states con stables have been working in Coffee county since the crime was committeo- The warrants against the three oeienu- ants were sworn out late oatuluas- s,,-
 Huph White. assistant attorney gen eral. appeared for the state when .ne defendants made the motion to quasn .ne warrants and insisted that heavy oonas should be required of the defendants. ne declared that the theft or the taA .a,s and was blow to the government nseil ,,a an that that any person implicated in it shoule be required to give ample security .o assnre his appearance for trial Judge Jones said he felt $1.5oo was sufficient