The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

Hhile JueTe IS no uouDJ ne XII lutely no doubt he was under the inf actually does not have the slightest
 The poor thing yet declares that even though the girl threw him down, he had absolutely nothing in the world against her" He was resigned. The thought never crossed his mind to kill her.
 Had No Motive
 And testimony from tho girls family at the trial showed Lambert didn't know the girl was going with another man. or intended to marry him. Extensive Investigations have also failed to prove that Lambert ever said to anybody If I cant have the girl, no other man shall"
 Was Crnzy
 Truth is Lambert was in no con dition to declare anything over abundant testimony from reliable persons would show how terrible victim he was to drugs, and that he mad lapses of memory in which his mind was anabsolute blank. He was victim of paregorlc and morphine over many years. In fact, he should nave been picked up and sent off until he was cured. His jail aonfine- ment has now effected that cure, and he would be able to work It would be like hanging rag doll to hang the man."
 Ihese are expressio .ts from at least a dozen prominent citizens of Bir- mingham, who. through a sense not only of pity, but of what they de- clare is justice, are making a con eerted effort to save Lambert from hanging here March 17. They are not related to the man in any way and are totally disinterested indi- yiduals. In fact, the man has no relatives here. These individuals wish to have the sentence commuted to life imprisonment and to that end several petitions are being circulated, and petition asking money to de- fray the expenses of going before the pardon board at Montgomery March Il, which is just three days before the execution date.
 Short Time
 That means there is very little time to work. It means Lambert is to die, if something cannot be done, a little less than one month hence. The plan IS if sufficient money is raised to send J. Ellis Brown, who has been retained as attorney, before the par don board, which will, in turn, sub init the matter to the governor.
 Those who are taking the lead in the case are Mrs. R. J. Foster, wei fare worker who does so much good Humanitarian service at the jails and among the prisoners; William Wise. prominent citizen; c. H. Hamilton. superintendent at the Young Mems Christian association. a number of pastors of the different churches, some societies and Organizations. The lapor is, however, practically begin ming.
 Mrs. Foster Interested
 Mrs. Foster was the first person to bring the attention of citizens to the man, declaring that he was leading an exemplary life, and in addition the man was actually himself doing welfare work among the prisoners
 Yesterday one man remarked: CT actually believe Lambert never would have asked anything for himself"
 Lambert has never had a personal lawyer. He was defended by men who were appointed in the case.
 He says: "If the whole truth could have come out. believe I would have been freed. At my trial, I wasn't able to get some of my main witnesses there.+
 History of Case 4 The mans story and the history of the case is this:
 He was separated from his first wife and children, who lived at Dora. and then was when, he said, he began to take dope 'T worried so much about the thing I couldn't sleep. and had to have something. I took it for three years and until after I met Miss Gilleland Then I really did quit. I supported her family for long time at Brilliant, Dora and Oakman. My wife had married again. I gave the girls family all I made working in the mines. And when the girl told me we were bursted up, the worry of it, I guess, drove me back to taking dope But l never had any feeling of revenge in my heart, and the thought didn't even know she was going with another man. I loved her too much to kill her.
 Moved Without Him
 When the girls family moved to Birmingham, he said, they did not tell him about 1t until just the day be- fore. After they moved down here he came to see them once. It was then the girl told him they were "bursted up" After that he didn't come any. more.
 l saw the condemned man in jail yesterday He confessed his habit of taking dope to me, and he also state that he should have been picked up by persons and sent somewhere. T was in bad shape" he declared, but