The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-22
FARMER STAYS HIS
SON N-[AW; SELF
DEFENSE IS PLEA
Hard Feelings Is Said to Have
Existed Between the Two.
Preliminary Trial Is
Waived

scottsboro. Ala. November 21.--
pecial.)-Declaring that he had
shot and killed his law
Emory Hale, age %, w. Fl. Hess,
owner of a large farm in the Tennes-
see River valley near here, walked
into the Jackson county court house
here Tuesday afternoon and sur
rendered.
The shooting, according to the
statement of Mr.. Hess, occurred at
noon Tuesday when the two came in
from the fields where they had been
working. Hess claims that he shot
in self defense when his on-in-law
attacked him.
The farmer, who Is one of the most
substantial planters in the county
and widely connected, waived pre-
urinary hearing and was remanded
to the county jail to await trial at
the next term of the jackson circuit
court
Hale lived In the same house with
his father-in Law, three miles north
of here. There had been i'll feeling
between the two of them for some
time, 1t is said, and a quarrel is said
to have broken out between them
Tuesday morning. Coming up to the
house at noon. Hale, according to the
elder mans statement. started to at
tack him. Hess said he then fired a
shotgun which he had carried
with him for shooting crows. Hale
was shot once in the head and died
instantly.
Hess is so years old and has al
\ ways horne q good reputation in this
districts The funeral OF Hale VIII
take place "Wednesday.
appeal dismissed on motion or ap-
pellant. Il.
SANFORD, J.: William G. Caffey VS..
Alabama Machinery and Supply COM
pany, reversed and remanded.
Steve Beverly VS.. State, Tusoa-
1oosa, appeal dismissed.
MERRITT, j.: Val O'Rourke VS..
State, Tuscaloosa, appeal dismissed
GADDIs ILL, NO TRIAL
B. L. Gaddis, Jr., former president
OF the Merchants bank of Montgom-
cry, which closed its doors during the
Christmas holidays last year, is i'll
with acute influenza and could not
appear in the circuit court Tuesday
when 10 indictments returned by the
grand jury were called for considera-
ton. On showing of physicians that
he was i'll, Judge Jones ordered post
ponement of the case until Deem
Der 6.
Mr.. Gaddis moved to Miami. Fla,
several months ago and entered bust
ness. Eight indictments were re-
turned against him under the name
of 'B. L. Gaddis, Jr.," several months
ago. all resulting from transactions
prior to the closing of the bank.
Three charged him with embezzle-
ment and grand larceny, one embezzle
ment, one false entry by an official
two the oyerdrawing OF account by
bank official, and one embezzlement,
grand larceny and forgery. 1t became
known Tuesday that the grand jury
which recessed two weeks ago re-
turned five additional indictments
Gaddis." Three of the new indict-
ments charged embezzlement and
grand larceny. one false entry by
bank official and one embezzlement,
grand larceny and forgery.
SEEK NEW STOVE RATES
e. A. DeFuniak, general freight
agent of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad, filed with the public
service commission Tuesday a petit
ton for permission to change the
rules regarding the minimum weight
of cars loaded with stoves, hollow
ware and stove pipe rendered for
transportation between points in
Alabama. The petition stated that 1T
is proposed to make the minimum
weights uniform throughout the
state and insisted that the new rule
would be for the benefit of the pub
lie. The case will be heard at the
December session of the commission.
RAIDERS ON JOB
Reports OF the capture of three
stills in Mobile county and one in
Tuscaloosa county by agents of the
law enforcement department were
received at the capital Tuesday. In
the Mobile raid the officers poured
out SO gallons of liquor and 1920
gallons of mash.
One hundred gallons Of liquor and
100 gallons OF mash were taken in
the Tuscaloosa raid and one person
was arrested on a charge Of distil-
ling.
STATIONS ABANDONED
Oxmoor and Coosada on the Bir-
mingham- Montgomery division of
the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road will lose their station agents as
a result OF decisions of the public
service commission Tuesday. The
commission granted the petition of
the railroad for permission to abaa,-
don the agencies and to establish