The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-22
FLAMES MINERS LAMP FOR FIRE
 AT PRISON CAMP
[arshal Reports Blaze
 Started In Clothes ' Hung Up To Dry
teTATE CArITAL BUREAUl,

|11ONICtOMEhI, ALA, teD. Sl.-A |ner's carbide lamp, left burning in Pthes, hung above . steam pipe. to dry,
 believed by State Fire Marshal Ches-
 E. Johnson to have been the. most tely cause of the fire of Friday night the Flat Top mine prison in which |nr convicts lost their lives. This the Y was advanced in. . report submitted |ednesday by the lire marshal to the |vernor~and to the members of the hts board of administration.
 The investigation made by the mar n and two of his deputies, H. w. lake ani F. M. Ouxts, began Sunday kernoon at Flat Top mine. Parts of
 re days were spent blythe officials probing the cause of the disaster. The report discounts the theory of esndiarism, citing the fact that the hxe was first seen in the middle of q |ne of tho building that was locked on |th sides. If any person in this wing |htemplated setting the building on 10, 1t is stated that he must have |own that he was running the risk of
 f-destruction. Moreover, of the 332
 lsoners who were rescued not one at jnpted to escape. This fact is being entioned to show that if there was a eling of dissatisfaction among the cap kes such feeling was not apparent. Further investigation into possible btivs for incendisrism was made by huiring into the conditions of the pris- The report states that all facilities bro given to the investigators by karles R. Davis, warden at Flat Top. Warden Davis stated that there had bn no whipping with a leather strap
 s the last two or three years at the Inc. Solitary confinement was used punishment for refractory cases. In e report 1t is stated that there have |en perhaps three cases in the past Felve months when prisoners have been pipped with . piece of hollow rubber |se, two feet long.
 |The four men who lost their lives kre Bob Anderson, A. l.. Young, Will Thomas and Andrew Motion. They ere convalescents recovering from |ght injuries, but able to take care
 themselves, the report states.
 May Hunt Gobblers
 Hunters of Alabama may now legal gun for turkey gobblers and bear. limit on the, shooting quail expired ebruary 20, 1t was announced Wednes- |y at the office of the St9te game and |heries commissioner. Time limit for
 ves was up January S1. The open Rson for the gobblers expires April l, bile one may shoot bruin only for a
 w days more, his period of immunity
 Binning March 1. .
 Gets WhitS Quail < IA white quail was received Wednes- Ey by the state conversation depart |snt and turned over to Peter A. Bran In, curator of the department of ar ives and history, to be added to the |1ffed collection of species of Alabama Efna. The bird was sent in by Clay |h c. Cox of Carrolton, Pickens coup- The white quail is simply an aI- |no of the well known family, but is, |erally speaking, q rare bifd.
 Stills GmAshed
 |The following captures were reported Eednesday to the law enforcement |rces here: De Kalb County One kty gallon still, with 800 gallons of |er, one man arrested for distilling. In. bother raid in the aames county two Ills of fifty and sixty-gallon capacity, were captured, with 300 Hons of beer and eight gallons of |tisky. One man was arrested for dis Hing. Mobile County-Two stills, of and 250- gallon capacity respectively. ere captured, with 1,400 gallons of Fer and five gallons of whisky. Two en were arrested for having stills in |ssession and two for distilling.