Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-03
POLICE COMMISSIONERS MEET
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The Polio Commissioners last night
s., for nearly an hour aCd half and
r..,cta. impstienily, it may have been,
IN, listened, = charges which proved
70 ne 20 IT 1ing that country school
n.rm. had "a parcel of children
h,,5.rsf Ter about such trivial matte
a.n.d not have listened to them for a
me aad half, had she been busy.
P,tr vas rot Il busy night with the
a.mmlssioners ard most of them are
silent men. 30 they heard the whole
,boo through. FIVE newspaper re-
r.rprs nefe present, aud those suffer.
iswtl insomnia were jared, but they
tsJ 10 report the proceedings and oc-
c..io0aily noted 6 few "side l,sues."
A. The mettiGg all the commissioners
VI. present. hut the Mayor did not
e.e,d. Cspt. Bryant presided.
rae charges were, first. that Officer
K.sa. had been guilty oi insubordina-
ton aud had treated Lieut.. Smith with
emf APP, aud second, that Sergeant
Smib asd tried to Influence Sonny
slrerand 10 vot4 for + G. Spinks at
toe .a,t primary election.
secretary Miller read the charges as
draw up by Capt. Webster.
Lieu. smith stated that early on the
morning Of Sep,e mber 16, " hie Officers
Atsmson, Howsou, Young, Belts and
Tc-r were at the station house, Officers
Hsisud rravers met Andrew Bell, on
t,Ir eat Ia The First ward, and were
o.liy lin that be had been robbed
Of me- money by woman 10 the
: .a,- OF Alice Kits. The officers aud
b. came 10 the station house and he,
n. lieutenant, told the men 10 go with
BIZ and arrest Alice Kits. Later OFF,
ctr K ight, who bad left 1is beat in
hr c)ud waUd, came to the station
bou-e and said he Was getting tired of
tle meu coming in his beat, and that
hereafter be intended to go in any d
bat be wa ted to and make arrests.
L.u.. Smith made no report to the
MAYOR, Ia did report the matter to
GAIT. Webster The officers at the
station heard Mr.. Knights remarks.
Liu. smith said il Knight had been
a. ne station house when the men
C.ms 10 be would have sent him to
max Inc arrest.
0lCer Atkinson testified that he was
Oh DUTY at the station house on tina
mjmng when Officers Hall and Travers
CANE 10 with two colOred men and
ASKED for the Lieutenant In short
VINE The Lieutenant sent the officers
{. lre-, Alice Kitts. Later Knigh,
al bis partner came in and ne told
t. Of The reported robbery. knight
s,A.d If De mad been blown for
aud was told mo" He then heard
Kugnt ask why he had not been called
for end the Lieutenant made no reply.
XII III then said "if it had b en- all
oil drunk you would have called for
m Leu. Smith replied: "By -
iiyOu don't like it you can tell the
Commissioners" This Lieut.. Smith
denied.
Officer Ticer stated that he heard
koght say if it had been an old
drunk the Lieutenant would have
blown his whistle for him and Lieu.
Smith replied if knight had any CON-
plants to make to make them to the
Mayor or the Commissioners.
Officer Belts said Knight asked he
Lieutenant why he did not blow
FIR nun and had said If 1t had
been an old drunk he would
have blown for MIN. Lieut.. Smith
hal replied that he was running
thar part Of ii and il Knight did not
Ak It he could report 1t to the Uommis-
sloners. He, Belts, did not think the
mailersmounted to anything.
OIlicer Young gave no additional
bcs.
Oncer knight said that on the morn
ugoi September l6 he went to the sta
t0n house aud had been told that the
flrst watd men had been 10 his beat
suu made all arrest. He said to Lieut..
smith that be might have blown for
DIN aad the Lieutenant said by G. If
you don't Ike this reporc to the Com
mls7loners. He meant no disrespect TO
Tue Lieutenant, nor did he mean to
question his authority. Lieut.. Smith
% one occasion had called him A.
-, but had after wards apOlogized.
lbs Lieut.. Smith denied, and the
commissioners held that this matter
was not before the board.
OAceTs Travis and Hall were called,
VI. knew no hing about the Gaze.
I' Hill thought the testimony
%,ner couh cling.
NtpI. Bryant thought this was n
p7''y case and that il grew out vi
'ue familiarity among the men-tneIe
was 10 hlng serious IN it. UOdeI sec
u" 'O Oh the rules the Mayor might
n'e authority TO punish, but the Com
"'S'louefs mad only power to 0ismiss.
MI Miller said there was nothing IN
s1e So aad he was willing to dismis
~ out lt showed that there We're two
lions on the fOrce-one ready To
Stab TIE other
M Tace moved t dismiss the case
ana Il was done unanimously.
Nj Bryant said if the Mayor was
present and heard the case he might
. .pOSe hne or reprimand but" he
''.T' me Mayor is not here"
1ue Case against Sergeant Smith Was
sue9 called. Mr.. Sonny Sutherland
Yo.u mat on the day of the last primary
Wi" ~uNs lie Was on his way to the Fourth
""5u poll, he met Sergeant Smith, who
oa'l ne wished him to do him favor
s sau vote for Frank Spinks for CITY Ser.
seau'. de said he could not do this
pa nc Was going to vote for Captain
% "y smith. Serg ant Smith then said
Sue smiths were down on him. Glib
IN, ,~pSon was standing nearby and heard
S So conversation, "but," be said LIB
s~ up'on Is not here fought" In an
pc Der TO question from Commissioner
N'Vs Mr.. Sutherland said that Mr.
o., HFeensway had come today tC
G,. u'm sign paper. He told Mr.
e'eenaway of the conversation he haC
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