The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-27

IL,
o1hcer Wolfe was not seen upon tho
streets yesterday by any member of
The TIMES staff. They went about
their usual business undisturbed bv
thu sanguinary appearance and threats
OF this doughty officer the day previous
Just whore he was is not generally
known, but it is supposed he was at his
boarding house sleeping off the liberal
potations of mean whisky he wrapped
himself around Friday to get his cour-
ago up to the fighting point in order to
clean out TIE TINES staff.
That Wolfe is contemplate coward
and corrups officer does not need any
moro conclusive proof than his own
actions furnish. Ever since his advent
upon the police force he has intrigued
to supplant Mack Morris as chief. For
tunatcly for himself, but unfortunately,
perhaps. for Mayor Evans, no succeeded
in binding the lattcr's official eve to
certain shortcomings patent to every
body else who felt sufficient interest in
Wolfe to give him a passing notice,
thereby enabling him to do pretty much
as he pleased and draw his salary with
out rendering value received.
Wolfe has no social ties hero that
cannot be broken as easily. perhaps as
ho broke the most sacred tie man over
assumed. His wife lives in West Vir-
ginia and is said to be most estimable
lady whose confidence he abused before
deserting her. lie came here unheraldcd
and his departure will not be regretted.
Mrs. Gwlnn, residing on Fourth ave-
nue., northeast, boarded Wolfe several
months. He ran up large board bill
and when asked to pay it assumed tho
attitude OF cowardly bully, putting
his hand upon his revolver, cursing and
declaring that il she were q man he
would blow her brains out Mrs. Gwinn
is the widow of minister and has quite
family to support. A gentleman of
this city interested himself in her be.
half and finally about two-thirds Of the
amount OF Wolfa's bill was secured.
Tho board of police commissioners were
appealed to, but would afford her no re-
lief.
While at Mrs. Gwinn's Wolfe was fire.
.quently intoxicated. On the 18th of
October, in the early morning he got
drunk, ''off the fumes Of liquor" in tho
burning of tho saloon of r. b. Jones, at
tho corner of Commerce street and
Third avenue southwest, and O. drink
given him at Gppenhcim's Ito prevent
him from catching cold" and, notwith-
standing the testimony of Officers
Jones, Browning, Bowers, r., t.. Id and
Vest that he was drunk and fired off his
pistol frequently before the fire, he was
exonerated by the board. IL has since
transpired that Jasper Vest took him
to his boarding house and that ho was
very drunk.
When he left Mrs. Gwinn's hi room
was found to be full Of bottles in
which he had bought whiskcy, and that
lady and her daughter assert that on
tho 3D. of December, when tho latter
was married and on Christmas day he
was drunk as we'll as on other occasions.
spending two days in bed on one of
them. That he frequently left his beat
on account of liquor can be substantial
ted.
lie has been pct with the mayor.
That gentleman did not know Wolfe :,
and probably made no effort to find him
out he was assigned to special duty in
December and according to his own ad-
mission spent several days in = room
fitted up for him in Il house of question
a5lo character looking for Mcknight.
lie would make report to the mayor,
how often he did not say to our inform
ant, but admitted that it was deceptive
dc was instructed to watch the Cen
tinental Hotel and trap its proprietor
in violations of the Sunday liquor law.
lie did not do SO, but on the contrary
violated his oath of oilice by drinking
there. The Sunday sales at this place
wero made with little or no effort at
concealmcnt, and Wolfe could have
convicted the proprietor of violation
of the law had he SO desired. There is
little doubt that he has winl1ed at
violations of the law at other places.
Mack Morris testified before the Coun-
Gil Investigating committee that If
Wolfe had accomplished anything in the
way Of special duty he had not heard OF
it. Probably no one else has. The
most notable thing he has accomplished
in this line was his failure to clean out
THE TIMES staff Friday. lie will Prob
ably avail himself of the extraordinary
privilege OF doing SO again, accorded by
tho failure OF tho mayor to restrain him
This official was witness to the attempt
Of Wolfe to find Mr. pugh for the purpose
OF killing him; heard him threaten to
commit murder; yet he was turned loose
Friday night and not called yesterday
to answer tho charge Of drunk and dis
orderly conduct. preferred against him
by . brother officer.
Settled Their Dispute.