The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
NEGRO IDENTIFIES 0NE IF FOUR MEN
 OF HIS K|DNAP FRS
Physician Attended Wounded Man Suspect Was in Same Auto-U. s. May Inter
 vene on Racial Grounds

Porter N. Newman, plumber, 3100 Twelfth street, north, was identified Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock as one of the four white men who Kidnapped Ed Herman Daniels. negro, from his residence in North Birming ham a: 8 o'clock Monday night. for the alleged purpose of administering flogging to the negro. Daniels identified Newman at first sight. while Newman was standing with four other white men in the warden's office at the city jail.
 Newman was arrested by Chief of Police Fred H. McDuff and Detec- tives T. N. Williamson and W. L. Brannon, when he emerged from the yards of the American Cast Iron and Pipe company, in Acipco, Tuesday afternoon. His arrest was surrounded by Eeerecy, pending his Identification by Daniels.
 With the arrest of Newman, Chief McDuff stated that strong evidence had been obtained tending to impli- cate William Yerby, Mount Pinson. road farmer, confined in South High lands infirmary from a dangerous pistol bullet wound in the Kidnapping episode. Chief McDuff said that the cnly statement made until late Wednesday night by Yerby was that he was brought to South Highlands infirmary by Newman. When con fronted by the statement of Yerby, Newman is said to have corroborated it, but refused to make any other statement.
 Newman was identified by Daniels as the white man who appeared at l.. 1f { 4i.a IN.. .;1l. efr fra., Monday night and told the occupant that he was wanted on warrant charging violation of the liquor law. Daniels declared that Newman led him out the walk leading to the res idence, and as they neared the car, st meone from the rear threw a sack over his head, and then struck him over the head with the butt end of a pistol. Two other white men entered the rear seat and pressed pistols against each side of Daniels head, and fourth man drove the car.
 Daniels repeated his story of how the car was driven out the Lewis burg road, and his sensational es- cape from the hands of the men by grabbing the guns pressed against his head when the car stSuck mud puddle. Daniels said that when he fell out into the road after bursting the door of the car open, Newman fired at him from the front seat of , the vehicle. Daniels said that he re- turned the fire with one of the pistols he had taken from the men on the back seat. Daniels claims that he struck at least one of the men in the car with bullets fired by him. After firing into the car, Daniels said that he took to his heels and found refuge in negro cabin near the scene, where fe remained until the arrival of officers. Daniels said that he saw the car turn around and go back to Birmingham.
 Chief McDuff said that he learned from Dr. l.. F. Jackson, Acipco, that Yerby was brought to his residence for medical attention about 10 o'clock Monday night. Newman was one of the men in the car. Dr. Jackson said that he told the men to take Yerby to South Highlands and that he would follow. Upon arriving at the infirmary, Dr. Jackson said that the car, with Yerby lying on the back seat, was parked in front of the in- firmary. The patient was taken in- side the infirmary upon orders of Dr. Jackson.
 Yerby was shot once, the bullet