The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
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 GREAT SPEECHES

GkEAT SPEECHES
 sSaectafors declared tnas etsorneys Scd fhe defcnse and state made the greatasd speeches for and ageinst the dssendant that ever had been made irl their coure- room, and Judge Horace C. wilk:nson. special prosecutor. told the jury sena. tor A. H. Carmichael. who closed for the defense, had made the greatest ar4 gument before the jury that had ever been deIiverd.
 Throughout the defense's arguments attacks were made on the activities oe me state law enforcement department epd against the methods used in ob- talniog evidence against Iepcaster. While the s.ate's attorneys branded the only witness who claims to have seen Lancaster in his bunk during the hourx of the lyDching as "a lying, trembling scoundrel from the cotton mill dis trict"
 Senator Carmichael declared the stato had only one witness, Leslie West who was branded as a murderer and linr because he admitted he drove one of the murder cars after denyjnr to his attorney, to the governor and others that he had any part In the crime. Hs caHed attention to the fact chat tfere was no evidence of any military cloth Ing in the mob. although the state claimed military clothing found be- tween two walls was secreted there bx the mob.
 WANTS DEATH PENALTY
 Judge Wilkinson closed for the state in an appeal to the jury to return aj verdict of murder in the first degreeJ With penalty of death. He declared mat never before in the history of America has the American uniform been accused of furnishing mob ..tn butcher man as If he were hogs and that 1t is necessary that the jury4 bring in verdicts imposing the extrem,l penalty of the law in order that thd nation may be guaranteed a lawful and orderly government in the future
 W. C. Davis, special prosecutor, madS the first argument for the state. He vas followed by Ernest E. Fite for tho defense, then Fleetwood Rice came for tho defense, who was followed by !. M renninston, circuit solicitor, for tho state Senator Carmichael concluded the argument for the defense. ana Judge Wilkinson concluded for thS state.
 STEPHENS TRIAL SET
 Sergt. Glenn R. Stephens will bo placed on trial two weeks from Mon- day on charge of murder in connec- ton with the lynching of William Hard. The case had been set for last
 
 the trial of Robert J. Lancaster, Judge. Soweil tonight postponed Stephenss case until February 21, and drew q special venire of 100 names The spe-I cial jurors summoned for Stephens.l night. 2 2
 In one hour and 20 minutes aftey, court convened Saturday u1orninc fori the sixth day of the Lancaster triall all evidence was submitted by the de-t Lense and state and preparation JnadAL TOT the arguments The defense cofa+ pleted it's direct testimony at s:sn and the state took 50 minutes in thaE subm ission of testimony in rebutal. rbe defense did not offer witness In sur-I rebuttal
 CAR WEIGHT INVOLVED
 U. Dunn. Hamilton merchant, was cAAed To the stand by the defense as It's first witness Saturday. He testi-ss ned that an automobile like that uriven Dy Leslie West weighed s.1ot pounds This testimony was irnportantY Tor the defense, because West had testified tht his car was stuc.x in ths mud several times during the trint from the Jasper tail to Townley ana that the nine soldiers picked it up ana removed it from the mudholes.y Dunn,s testimony was intended to show that this would be physically impossible.
 Otis Spencer. chauffeur and repairmam Tor Company M at Townley, told th& jury only one sof the three automobilcfl used by the company was in 'conlmfssioSl the night of January 12-13 when th& iynching occurred: that the cautairi8 car was the only one which could bs used that he saw it at 8 o'clock in th4f morning, and 1t had not been used at All that night. Shelby Hodges Of HodRes. Franklin county, testified that he knew Lancaster in the army and his characteps was good. The same testimony was given by Jack Carpenter and Emmett Felkine of Hamilton. # With this testimony. the defense rested. and the state called Capt. Fl. IL. Mc% Means as it's first witness in rebuttai He testified that he was with the Tovif- ley detachment from the time Of tnS lynchinx until the clothing was foaIr,al between the walls the following Sunday. This testimony was intended to show that the clothing could not have been seereeed in the walls after the invests- gaticn started.
 M'MEANS RECALLED s8F On crcss-examination, Captain Mcs Means said he went to Jasper during the intervening period and was about the camp generally. He also said it is b&- tween 13 and Is miles from Jasper 10 Townley by way of Gamble mines Thio is the way Leslie. West said the soldierU went after the lynching. and the purpose of this question was to show 1t would not have been possible for the soldiertf | to return to camp by the time they wefs tCeAtiasea oa Pace Tws)