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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
1
The Rowley and Davies brothers acquire the old Anniston Rolling Mills with W H McKleroy and others guiding the deal. They plan cleaning and operation soon, with two large tanks to be built immediately and a strong local interest in reviving the plant as a leading industry.
In Topeka Kansas Mrs Nation faces trial for destroying property at the Senate saloon. W I Lyttle and Mike Kelly testify about ownership and damage. The case is slated for next Monday to decide if joint property receives protection under the law.
Guntersville February 15. A mob of about three hundred seized Burn Hall the white school teacher charged with rape from the sheriff's office to lynch him. Sheriff Adamson and calm deputies sheltered him inside a jail cell as the mob dispersed. Later, as crowds gathered again at the courthouse, shots were fired and Hall was moved to the rail yard under guard. Hall remained in custody awaiting grand jury action with a speedy trial likely in two weeks.
Bara Hall a Marshall County school teacher who narrowly escaped lynching in Guntersville last night was moved to Birmingham today on a special train to Attalla where the Alabama Great Southern line was boarded. He is under guard of two military companies from Guntersville and is jailed in Birmingham for safety.
In Heflin on February 15 the residence of Mr. Jesse Spivey and family burned down. Owned by J. B. Dunstan of Jasper the home was insured. Spivey and several family members escaped narrow dangers as the blaze, believed to have started in the chimney, rapidly spread.
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the murder case against Eliza Abernathy, charged in the killing of Betty Thornton in Jacksonville last summer. The trial occurred in city court and was appealed by H D Mc Jarty. Abernathy, described as a one legged Black woman, faced charges over the death of a paralytic woman amid a dispute over an elderly man.
Capital Madrid on February 15 reports the royal wedding despite disturbances. Martial law was proclaimed and mounted troops patrolled strategic points as a royal ceremony proceeded in the palace chapel with Doña Maria de las Mercedes de Bourbon y Habsburg wedding Prince Charles of Bourbon in the presence of the royal family and Spanish aristocracy.
John J. Prowers declined the president post of the convict bureau and Judge J M Carmichael of Dale was appointed in his stead. Flowers cited personal business pressure as the reason for declining. Carmichael, a familiar Alabama political figure, has served as Dale private judge and in state roles. The notice adds a coal supply promotion and an Anniston Ice Co contact.
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