The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-11
Think Ak MURDER.
F|END CAPTURED.
Mrs. Sparks Identifies Negro
Fred GIover-Find Bloody
Hatchet In Room

With the arrest of Fred Glover,
negro, 2604 Third avenue, north
Monday evening at $3.50 o'clock by a
party of deputy sheriffs, and the
finding of a blood-stained Ratchet and
pistol in his personal effects in his
room, county officers believe the long
hunt for Birmingham aX-man has
come to an end.
Following the arrest of Glover he
was taken to the Birmingham Cen
eral hospital, where he was positive
ly identified by Mrs Edwin Sparks a S
the negro who perpetrated a murder
Gus assault on Mrs. Sparks and her
husband at Seventh avenue and
Twenty eighth street late Sunday
evening.
To further cllnch the evidence
against Glover. officers state that he
was suffering from a severely bruised
wrist which was dressed short time
after the assault occurred Sunday
evening. Officers say they have the
case practically closed against him
for this affair and developments to-
ward the solution of other similar
crimes are expected.
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Positively Identified.
The charge was filed against the
negro following the positive identifi-
cation of him by Mrs. Sparks at the
Birmingham General hospital, where
she has been under treatment since
the assault Sunday evening. The iden-
tification was strengthened by iden-
tification of the pistol found in a
locker at the home of the negro as
the gun used by him in the attempted
holdup of Mr.. and Mrs. Sparks at
Seventh avenue and Twenty eighth
street.
The pistol was blue steel .9S cali
her gun with a nic<eled hammer and
trigger. Mrs. Sparks stated positive
~ that she remembers this peculiari-
ty of the gun, as car passed while
he was holding the pistol at them
and the reflection of the light on the
gun caused her to notice it. Her
story and Identification have been
practically substantiated in detail by
her husband.
During the search of the negroes
room the officers also found a blood
stained Ratchet in the locker with the
pistol. The Ratchet was an ordinary
shingling Ratchet with a very short
handle, making it handy for carry
ing in the large pocket of overalls.
The finding of the Ratchet led the
officers to take the negro to the hos
pital, where Mrs. Sparks was allowed
to see him.
Following his Identification the
where he was placed in cell, where
no one will be allowed to see him
until a further check of his recent
actions can be made. With the arrest
of Glover. the county officers are
prone to believe, in view of the evil
dence in their possession, they have
at last captured the one, If not one
of. Birmingham ak murderers.
Glover is known to the officers,
both county and city, as a bad actor,
and has only recently returned from
serving sentence on charge of
burglary and grand larceny. He was
convicted about a year and a half
ago on that charge and with a total
of Is months to serve, which included
costs, he managed to get good time
off and secured the costs, which al
lowed him his liyerty last July.
Further evidence that he is the man
the search has been going on for in
Birmingham for the past three years
is the fact that during his incarcera-
ton on assaults or killings of that
type We're handled by the authorities.