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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11
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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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