The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-10

1 slain man, with her two children, one 1 of whom was born since It's father was killed, were seated behind at attorneys had made their openine She was the first witness called after attorneys ha dmade their opening statements; crying as/she was sworn, she took the witness chair with her baby in her arms.
 She testified to being the wife of William Baird. and that he is dead. She was dismissed without cross ex- animation.
 Tells of Seizure
 J. F. Sides, jailor at the Walker county jail on the. night of the lynch ing of Baird, was the next witness examined by the state. He testified that William Baird was a Iisoner in the jail January 13, 1921, and that he was taken from the jail between l and o'clock in the morning Baird was confined on the second floor of the jail in a cell on the noc'h side he said Witness slept downstairs he said. The doors leading to the lower ] floor of the Jail to the outside and those upstairs leading to Baird's sec tion were locked.
 Asked to describe the manner of Baird's taking the witness said som,- one knocked on the front door. wit ness asked what they wanted and someone said Open the door" When he refused to open the door and re- turned to his room the back door optning from his room to the jail yard was broken open and three men in black overcoats and black caps whom he did not recognize, broke the door open and rushed in, he said All pointed pistols at hIm and told him three times to tSiow Up his hands and demanded ,te jai, keys, witness testified.
 The men at ths front door came in later, when others oI ened the door he testified, and whei. he told them he did not have the keys they told him
 he was liar and had them hid" All had automatic pistols, he said. and he had previously heard automobiles driving up before the knoclSing be- gan. Fearing for his life, Sides tes- tifled, he gave them the keys.
 When they got the keys, he testi- fled, they showed him along, one in Front and the others behind. Others came through the front door, he said. and he was showed down the stairs to the big door. They refused to al low him to lock the doors behind him. the witness said. Three of the men look him up through the jail up eight or ten steps, to where the prisoner was kept keeping the pistols drawn on him, he said.
 The witness then described the po- sitfon of the various white cells His son, he said, was on guard in the large room leading to the cells. One of the men remained with his son, he said, and the others took him to the cells and forced him to unlock them, de- manding that he produce Baird. Wit ness said he told them he didn't know where Baird was. Ed Hill, Baird's eeil-mate, turned on light, he said, | which witness made him put out
 Dragged From Cot
 When witness and the men reached ] Balrd's cell, he said one held wit | ness, one held Will Hendley, and the other grabbed Baird by the hair of | his head and dragged him from a | swinging cot. Baird called for help | and they tied handkerchief around i his mouth. Baird was in his under wear the witness stated. They showed | and pushed him out of the jail, the | witness testified. He did not see | Baird after he was taken outside the | jail. he testified. Two minutes later, l he said, he heard automobiles start off big one and little one. The | hsAl ne saw Balro. he said, was about l six hours later when he was dead at | an undertakers establishment in Jas per. He had several bullet wounds, l the witness testified.
 Lancaster came to jail few days | before the death of Baird. the witness testified, with other soldiers and R. | M. Denny and wanted to see Baird, l which witness refused to allow with out an order from the sheriff He i said they then got an order from the sheriff and went through the jail to where Baird was confined. One of tfem asked who Baird was and Mir Bennett. deputy sheriff, pointed Baird out to the defendant and his companions. They remained about five minutes, witness testified
 Claims Locks Examined
 on this visit they examined the locks and asked if all were alike, he sad. They held no conversation with