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FD-359 {4-3.62) qb P . ‘Are Related By Officers Charles Cagle Draws Maximum Under Laws One af three men charged with illegal possession of dynamite during recent bombings wes canvicted last night in Recorder's Court here. Charles Cagle. 22. was fined Sim and sentenced to st. months hard labor. He posted a §300 appeal bond and was released. The charge is a misdemeanecr. City Judge Earl Langner con- victed Cagle on two counts in- volving the dynamite. The twe other ren, scheduled to be tried this morning, are R. E. Chambliss, 59, and John Wesley Hail, 35. Both are charged with ‘possession of dynamite without a permit and with aiding and abet- itifg Srrtha illegal possession of Idynamite. cemmnel ‘le mn amnenememmenl Deetes—testimony o-—aGeete’s ‘case yesterday, a si said two men told him they helped hide a case of dynamite in the :woods the night a Negra leader’s home was bombed last month. Statement Intreduced In Cagle’s trial, the state intro- duced a signed statement Cagle made to Capt. Robert Godwin cor- roborating Hall’s version of what happened the night of Sept. 4. According to Cagle’s statement, the dynamite was allegedly hicl- jden after Atty. Arthur Sheres’ jhame was bombed. A bemb exploded at a corner of Shores" house on Center-st late ithat night, touching off a rict in iwhich one. Negro was shet to ideath. It was the second time i ltwa weeks the home had been . bombed, and came on the day 'Negro children registered for the first time at nearby Graymoent school. Cagle’s statement said he went to a Ku Klux Klan rally the ‘night of Sept. 4 in nearby Besse- ‘mer, where he mtet Chambliss and Hail. Later, the statement said, all three went to a restaurant where they ale supper and “sat around listening to a Birmingham police radio about the bombing.” j When they left they went to Chambliss’ house at 2505 32nd-av, n where, Cagle’s statement said, Hall and a woman who came out of the house went to a car parked there and brought out” a’ box which.wLuvas afraid was dyna- mite.”” herent nin i e policeman | 1. Hidden In Vines. _. He said they took it outside ‘town and hid it in some kudzu ‘vines on Mockingbird-In in Gar- dendale_ Defense Atty. Matt Murphy Jr.. objected strongly to admission of the alleged confession. Murphy questioned whether it was made voluntarily. He said that Cagle ‘had been held incommunicads for 72 hours after his arrest. | W. E. Berry, deputy fire mar- ‘shall, testified that no pergyt for possession of dynamite fad been issued to Cagle, Hall or Cham- Cagle and Chambliss were ar- rested hy state investigators Sept. 29. Hall was taken into custody twa days later. Birmingham has had more than 40 racial bombings since World iWar Ii, including that of Sept. 15 in which four girls were blasted to death at Sixteenth Street Bap- tist Churen. | In passing sentence Judge jLanger said testimony definitely jestablished that the defendant is (guilty of having in his possession lexplosives and “coming at times ‘like these the court feels compel- ‘Jed to assess the maximum fine of $100 ang costs and six months at iT. , a tobe har (indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) BIRMINGHAM Date: Edition: 10/9/63 Author: FINAL Editor: JAMES E, MILLS Title: BAPBOMB Character: BM or Classification: Submitting Office: THE BIRMINGIIAM NEW! POST-HERALD BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMS