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FD-350 (Rev, 7-16-63) € {Mount Clipping in Space Below) ‘jals for three Birmingham area men, charged with legal, possession of dynamite, were postponed two weeks Wednesday in Circuit Court over the strenu- objections of defense Attor- fey Matt H. Murphy Jr. uThe defendants are Robert E. Chambliss, 59, of 2505 32nd Ave. North, and John W. Hall,. 35, id Charles Cagie, 22, both of! ardendale. . he very lives of these nen. ‘in danger as long as these ‘€ases are hanging fire,” Mur- y told Judge George Lewis Ba in arguing against the mtinuances until June 16. lurphy said the three men faye been threatened through télephione calls. (Chambliss told Judge Bailes that an obscene card and a let- ter’ addressed to him fram New: York City were in the hands of postal authorities. i vA long distance truck driver, Chambliss also said that one of the rear tires on fas car had been slashed. : ~MURPHY SCORED an article in. the current issue of Saturday Evening Post concerning the Birmingham bombings, terming it/“judgment without trial” in) its references to the three de- fendants. i dudge Bailes told Murphy he: had “studiously avoided” read- ing the article, ! ‘The three cases came he- sfore Judge Bailes’ on appeal ; (from Birmingham Recorders | urt, where Recorder Earl | 1 Hl ‘Yangner handed each defend ant maximum punishment of ; a SIM Sing and 180 deus. in jail. i 1 "In asking the seoGuitetl if wediesaay, Asst. Citar a —¥il- iain C. Walker told Judge Bailes. that he planned to place Hall on’ trial first, followed by Cagle and then- Chambliss. A ‘Several state investigatoré, headed by Public Safety Director, Al Linga"*ahd Maj. “Wylliam! Jones, waifed around court al! day for the cases ta be called. - THE DELAY WAS occasioned ‘when a jury required an unus- ually tong time in its considera- tion of a petit larceny appea! trial. “ The city court © convictions ‘were returned after a trial which jinked the three men to 133 sticks of dynamite found in an open case near Gardendale. ~ * Two and one-half sticks of dy- namite. were found in a paper sack TearD. — {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) THE BIRMINGHAM NEW: THE BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA bate: 6ng-64, edition: RED STAR FINAL Author: editor, JOY WY. BLOOMER poe ROseiy tb. CatAMBLIS, JUN ih. HALL,CHARLLS CAGLr. Character: RM or Classification: BIRMINGHAM Submitting Office: [C] Being investiaated '$ PBS 2-SF/- F SEARCHED INDEXED ___” SERIALIZEOC FILED Seo JUN 5 1964 F8I— BIRMINGHAM