The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
.F|F TEEN ALLEGED MURDER GAAGSTERS
 UNDER INDICTMENT
Accused Will Be Arraigned This Morning and Trials Set for Monday-Jake Smith
 Is a Witness

Tuseumbia, January 27.--(spe-
 cial.)--The special grand jury
 made partial report tonight re-
 turning 15 indictments charging
 murder, aEninst men who are
 already in jail in Colbert and Lau-
 derdale counties. Judge Aimon
 will convene special term of
 court tomorrow morning for the
 purpose of nrraigning the men in-
 dfcted.
 The indicted men are: Sid Kirby,
 Hninp Kirby, Jake smith, John
 TrousdaIe, Will Holmes, Lewis
 Kirby, Gilbert Fuller, Ike Madden,
 Abner WhitIock, iGranbcrry Fuller,
 Abncr shaw, Levi smith, Ike John-
 son. sam Campbell md Charles
 McClnin. They will be arrnigned
 Friday morning and their cases
 set for Monday, January 3I. Two
 other indictments were returned
 against men not yet arrested.
 SMITH SURRENDERS
 Jake smith, wanted in c0nnec-
 tioa with the ambush murder last
 Saturday of Deputy Don stephen-
 son and the dangerous woundfng
 of his associates. Deputies Calvin
 Bfghffeld and Andrew McPeters.
 was Il volunteer witness.
 Smith, who shortly after his surrender Q local officers, declared that he did not participate in the shooting, has been identified by Highfield, it was stated here tonight The grand jurors, it is subjected him to a gruelling examination and, 1t is believed. ob- aimed much information relative to the of Stephenson and also re- 5arding the alleged ''moonshiners mur- fer ring, organized to drive state and other enforcement officers from this sec ion The grand jury will make a par Lial report, it is understood, Friday  Jake Smith, for whom N L. Pierce enforcement officer his deputies and county officers have beer in this section of the state since the killing of Deputy Stephenson and the serious wounding of Deputies McPeters and Highfield. on an islane in the Tennessee river, six miles above Sheffield, walked into Tuscumbia this morning and surrendered to Sheriff T. P Miller He was locked up in jail.
 SUSPECTS JAILED
 Smith. whose home is at Brick, in this told the sheriff that he did no have anything to do with the killins of Stephenson and the wounding of Mo Peters and Highfeld, but would not dis cuss the tragedy further. He said tha Sunday and Monday nights he stayed no far from his home, but gave no accoun of his whereabouts Saturday night ans Tuesday night. smith makes the if teeritfi person nov ils the jsifs in sssau derdale and Colbert counties in connec tion with the shooting of the officers.
 Smith said he went to the home Q Will Gorgas last night and the latte brought him to town this morning in a' Smith said that he had al most frozen to death wandering around and decided to give himself up. He say that twice in the last few days he ha' met several officers in the road lookins for him. but they did not recognize him He is about 50 years of age. is farmer in the Brick neighborhood. His threi sons are now in jail, charged with com plicity In the shooting of the three of ficcrs last Saturday.
 In a statement made this morning Chief Pierce declared that all the mel wanted in connection with the traged. were now in jail and that he believed : dangerous gang had been thoroughil cleaned up. Seventeen men in all ar, held in connection with this crime.
 Following the surrender of Jake Smith today the arrest of Ad Whitlocf and Ike Johnson, alleged members ol the moonshiner gang, last night, N. l. Pierce, chief of the prohibition en- forcement officers in north Alabama left Florence today. He was pleased with the work done by Officer w A Romine of Florence and his depUties in connection with rounding up thu alleged moonshiners.