The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-07
Repeats Charge Of coIlusion and
Makes No Apologies.
Mr.. mccarthy ASKS QUESTIONS
lie Piles the Mayor With interroga.ions. but
Gets Very Little satistae.iou-sug.
gested Improvement In Keep
Ing the Books-The City
Attorney Gives
His Views.

There was good gallery at the mect
ing OF the Epps Investigation Commit
| tee in committee-room No. last night
and it was hard to tell which carHdats
for the MayoraIty had the greatest num-
Der of voters.
Mayor Taylor was in good huulor. but
he bubbled over once or twice with in1-
petuosity and had to be called down by
Chairman Mills. who did it as mildly and
as courteously as he could.
Captain Mccarthy was cool and calm,
under the trying circumstances, but he,
too. was called down. for the persistency
with which he put questions to tho
Mayor seemed to be somewhat outside
of the direct subject under consideration.
The spectators enjoyed 1t all, but those
who had been summoned away from
social engagements to attend the session
as witnesses and who were not called
upon. frowned and watched the clock.
and failed to see any fun or good points.
and were glad when adjournment was
announced.
There was nothing new brought out
| in the testimony. except in a small way.
+, By close questioning on the part OF Afr.
Gordon. Mr.. Mills. and Captain AcCar-
thy, it was shown that Mayor Taylor
lost a good deal of time in hunting for
Captain Tomlinson, when he could have
| given the case to the humblest patrot-
man on the force.
The Mayor again declined to retract
tanything that he had said In reference
to the ..whitewashing' that the commit
tee could do II It chose. and said he had
his reasons for saying so. and Captain
Mccarthy got City Attorney Pollard to
/ say that in the message to the Council
!! and the correspondence with himself.
| and conversations had with him before
| the investigation began. the Mayor had
| not suggested that there was collusion
/ on the part of the Auditor and the City
/ Accountant, but that such illusions had
/ arisen later.
/ There are no more witnesses to be ex-
amined. The TESTIMONY gives does not
| appear on the face of it to be strong
enough to place the blame for the es-
cape OF Epps upon any one. Action in
the matter was slow, and that IS al
| that the testimony has adduced.
| THE SESSION IN DETAIL.
The committee was called to order by
| Chairman Mills shortly after s o'clock.
I with all the meni1ers present and all the
seats In the auditorium occupied by In
| terested spectators.
| No preliHlinaries were entered into. but
! the business of the meeting was started
! UP at once. Sergeant Cosby and Acting
! Sergeant Sutton. Of the Second District,
| were introduced on behalf of Mayor Tay-
| 1or to prove that he had made two trips
| to the Second Station the night OF the
| discovery Of the defalcation- The wit
| nesses stated that such was the casa
| and that the first trip was made between
| twenty and thirty minutes after o'clock
| and the second trip about half an hour
| later.
Upon the first visit the Mayor asked
! for Captain Tomlinson. He was told tha.
he was not in, but could probably be
| found at home. He replied that he had
been there and found the Captain out.
| HE then left the station-house to go to
the Bijou or Murphys Hotel in search
of Captain Tomlinson. He was unsuc-
cessful in his search and returned TO ths
| statfon-house about S O'Clock. Captain
Angle appeared about that time. The
| Mayor asked for 4 magistrate. but none
| being present, he issued a warrant him.
! self, sworn to by Captain Angle. Tha
warrant was placed in the hands of Cap
| tain Angle, and search was made for.
the detectives. Sergeant Wren was found
at the Bijou Theatre and summoned to
the Second Station, where he was given
the warrant by Captain Angle. the Mayor
/ urging that everything be 6one TO arrest
Mr.. EppE.
Officer, Sutton was sent to the Union
Depot to inform the officials there to keep
a lookout for Epps. and he himself waited
at the depot for some little while
Sergeant Cosby stated that he wished
to correct a misstatement given at q
xy,~ DO " fn1-
Taylor had been at the on-housfs Sut
once that evening. He was positive Slat t
he had been there twice. and that he was
anxious to have the culprit apprehended
Capt Mccarthy asked Mr. Sutton il he
had been requ ested to serve the warrant.
and II it were not the business of any
officer to do such things? The officer rc-
I piled that he had not been asked TO serve
the warrant. and that NSy officer could
arrest a person charged with felony.
| The City Attorney said the questions
were a little out Of order, and the witnes,
was excused.
NO APOLOGIES TO MAKE.
Mayor Taylor then took the stand.
Chairman Mills called his attention to
the statement credited to him, to the eff
feet that .tlle committee was attempting
4 TO wlitewash the whole affair and asked
him what he meant by the expression
4 at did make that remark. said the
/ Mayor. 'sI have nothing 20 retract
did you not say to me In reference to
this matter. asked Mr.. Mills .'that YOU
did not refer to me or Mr., Peters. in the
4 presence Of Mr.. Cardozo
4 s..I don't know what said. - replied ths
Mayor. .sBut do remember that when
you saw me shortly after the comntttee
was appointed. yori asked me not 70 be
Etoo hard on the committee
4 ST don't know whether said that OF
not was the reply. shut will admit
+ that I did. What has that to do with
ilthis?.