Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-01-26
ACCUSED STRIKERS
GRANTED BOND
Attorneys and Citizens Request
Bond For Imprisoned Strikers

Attorneys A. J. Mcdonald, Quincy
and Rice for the defendants in the To-
cal jail held for the murder of w. T
kecd and Solicitor General ]. B. Wall.
Jointly presented applications for bond
to his Honor, o. T. Cover. Judge of
the Cordele Circuit, at his office in
the Courthouse in Cordele, Monday
! afternoon
The failure to give the defendants
a trial either at the October term of
Ben Hill Superior Court or the recent
January term of the court, were made
the basis for the request for bonds
pr the defendants, who had been con-
tined IN Jail for more than four months
under indictments returned at a spe-
cial term of the Grand Jury in Sep.
TENDER last.
In supporting the request for bond,
Solicitor J. B. Wall for the State.
stated that no further trouble from
the striking employees of the A. B &
A. was apprehended and that the &C
cused formerly were counted among
the most law abiding citizens of orr
county. That the case of Fred Stubs
also indicted for the same murder
had after hard fought trial and con-
sideration by jury of his case for
seventy-two hours, resulted in a YER
dict of manslaughter, which in itself
was a bondablc offense. Col. Wall
also stated that he believed that ends
OF justice would be fully served by
allowing these men to return to their
familIes until their cases could be tried
either at social session of the court
or at the April term, and pointed TO
the galaxy of representative citizens
who had accompanied the attorneys to
Cordele, to give their approval to the
granting of the bonds
Col. Quincy for the accused pIcdp.
ed quiet and lawful strtr O, afr,;-s in
the county and the cCopcratior 4 the
striking employees of the road 20 the
protection of the property of the rail-
road, from any interference or attach
on the part of any of their numbers
Alter short consultation with So
hector Wall, Judge Cover asked II
any of the gentlemen present. desired
to be heard either for or against grant
ing bonds to the defendants, to which
Mayor Drew w. Paulk responded in
behalf of granting bonds. Mr.. PauIk
assured the court that no further trou-
bic is anticipated by the citizens OF
fitzgerald and cited an instance which
came under his official observation
or the spirit of abiding by and With.
the law. on the part of the strikers
even under most serious provocation,
In granting the bonds, which the
court made ten thousand dollars in
each case, Judge Cover made it plain
to the associates of the defendants
present and their attorneys. that these
bonds would automatically be revoked
II through any acts of theirs or anv OF
thelr associates, a condition should
arise, similar to that which had exist
ed in Fitzgerald last summer
Bond was allowed and an order is
sued to that effect for O. L. Lee, T.
Lies, J. L. Smith, ]. L. Malcolm.
= F. Harris, Jim Meade Crowder
Gates, Harvey Booker, and A. w. Ro-
Ear
Among those ACCOMPANYING tb.
attorneys to Cordele and cooperating
with the attorneys in securing the
release of the defendants were. Will
lam K. Bowen, president of the Fx-
change National Bank and Fmpire
Mercantile Company. J. J. Dorminev
president OF the First National Rank
}. II. Dormincy Director of the Fx-
change National Bank, CLAYTON law.
former Mayor and director of the
FIRST National Bank, Drew w Paurk
Mayor and active vice president Of
the FIRST National Bank, the Editor,
OF both local papers, Senator Wiley
Williams, president of the Fitzgerald
FURNITURE Company, D. w. M. Whit
ley, clerk of Ben Hill Superior Court
and number of former employees OF
the A. B. & A. and others
Fifteen minutes after the announce
lnent OF Judge Cover to grant the do
PENDANTS bonds. their families were
hotliled by the Leader Enternrise
whose Editor phoned the welcome
news to his office from CordcIe and
1lad each of the families notified by
Iocal phone, and posted the inforna
tlon on the windows of the Leader
oiiicc which soon was surrounded bv
large number of interested citizens.