The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-05
CROWDS DEFY THE POLICE.
Boxes and Ladders Used in Violation
of the Order Issued.

OF the
with a single exception police regu-
Iations governing the Inauguration fes-
| tivities were carried out yesterday to
the credit of the force. Good order pre-
vailed generally; the broad Avenue was
kept clear. and Major Sylvester. with
platoon of police. made an excellent
showing at the head of the procession.
Apparently little effort was made to en-
force the regulation relating to obstruct-
| ing the sidewalk. for boxes barrels. and
| even ladders were In evidence at each
intersectiny street. People stood on
them. that they might better view the
imposing pageant. and everybody won
dered what had become of the police
regulation forbidding their use Indi-
viduals so unfortunate as to stand in the
rear of the crushing thousands that lined
the streets saw but little of the great
parade. because no one was interested to
see that the orders of the Commission
ers and the Superintendent of Police were
enforced. Strangers marveled, for it had
been announced that boxes and barrels
were TO be barred as reviewing stands,
while the police stood quietly by and
watched conplacently the jamming hu-
man Gordon massed against the barrier
ropes. Those in front saw the marching
military and civic bodies, elevated in
many instances on an individual review
ing stand. to the supreme discomfort of
/ thousands. and without police interfer-
ence. Because of this failure to obey
positive instructions, there is an investi-
CATION brewing. and the cloud of official
displeasure is soon expected to take def
mite form.
Practically the entire force was on duty
yesterday, together with 25O special po-
licemen and more than a hundred detec-
tives from other cities. This army of po-
lice was divided into seven divisions and
apportioned as follows: First police di-
vision, including territory and grounds
east of the Capitol building, b Street
north, and First Street west, to Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Capt NJ. A. Austin, mount
ed, in command, assisted by Inspectors
Isaac Pearson and f. Z. Cross. mounted,
and Lieuts. F. F. McCathran and Lii
Hollinberger. and Acting Lieut.. w. w.
Jordan. Sergts. w. T. Anderson and S. ].
Harry, mounted, and Sergts. j. h. Null
hall and j. S. Kraemer. with sixty patrol
men, seventy specials, and six mounted
officers, completed this first division. Half
a dozen members of the Committee on
Public Order of the Inauguration Com
mittee were also on duty and assisted the
police in the Senate archway. where ali
ticket holders applied for admission to the
north wing of the Capitol.
Lieut.. ]. A. Moore. of the Sixth precinct
station, commanded the second police di-
vision, extending from First Street west,
along Pennsylvania Avenue to Sixth
Street northwest, and was assisted by
Sergts. j. a. Williams and Michael Byrnes.
with a total of forty-eight policemen. The
third police division, in charge of Lieut.
J. Il. heffner, with Sergts. g. II. Williams
and j. l.. Sprinkle and tfty-two police
men, extended from Sixth to Eleventh
Streets northwest. Fourth police division,
commanded by Lieut.. J. c. Daley, COM
prised territory as far west as Fourteenth
Street northwest; fifth division, Lieut.. T.
B. Amiss in command, extended along the
Avenue and Fifteenth Street northwest
to New York Avenue northwest, with
Sergeant Hodges and Sergeant Shilling
and forty-eight policemen OH duty. The
sixth and seventh divisions were COM
manded by Lieut.. K. Il. Boyle and Lieut..
John Kenney, respectively, with Lieut..
Swlndells and Sergeants LYDIA and Judge
acting as aides.
The police cleared the Avenue for half
an hour during the passage of the MORN
ing parade, when President Mckinley
went to the Capitol. AS this procession
reached the Peace Monument however,
people swarmed into the street without
interruption. and no effort was made to
again clear the Avenue until o'clock,
when the procession started from the
Capitol builGing. Most of the crowd was
strung along the curb, but MANY strag-
glers remained in the street. Wien the
head of the procession reached Ninth
Street Ine street was passably clear. No
arrests for encroaching beyond the lines
were made, and where necessary, several
persons were put back on the sidewalk as
the procession advanced up the Avenue.
Early in the day the Avenue was roped
from the Peace Monument to Seventeenth
Street and by 10 o'clock police
details were posted, as provided
for in general orders issued sew
eral days ago. At Fifteenth and
Seventeenth Streets loops were arranged
about 100 feet back from the Avenue curb
line thus preventing vehicles from con-
gesting badly at those points. Another
precaution taken just before 10 o'clock
was the stopping of the street cars of the
Capital Traction Company. the last car
prior to the morning parade leaving each
end of the road at $50 O'Clock. cars
down Fourteenth Street, connecting with
the main Avenue line at Fifteenth street
and New York Avenue, were stopped at
10 o'clock, prior to the passage along
Fifteenth Street of the morning parade.
PHYSICIANS and ambulances were on
hand in plenty during the parade, and a
number of persons were removed to the
various hospitals