The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-19
TESTIMONY DAMAGING AS STATE RESTS IN HALL
 CASE AT RUSSELLVlLLE
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home and later returned and in- formed Hall what he had done. Law Ter delivered message to the wom- an at Reeds home on the late aft- elnoon of the killing and admitted | tfat the woman became mad and stated that Hall was liar and she was coming to town and see him. As to An Oath
 On cross-examination the witness could not be made to say that the Henderson woman had used an oath. On one occasion the witness stated that the woman wore mans cloth ing and that he had carried Hall and herself out of town and left them, returning in about two hours On cross-examination Lawler stated that the woman had told him to tell Hall that she would give him 20 minutes to come to see her. At this point the witness was excused and the state rested its case.
 Court Room damned Circuit court opened this morning with the court roo mfilled beyond capacity and hundreds scramblins for seats, all eager to be present and hear the evidence that is to decide the fate of Hall, one time prosperous merchant of this city.
 Hall was led into the court room by Sheriff Todd and 8 number of special deputies. After greeting several friends Hall took a seat beside his lawyers and had short converse ton with the attorneys. Hall looks well but shows signs of worry due largely to his long confinement in the county jail.
 w. A. Henderson, father of the girl killed, was not in the court room this morning and it could not be learned if he had reached the city during the night or not.
 The task of selecting the jury be- gun shortly after court opened. Judge Almon experienced consider able trouble in making the crowd get seats and clear the aisles. Judge Almon announced to the crowd that no evidence would be taken in the case until 1:S0 and that 1t would be useless for the crowd to remain in the court room throughout the morn ing.
 The task of selecting the jury in the case of Hall was a hard one, as many excuses were offered. Some were related many are sick, but the majority have fixed opinions and could not try the case according to the evidence. Judge Almon took sev eral to task about this later ques- ton, and stated that he did not see or understand how man could get his mind in such shape that he could not give the defendant a fair trial according to evidence. A large num- Der statci that they did not believe in capital punishment.
 Sitting beside the defendant were his two little girls. and just behind u l. -,, 4w~x~ l.e 7...s - Mrs. Essie Hall. Two brothers, Her man and NJ. W. Hall, and his aged father were also present The nly members of the family absent being his aged mother. and sister who was staying at the Hall store.
 No relations of Miss Henderson were present, and only the lawyers for the prosecution occupied the prosecution table.
 List of Jurors
 Following are the names of the 12 men selected to decide the fate of Fred R. Hall: Bud Byford. farmer,
 beat No. 5; Amos Hargett, ginner,
 beat No. 2; Arthur Johnson, farmer, beat No. 4; John W. Horton, farmer,
 beat No. 1; Clinton McCollum farmer, | farmer beat No. .; John J. Horton. | | farmer, beat No. 2; Sid Quinn, farmer
 beat No. 4; William Hargett, farm CT, beat Nd 2; Fred Hooper. farmer beat No. 3; vester Mitchell. farmer. beat No. 1.
 Out of 100 names drawn for jury
 duty in the Hall Henderson case only
 4s were qualified for service. large
 number of witnesses failed to answer
 to their names, and the court ordered 1 the sheriff to issue attachments for
 all witnesses not appearing in court l for both the defense and the prosecu- l tion, if attorneys requested.
 1 The jury was selected by II o'clock and attorneys for both sides retired to the witness rooms to o>consult with l witnesses. Court then adjourned to
 80 at which hour Judge Almon re- llquested that both sides be able to pmake reports to the court as to whether they were ready to proce ed
 with the examination of witnesses.
 It developed that several witnesses have left the state. and Judge Almon
 announced that no attachments could l be issued for them.