The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
ARREST COUPLE
 WANTED IN VEST
Haskin Brothers Are Believed Caught-Taken Back To
 Arkansas
(TENNEssEE VALLEY BUREAU)

11R> 1o6BE vALLEI BUREAU
 ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala, Jan. 29. Two men, one of whom gave the name of M. A. Jackson, left here early Tues day morning over the Southern railway in custody of Sheriff Emmett Balridge of Heber Springs, Ark, following their arrest near Lacon, in Cullman county. Participating in the arrest were Sher- if Lambert of Cullman and Deputy Sheriff Ben Poole of Morgan county, w. V. Dayison of Morgan and Sheriff Balridge.
 Sheriff Balfdge had warrants charg- ing murder for the arrest of Haskins brothers, whom he alleged to be the two men arrested near Lacon. They denied their identify, but Sheriff Bal ridge declared he knew the men named in the warrants and claimed the pair arrested were the ones sought. Sheriff Balridge told officers here he had been seeking the Haskins brothers ali over the United States and had spent large sum in the effort to recapture them af- ter they had eescaped jail at Heber Springs, Ark. He was warm in his praise for Alabama officials.
 The two men arrested near Lacon had resided in that section only con- paratively short time, it was said. They were arrested about midnight Tuesday One of them was declared to have been sleeping beneath shot gun sus. pended above his head and with an automatic pistol by his side. One of the men was said to have worked in saw mill near Lacon and the other was said to be timber cutter.
 May Optimistic
 Large future developments following the acceptance of the Ford bid for Muscle Shoals, especially for the Muscle. Shoals Mobile railroad, was predicted here Tuesday by Col. l.. A. May of New York, president of that line. Col. May stated he had given the Ford interests first call to purchase these railroads in case the two De troit men became the lessee of the Shoals project. Other interests, stated Col. May, are now seeking the Shoals to Mobile road, provided Henry Ford makes the investment expected at the furnish a great tonnage to be sent by rail from Muscle Shoals to Mobile port.
 The line of Col. May is from the Tri-C Cities to Jasper to Birmingham via the Warrior branch road, and Tusca- loosa to Demopolis to Greensboro and thence to Mobile. Col. May said in his opinion Fords refusal to meet the house military committee was due in part to the Detroit mans dislike of such publicity and also his assurance the committee would report his bid of the Shoals favorably Col. May showed great surprise that Mayor Fay Tor of Mobile should have likened Hen ry Ford to Napoleon Bonaparte.
 Paving Resumed
 Following warmer weather the pav- ing program for the city of Albany has been resumed by the Independence Paving company of Birmingham, which is now working force of thirty men on, Avenue H in Central Albany. Pres ident P. J. Smith of the construction company is here for a few days look ing after the work and J. c. Brown lee, member of the same company, has active charge of the work here. In about ten days the asphalt plant of the construction company. will be placed here. For the present the work is con- fined to grading and placing the ston. foundation for the asphalt streets. ..4 Called to Texas.
 Masons NJ. Crow, prominent mer- chant of the twin cities, was called to Texas Tuesday on account of the sud den death of his sister, Mrs. T. s. Scroggins, at her home in Dorchester, Texas.
 Col. Harris Honored -
 Col. c. c. Harris, an ex-confederate soldier, former member of Congress and president of the City National Bank of Decatur, was honored Monday eve ming with a dinner party, the occasion being the eighty-seeond birthday of the distinguished man.