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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22
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e Case of a 24-year-old klansman “charged with the pos “Judge Watson sé the ‘case of:
session of dynamite was dismissed yesterday by Judge Elias C. Chambliss for 9 a.m. today but
ee before it got to a jury in Circuit Court, | Usa Liggo said. they cattht—net~z0
harles A, Cagle, 1305 Vanderbilt-rd, was released ‘ia his ap- i
Oh a es Birmingham Recorder's Court, where he was fined | into e Hall case because
j0 and costs and sentenced to. Had Words Later —\Capt, Willie B, Painter is a
ig0 days in jail. eq
if The trial was) yz, he said he a 7
held before Judge Earl Langner: had words about it being movedwith the security force ac-
on Oct. 9. when Hall went to the scene companying Gov. George Wal-
Reve. John Wesley Hall, Gar-jand found it missing. Aft lace. jn Datlas and gwill not be
endale; and Robert E. Cham-[fiall got peeved about it being! ee Monday.
bliss, 2505 32nd-av, n, were at-imoved, he said he called the
tested on Sept. 20 by Statejfriend and told him to put it
Froopers. The arrests climaxed back.
éxtensive investigation by Bir-' Litto testified thatwhea he
thingham, FBI and the state saw Cagle at City Jail, Cagle
officers into the series of pomb- tald him he had been wanting
ings in Birmingham incinding!)., te) him al ew about
the one of the Sixteenth Streei| the babdn 3 he
Baptist Church in whick four Cagle told him he had been
Negro gitls were killed. ‘harrassed by the FBI agents
“While in City Jail, Cagle made who had interrogated him sev-
certain statements which were eral times and had failed to
Telated yesterday by Capt. Reb- find the dynamite after he told
ert Godwin and State Public them where it was.
Safety Director Al Lingo. No testimony was presented
Statement Read ‘by the state to show” where’
Gadwin read the statement to Caste ever touched the dyna-
the jury purportedly sizned by nute, or had iH in Ats possus-
Cagle, in which he fold of a sium in any way. :
ease of dynamite which was Teslimony of Godwin and,
taken from the trunk of Cham- Lingo revealed how Cagle guid-|
bliss’ car and put into a car ed then: to the place Where the:
driven by Hall. jdynamite was euonet about!
“Tn the statement, Cagle said) eight “or 10 miles out of Bir;
Hall requested him fo follow! mingham.
his car from a Ku Klux Klan No Permit Issucd '
meeting to pick up “something Fire~ Marshal A. Rgsenteld, |
Chambliss wanted to get rid’ chief of fire prevention in Bir-,
of.” He said he stopped at the! mingham, said no permit for|
Chambliss home in North Bir-' the possession of dynamite had:
mingham and watched Hall get been issued to either Chambliss,
something from the trunk of/Cagle or Hall during the past
Chambliss’ car and put into four years. ~ ft » vat
Hall’s car. . owever, — after e state
He said he Jater learned it closed their case without intro-
was dynamite. He said he car-.ducing evidence to show that
Tied Hall to a spot beyond Gar- Cagle ever possessed the ex
‘dendaie, on Mockinghird-In, plosive in the City of Birming-:
| where the case of dynamite was’ham, Defense Atty. Matt Mur-
A ai to Cag! tat: Phy asked OF a sled the.
ecording to Cagle’s stafe- $ grante :
ment, Hall gat worried and motion in the absence of the,
asked Cagle to get someone to Jury but explained io the mem;
move the explosive. He said he bees why he had done so, when!
toMl-s4riead where if was and ‘they areiumged, to t riroom.
asked him to move ff.
key Wiiness tn the case. He is
}ie said that since the City of
{Indicate page, name of
newspaper, city and state.)
THE BIRMINGHAM NEW
THE BIRMINGHAM
POST-HERALD
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
edition: REU STAR FINAL
Authot:
Edvo: John W, Bloomer
rite: Charles Cagle,
Robert E, Chambliss
And John Hall
Character: BeRowe
Classification: BIRMINGHAM
Submitting Office:
(_] Being Investigated
IND,
SEARCHED EXED
SERIALIZED co = FILED SE
JUN 1 § 1964
FBI — BIRMINGHAM
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