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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11

69 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 69 pages OCR'd
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FD-350 (4-3-62) (Mount Clipping in Space Beiow) 1 tee~ Birmingham “area men! Investigators had testified that! Hall told him they took the case, ling six-morithjan-sen- Chambliss, at the lime, ot hislof explosives to'a Wooded araa.on es and ‘fines of $100 each fol-jarrest, denied ownership _ “of” the Mockingbird, ‘Lane “in, sarde ndale (Indicate page, name of : conviction in Recorder's} dynamite but that three days later and hid it. ; newspaper, city and state.} urt of legal possession § of f dyna: admitted making the purchase. ~ Deputy Fire. Mar hal.’ W. Ei. Bs - a “7. Judge Langner said he realized: ry “testified .. that: “no “permit og ree on $300 appeal bonds are Most of the evidence was circtim- transporting «dynamite ‘had been a5 stantial DUL LNGt fe rau ctiéré Was issued ed WAIT, AACAIL Wa - Nd agenaa” j -—— bert, E. Chambliss, 59, of 2505 ’ ci any ; , ‘Aye:, North; John W. Hall, sufficient, proof the three had had bliss. . Pb las ae dendale, and Charles Ca: dynamite in their possession “with: ° & “attorney “Matt. “Murphy * Ter out having a permit. Pe who represented “Cagle “and 48 During the Cagle trial Tues- | also attorney for Hall, objected udge Earl Langner impasede aoe ag xiinum sentences on “Cham- + apt. R. W. Godwitmet-tee to, admission, of the alleged con- taints ingen sligation division | fession, *"Mur shy lee Tre on x s and Hali ‘Wednesday afier Gad A acckas cok gs a aca ES ATi MI iM “testified that Hall told Tim that |_whethec-tiee’ statement-was- OS Sala he (Hall) and Cagle hid a_ecase ‘ voluntarily, and said Cagle h had ‘of dynamite in a‘ wooded area |[“peerherd without char = 1 the night of Sept. 4. woe hours after his arrest. 7°" The state introduced a's based much of its'staternent by Cagle corroborating _on an alleged statement] Hall's oral account., “4. Signed by Cagle in which he said] Chambliss and Cagle were ar- Saw Hall take a box from jrested by slate investigators the| “trunk of Chambliss’ car onlnight of ‘Sept, 29. Hall was ar- he night of Sept. 4. ‘rested later. a ent for Cagle Tuesday night. | “None of the defendants took the and and defense attorneys calted ‘witnesses. ao 6Ustato 2 Stare ignea! Murphy said ‘a writ of “habiss z'corpus to show cause why Cagle “jshould not be released had already. “fbeen issued before Cagle led state investigators to where’ the cyna-: mite was hidden. The _attorney| said the state was aware of this $ A i SCAGLE WAS QUOTED as say-: IN JUDGE LANGNER’S court! Mig he showed’ Hall where to: Tuesday night, proseéuting__at-/tor test. by “Birmingham patie, — hide the dynamite. Investigators: torney William ‘Thompson added but the results have ,not_bee been testified that Cagle led them to} a charge of aiding and ~ abetting Mecetpublic. .tBe spot where the dynamite was) in illegal possession of dynamite ldden. to each defendant: sr trou pate: 0/10/63 ge Bul sees head. of stole Capt. Godwin testified that Halk ae NE vestigators, testified that Cham-!and Cagle admitted attending a Edition: RY Tp STAR FIN AI Hants e to officers. that “Me rehix Klan rally ‘at Bessemer Author: “™ ue @ case 0 narnite: ¥ Sept. 4 and afterward gathered editor JUIN W, BLOOMER Sept. 4. iat Cash’s Barbecue on Third Ave- @ Jones said Chambliss contend- nue North. That was the night Title: Ya he bought the dynamite to | Negro attorney Arthur Shares’ TA DR EY ‘biast stumps on property where | home was bombed. Ha Die 4 Ku Klux Klan planned to Hall and Cagle said they lis- greet a building. tened to a Birmingham police Character: BM Chambliss also said the man; radio report of the pombing of. or iWho‘sold him the ease of ‘dyna- mite gave him three loose sticks] “py5y) said he. left the, restaurant of the explosive, “according ” t6 and drove ‘to ‘Chambliss’” hotise; Submitting Office: Jones.’ : followed by Cagle, according to Jones said Cagle later.led the Godwin. | | sBivestigators to an area at Gar- j dendale where 133 sticks of dyna-; Mrs. Chatnbliss gave | Thite Were found in an oper case. [te a car, parked outside, the house,: | Two and one-half sticks of the/Hall ‘said, and he removed. a casei 7} AD ; Two and one-half. sticks if God Y losive were found in'a paper of dynamite from the. trun Re ere fo Paper | win testified. . | a j sack nearby. he Said. OFFICER. SAID rit ai Shores' homé, Godwin said: . ; Classification: FE HOLLIS PARRISH- “JR. alton ney’ for Chambliss, argued that it: ' had - not . been proved that his| BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
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