The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-20
HALL CASE WILL GO ID JURY BY
 10 THIS MORNING
All Evidence In By Four O'Clock and Attorneys Agree Two Hours for
 Arguments Enough

huSSeliVllle, August l3.---- Special. What will be the fate of Fred R. Hall, and how long will it take the jury to decide the case?
 This is the question that is now on the minds of perhaps every man and woman in the city of Russellville, and they number into the thousands tonight.
 Ono Of the Ercatcst legal bnt-
 ties ever fought in courthouse
 In Alabama. md one that lasted
 only two days. will end tonight
 Brd tomorrow morning. not later
 than 10 o'clock, the case of Fred
 R. Hall will be placed in The
 hands of the jury, and then 1t will
 he only n matter of time upsil
 his fate will be known. through
 out the land.
 only two more arguments re-
 main, one for the defense and one
 for the ntHtc. nnd the case will he
 ready for the jury, except for
 Judge Almon's charge, which will
 be delivered tomorrow morning
 at S,3O o'clock.
 All evidence in the Hall Henderson tragedy was in this afternoon at o'clock.
 Attorneys for both state and de- fense agreed that two hours would be sufficient time for arguments, and Judge Almon announced recess for 10 minutes and instructed the sheriff to take the jury out for short walk.
 Opens state Argument
 When court was called to ordor, So- l,citor Henry D. Jones opened the ar gument for the state, in which he praised the womanhood of this fair land, and reminded the jury that o matter what the character of Martha Henderson might have been, she had as much right to live as Fred R. Hail. or any other man or woman.
 The solicitor did not quote much of tho evidence in the case. but did taks to task several defense witnesses
 Attorney Jones also reminded ths jury that perhaps some of its mem bers had been approached or had made promises before taking their oath. and if such was the case 1t would not take those who had not and were honest to find out who were the weak ones.
 This gave the defense scoring point and Travis Williams, defelse attorney. did not fail to grasp the opportunity and score the prosecutor in no uncertain terms.
 Solicitor Jones spoke for one hour, during which time he pleaded with the jury to make an example of Fred Hall if the evidence In the case was sufficient to prove him guilty of the murder of the woman with whom he had been illegally associated for the past four years.
 Has Faith In Jurors
 In the course of his speech in de- fense of Hall. Travis williams spent several minutes in reminding the jury that he believed them to be men fully competent to hold the high position in which they had been placed and that he did not believe any of them were men to make promises or pledge themselves in a case where human life was at stake as the prose- cutor had intimated.
 Mir. williams then spent much time Tn gong over the eViuence, pATtIcuiht- ly that of J. s. Irwin, druggist. who had testified that Hall had not fired shot after the woman had fallen to the sidewalk, reminding the jury that MT. Irwin had been summoned by the state. but they would not put him on the stand because they knew of the high esteem in which he was held and the confidence the people of Franklin county had In any state ment he might make.
 Attorney Williams also spent much time on the telegram that Martha Henderson had sent from Cincinnati in which she had stated. T am leaving tonight for Russellville, arrive there Wednesday, death will end tho gams at lastp
 The state had tried hard to prevent | this telegram from being presented to the jury. l The jury was also reminded Of Halrs confession by letter to his wife l of his wrongdoings. in which he en- 1 closed the telegram mentioned. | Night Session Held Judge Almon announced that . night session would be held at which | time arguments would be finished, and that he would deliver his charge | tomorrow morning.
 Hon. A. H. Carmichael will close | for tfe defense and Solicitor Fritz | Thompson. special counsel for the pros secution. will close for the state
 The day was most trying one on 1 the defendant and his relatives. espe- cially his immediate family.
 Hall took the stand in his own be- half last night, remaining on ths l stand during the entire session and again this morning.
 Hall told the story of his life dur ling the time he had kno~,n Martha | Henderson, beginning with the day he first met her in the country a short distance from Sheffield. l There was hardly a meeting. ac- cording to the defendant, during these years that some amount ci
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