The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-07
NINE ARE JAILED

The nine men arrested are alleged to be union tenant farmers, and they, with farm owners non-union tenants, with farm owners nonunion tenasts and a small squad of officers Those arrested include Tom Smith, Robert smith, John Smith and Mansel Smith, all brothers, and Frank Roberts, Cleve Fondern, J. F. Howard and Frank Starring. The jail is under heavy guard as a precaution against a possible att tempt at delivery.
 Ten deputies from Scottsboro have been sent to Fabius, immediately across the riyer from Stevenson. Five other deputies have been assigned to Steven son. Whether these 15 men will be able to prevent recurrence of a battle is a matter of serious speculation. The entire section is armed and a spirit of hostility that requires only a spark to explode is manifest.
 As an additional precaution, Jodie Beaver sand John Brown, alleged union tenants, arrested about 10 days ago in connection with the raid upon the home of Harry MacGowan, were transferred to the Huntsville jail this afternoon. This is taken to indicate that the au- thorities regard the MacGoWan attack as of more seriousness than the pitched
 
 badly beaten and tortured.
 RUMORS ARE THICK
 Rumors of a varying character are afloat throughout Jackson county. One report insists that Brown or Beavers, arrested last week, following the Mac Gowan raid. had voluntsered, if re- leased from the Scottsboro jail to take X siae officers to the FeiadezyouS of t4lE night-riders Instead, it is said, he led them into an ambuscade.
 The situation has been given addi- tionai confusion by the report of a fed- eral officer who investigated conditions in Jackson county and declared that in his opinion, union tenants have not been guilty of the outrages, but that bootleggers inspired the trouble. It is stated that the bootleggers are deter mined to frighten various farmers who have been called as witnesses by the state in liquor cases out of the state.
 Tn support of this theory, the union tenants have emphatically denied, through their officials. any participa- tion or responsibility for the raids. X meeting of the Jackson county local has been called for scottsooro Monday sIt is assumed that the emphatic denials will be announced.
 DEPUTY CAPTURES FOUR Deputy Sheriff Stevens of Stevenson Saturday night intercepted four mem bers of the farm tenants' union as they were preparing to start on one of their nightly raids which have been terroriz- ing the whole of northern Alabama There were about IS men in the party but the officer was only able to arrest four whom he placed in jail at Robinson and summoned a heavy guard of volun- teer citizens. This afternoon at 2:3o O clock a party of about 15 men crossed vixsa Eah the alleged headquarters of the night riders, and approaching to within few yards of the jail opened fire upon the officers in charge. The citizenship of Stevenson, which had already been warned that a rescue would be attempt ed, were waiting for the attack and about 150 mn swarmed out into the streets and began firing at the attack CTS. The night-riders took to flight and recrossed the river, leaving five of their number in the hands of the citizens and officers.