The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-28
FINAL. ARGUMENTS IN IMPEACHMENT
 CASE CONCLUDED
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 The witness said John Wilkerson, the state convict who testified about all legged immoral practices in the county jail, was very unruly and disagreeaole while in jail and that he was forced to put the man in the condemned sec tion. At this time, Wilkerson. accoro- ing to Sheriff Strength, told him II the chance ever came he would swear something on the sheriff.
 Denies Making Threats
 Sheriff strength positively denied that he ever threatened to kill Rurus Cannon formerly his chief deputy and now a state constable, or to whip hiln. but did say he gave him Jacklng up about some of his false reports.
 The witness admitted that he did drink little liquor during the ln- fluenza epidemic in the early part or 1919, but insisted that he had never heen intoxicated while in office and had not used liquor in any quantity since the epidemic.
 Strength testified again that the twenty five dollars obtained from Charley Milner was a cash bond and that when Milner made another bond he instructed him to get his money from Judge D. D. Askew, but that Mil ner refused on the advice of J. M. Holly.
 A member of the supreme court asked if Mir. Holly engineered the prosecution of the case. MT. Strength replied: Yes, MT. Holly is a political enemy and a personal enemy of mine.
 MT Holly jumped to his feet. May it please the court" he began, but was stopped. Later he was called to the stand by the state and denied em- phatically that he was personal enemy of Sheriff Strength, but said he did not support the sheriff. However he explained that his connection with the case was not of his own choosing, but that he, as mayor of Wetumpka, was asked for assistance by citizens of the Eclectic section who said they were unable to obtain aid from the sheriff and could not personally make the campaign because they feared losses by incendiarism and in other ways.
 No Personal Enmity
 Mir. Holly said he never knew ot any personal enmity until he com llained to Sheriff Strength because Haig Adams was not arrested for transporting liquor. He said MT. Strength ran on the local option ticket nnd therefore he, Holly, could not and did not support him. MT. Holly denied that he advised Charley Milner not to get the twenty five dollars which the sheriff had took as acash bond or that he prepared impeachment papers against Strength in office.
 L. c. Smith, probate judge of Elmore county and a prohibitionist. testified that Strength had made faithful off cial and that he had never heard of his drinking liquor and never smelled liquor on him. He testified that the sheriff consulted him about the Ali Peak Haig Adams case and he advised the sheriff not to arrest Adams at once hoping that the distiller of the liquor could be arrested alone. He detailed a conversation between himself and Strength in which Strength said he had discussed the case with Adams and that Adams promised to make known the name of the distiller if given short time. Later Adams was indicted and convicted. Peak also was con victed
 On cross examination Judge Smith admitted that he and Strength have been lifelong friends and that Strength had aided him in his cam paign for office. He said it was nec- essary to obtain the support of local optionists to be elected to any office in Elmore county and that he obtained the support of Strength as well as other local optionists. He also ad- mitted that he had never heard of the confiscation of an automobile for transporting liquor in Elmore county.
 Tom Hall testified that he heard Rufus Cannon say he wanted to get something on Strength so he would be impeached and he. Cannon, would be appointed. On cross examination the state sought to show that Hall had keen a wildcatter but the witness de- nied the charge and also said he hal never run still. He denied that J.. I. Shores acting state constable in Fillmore county, had ever turned him up. He admitted that he has drunk liquor. but Insisted that he always obtained 1t in Montgomery and never obtained any In Elmore county.
 Jud Hill testified that he heard Ru- fus Cannon tell Nasty Golden that when he was appointed high sheriff of Fillmore county he. Cannon. would give Golden a job.