Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-28
nances without the assistance of the
chief. and this assistance he did not

| On cross examination the mayor ad
mitted that it was the duty of the city
I engineer and street commissioner tC
Isuperintend building matters and re-
port violations of the city ordinances
| thereto relating. 1T was also the duty
of the chief of police. The mayor said
he had also endeavored to enforce the
ordinances through the city engineers
department.
| The mayor said he did not know how
many warrants had been sworn out
through the street department. through
which channel, the mayor admitted
| the ordinances should he sworn out.
The mayor could not swear that the
police had not repeatedly made COM
paints to the street department rela-
tive to distinctions
The mayor was asked if he knew Of
any law by which he could instruct the
chief except through the board. The
mayor referred to two sections Of the
charter fixing the duties of the mayor
His Honor said he had never called for
q Written report from the chief Of
police.
In connection with the charge that
tfA chief failed to report on visits to
officers on their beats. the mayor said
he knew of no section urd,-r which the
chief was compelled to report such Wis
it's nut he had Information to the eff
feet that he did not regularly make
such Visits.
Ills attention was called to the facs
that he charged that the chief did not
report net that he did not go
Questioned by Commissioner. STU
art. the mayor said that he had never.
reported TO the police board the fact
that violations of ordinances were nor
taken c"Snizancc Of by the chief more
over. ne did not know Of any instance
wherein the board had failed to have
o:dlnaHcss enforced when their atten-
ton had been called to their non-cn-
for"ci,cnt.
THE: STREET Cso;MMlSs. C:EER. "
Street Commissioner Il. r. kea'.pn, re
SdiUin" Instructions on streets and
sidewalks. said most of the Warlan S
We're attended to by him: in some IN
stances. the police had assistance: he
had never told the mayor he could get
no assI stance from the police about re
'ror5!nE lights on distractions. but When
he asked the police to help him out.
and they ha<: done so 10 It certain cx-
tent. He got che assistance when he
requested. ana Gid not get it when III.
didn't.
ross-eS&mined. Mr. Kcalon said that
the streets were under 1lim ana author
liN :, move buildings D'aIe through
hfm. The moving o. the Miller office
vas the only case that HAD no. been
reported - Mr.. Keatun since he had
requested the police to make such re-
Port.
t.N' ll'tSt Ntt.i!tsS MIS- W /. Stull Ill
reference t" the failure Of tn. Chief
To assist the commissioner Of revenue,
said there had baen Il number OF I'M
licensed wagons in the ci.y and he han
aske'! an officer. not tn" chief, to look
after it, the commissioner having told
him his hands We're tied in The matter.
Mr.. Scull said he had stopped making
complaints now. believing there was
nov Way to make those people Who ha.I
no licenses TO get ta,m- The witness
said he had not seen an unlicensed
wagon for several months.
The next witness Is. .. Chandler. said
he could not say that There were
wagons in the city without l;rense:
there We're plenty of them Without tags.
MIR. Chandler has always paid license
on his wagons hut did not have a tag
on a wagon. This witness was NOT
cross examined.
MI l.. n. Greasy. a hauler himself.
sal! he knew Of no vehicles which were
not licensed. Many were net tagged
HIS own We're not.
the city unlicensed at this time: he
had complained about some people not
Paying licenses on wagons.
OFFICER s. w. GIEDTNC1S.
ofiiSer tiiddings was questioned as to
the session Of the charges relating 10
the chiefs failure To visit officers OH
beats. He said he knew nothing about
it, i was explained TO Mr.. Garrett tha.
the police regulations assigned such
duty TO the sergeant.
Asked about the charge that the chies
had f&tNorites on the force. officer Gid
dings said he Thought there had been
some favoritism. About three months
ago ne found House Sergeant McCallum
writing off q report of Something stolen
Later on ne saw officers McCallum and
bayfield, (sDe..al officer on his baaD
with q warrant looking for she stuff.
Y Ia. l. az 49,
1t made Mr.. C;iddings sore to have the
other officers on his beat when he had
not even been notified. On other ucra-
s:ons, regular officers had come on his
bea'. in Rockets looking for Something's
he knew not what.
E.X-Otiiccr n. r. Mallory asked
aboul the chiefs alleged pets" said
he knew nothing about it,
officer Giddngs recalled said he had
RECEIVED instructions from the chief
about calling attention 70 distractions
The officer explained the .iitficulty the
officers experienced in reporting OBJ
stru>iions properly owing to shifting
the officers so often 10 different beats
Officer ROY J. Charles. although he
had been on the force three years knew
nothing Of favortism on the force. Per
sonaliy, he has never been shown any
iavors. Notices Of 1hefts We're entered
on book at Othe police station: no
tees Of rewards We're filed there and
generally read out 70 the men by the
sergeant.
structed about the thefss by the chief.
who had given him a jc,cking up
,nbout chem
j. II. Garnc,t knew nothing of favor
illS!n on the force
Officer H'adgett was asked in refer
encc 10 The charge that the thief had
collected certain fines from him. which
had NOT been recorded The nfIicn, "a III