The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-04
Neville, Indicted for Murder
 of Bivens, States on Stand
 That Lattimer Fired Shot
Continucd from pnge Five

to his inability to get into the jail to see the defendant. Neville, and Lattimer. He 1 told the jury that he was told by the warden that he would have to have an order from Sheriff Hartsfleld to get in. and that when he made application to the sheriff was told that Solicitor Joseph R.. Tate had instructed him not to allow anyone to see the men. When seen MT. Tate told him he would not permit any one to see them until after he had talked to them. After two days he gave 1t up as a bad job, he stated.
 Parker Rollins, who lives at Praco, and is a coal miner, stated that he went to the home of Little Sunday after the killing of Bivens. and that Mrs. Little had told him that Little had gotten home from the meeting and had eaten his sup per before o'clock. He testified that he had later seen Little and he had stated that he walked home from the Logtown
 meeting with Anthony Alexander, his father -in-law.
 He further testified that on the night of the killing of Bivens he had seen Henry Wickware at the place where Bivens was killed, and he CWickware) had said | there were two men in the wagon and one on the ground.
 STATEMENTS OF LATTIMER Statements alleged to have been made by Lattimer to Solicitor Tate in the Jefferson county jail were exposed to the jury yesterday morning when John Altman, attorney for the defense demanded the stenogra pher's report of the proceedings and interrogated Latti- mer at length on it's contents. A few days after the shooting, Latti- mer is alleged to have told the attor- neys for the prosecution in the county jail:
 T am going to shuck the corn, Milligan said if he had had good gun he would have got them both, mean ing Bivens and Wickware, and that if that damned scab got away he will ex- pose the whole thing
 According to the testimony of Lattl- mer, who was recalled for examina- ton, he had told the prosecuting offi- cials on the occasion of his statement in the county jail, I'm living in a dangerous trouble. He (referring to Milligan) has lots of friends and they will do anything. My life is in danger if what Pm telling gets to the public, but the statement I've made to you is as true as the noon day sun" CORONER RUSSUM Coroner J. D. Russum is alleged to have told him, Don't you worry the public is not going to get hold of this"
 iHc WltHesS QeH1eQ IeIlnS the SO- Ecitor that he didn't know whether little or big man had done the shoot ing, as he didn't turn around unti, after the second shot was fired. He also denied saying that he didn't know whether Milligan or Neville did the shooting; however, he admitted that he couldn't distinguish men very we'll un- less they were close because of the darkness. The witness also denied that he had told aMr. Tate that he was afraid Milligan and Neville were going to frame up on him.
 John w. Lambert, court s-tenog- Iapher for the Birmingham Reporting company, was called to the stand He testified that he was present at the taking of Lattlmer's statement to the solicitor in the county jail. This state ment was taken by him in shorthand and transcribed and turned over to MT. Tate, the witness stated The trans cribed record of the statement was pro- duced on demand of the attorney for the defense
 REPORTERS ON STAND !. ID. c. Tinsley and w. Clark Booth. local newspaper men, testified as to. conditions surrounding the alleged se cret investigation into the case at the office of the coroner, when it is ai- leRed Lattfmer turned states evidence. Both of these witnesses testified that they had attempted to get into the