The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-15
SENT To MONTGOMERY

SENT lO NUN IGOMEh1
 Following the examination of taxi- cab driver and 34 members of Com pany M of Tuscaloosa at military head quarters of General Steiner, i1os Eleventh avenue, south. the statement was authorized by the commanding of- ficer that the lynching of Baird had not been cleared up.
 ssWhile I have sent the taxi-cab
 driver, West, and one guardsman
 to Montgomery for examination by
 Governor kflby and Attorney Gem
 eral Smith, am frank to say that
 no evidence has been unearthed
 connecting them with the crime,'
 General Steiner stnted.
 In this connection General Steiner denied published reports to the effect that West was brought to B!rming- ham handcuffed, and that the two men were sent to the Capital City under an escort of troops,
 JUST WITNESSES
 The two men have merely been de tanned ae witnesses ard because tne .e-rAvtoys0f the sitpaficnci desire mkcFa sta hNr e4 slnii<H bs. thf @avfEHcr aaN att6rnEV genes4i fires nassS safta tTS n elal stetner erbe Towsiey detseh~i msnt -e< troops was ordered b 50 they might pe separated from their sur roundings the better to make. an examination of each man individually as it is the purpose of the governor and the military authorities to ascer tain, if possible, the identity of the persons engaged in the lynching.
 The law enforcement department, the sheriff's office and the military are using every effort outside this ex- animation of the guardsmen to run down the guilty parties"
 There was hustle and activity at military headquarters all during the night frequent telephone and tele- graph messages reporting the arrival of attachments of guardsmen who had been allowed to return home on fur tough and who had been recalled
 Telephone reports to General Stein- CTS headquarters here early this morn ing stated that quiet prevailed at Jas per, and that no trouble was expected The headquarters company, Birming- ham troops. were reported on duty at Townley. replacing the members of Company M, ordered to Birmingham for examination.
 AUSTIN IS SILENT
 Upon his return to Birmingham last light following a conference held with Governor Thomas F. kilby Friday relative to the plans to apprehend tine members of the party who lynched Will Baird at Jasper, Wednesday, Chief Law Enforcement Officer Conrad w Austin would make no statement re- garding his conference with the chief executive.
 Mir. Austin stated that he was act ing upon the advice Of higher ups" and that is was impossible to give any information concerning the plans made by himself and the governor Q round up" the members of the party
 MT. Austin was asked if the governor had Instructed him to employ addi- tional men to patrol the mineral dis trict To this he would not answer.
 He was also asked if the governor had appointed a special counsel to con. duct tEe investigation when the Wal ker county grand jury is impaneled He stated, m answer, that in all prob abilities the governor would appoint a solicitor from some of the circuits in South Alabama to conduct the exami- nation.
 q. with members of the attorney generals office, intend to make a thor ough investigation of the lynching, and if possible bring to justice every man connected with the crime" said Mfr Austin.