The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-25

uaTy oI, ana CldC Ol GIelH February 2.
 The remaining seven Tuscaloosa
 troopers held in connection with
 the Iynching of William Baird.
 Walker county coal miner, will be
 arraigned when the special term
 of the circuit court reconvene~
 next Monday in the following or-
 der. Joseph W. Key, Jnmes Frank
 lin, Roy Patton, William C. Ham
 by, Clarence Richardson, Emmett
 W. Speed, Manly R. Sexton.
 The court committed the nine de- fendants to the Marion county jail here, where they will remain in the custody of Sheriff Couch and State Law Enforcement Deputies W. R. Scar brough and W. H. Knox.
 DEMURRERS SUSTAINED
 Judge Sowell sustained demurrers filed by Special Prosecutor Horace c. Wilkinson to plea of abatement filed by attorneys for the defense in all except paragraphs four and five. which will be argued before the jury after it is impaneled next Monday These two paragraphs aver that the county from which the special grand jury which indicted the defendants was drawn and the special grand jurors had not been drawn by the persons designated by law.
 Upon the instance of the defense and in accord with the ruling of the court Judge Wilkinson announced that the following would be the principal wit nesses offered by the state in the trial of Lancaster:
 Leslie West, Clyde Springer, Omaha Evans, Rufus Cannon Sid Cowan, Guy Cowan, Private Hall of Company M Captain McMeans, Major Fallow and Captain Fleming.
 The special prosecutor also an- nounced that he would furnish the de- fense with a list of the 66 persons who appeared before the special grand jury as soon as the list can be com piled, in order that the persons giving testimony may be called as witnesses If desired
 Judge Soweli drew a general venire of 50 names from the jury box and a special venire Of 40 names for the trial of Lancaster. Out of the 14o names called today, all but six were farmers tl1e exceptions being one minister one blacksmith, one rural mail carrier and three merchants. Every section of the county was repres ented in the list of jurors.
 EVERYBODY NEUTRAL
 There is absolutely no feeling in this county one way or the other in regard to the case. Tn fact majority of the people apparently have never heard of the Baird lynching or the i'm dictment of the state guardsmen. There were scant two score of spectators in the court room when the guardsmen were arratgned this afternoon, and only one of them wore white collar. There was one woman present.
 Marion county is county of law and order. There are no unions, no dis putes and no strikes. There is one small restaurant at Hamilton and one hotel of eight rooms. All of these rooms, with the exception of one, have been engaged by the counsel for the defense. The remaining room has been reserved by Judge Wilkinson. The peo- pie of the town. however, are planning to throw open their homes to the coun- sel and witnesses who cannot secure accommodation at the little hostelry
 The county jail is a model It has Hsne cells and was occupied by lone prisoner prior to the confinement of the guardsmen today. Each cell has special lighting facilities and has an outside window. The entire jail Is spic and span.
 The nine Tuscaloosa boys who are under indictment for first degree mur- der apparently are not taking their plight seriously. "rhe Gangs All Here was their favorite song today. They cracked many jokes and indulged in much banter among themselves. They were brought to Hamilton under a special military guard, and were also accompanied by members of the state law enforcement squad.