The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-04
TELLS TALE OF WOE
ALDERMAN GUTTER TAKES
 POLICE TO TASK.
Cites Action of Crowd at Theatre in Rush for, Tickets to Mansfield
 Engagement-council Takes No Action.

Alderman GaSton Gunter. who repre- sents Ward in the City Council. was one of the struggling citizens who waited dsy dSs IDo morninx m M and was iostled. joited and bsimped while trying to buy seats Tor the engagement at the theatre Friday night of Richard Mansfleld: He told .nis ing experience last night the noint of his statement peing that there some thing radically Wrong with the Montsom- cry police uepartment. SM
 The City Council was about to adyomrn and in good humored way moved that the President of tho Council appoint Committee on Personal Grievances.
 l "A smile played over the faces os the Street reports of tht syrations Of Alder | man Gunter while caught in the crowd of | eager ticket buyers in front of the Mont somery Theatre
 rious looks as Alderman 0unter launched | out into an earnest and dixnihed address upon the strenuous actions of the ticket | buyers ard the apparent inadeduacy of | the Montsomery patrosmen to cope with -aI happened to be in that crowd" said Alderman Guntcr. after he had explained | the cause of the great gathering of Mont | in. Six policenien were there and for a | time the lines were kept intact. The crowd was in a good humor. but little | inclined to shoves The policemen seemed
 ly appealed to the policemen to get on
 theif dignity. and arrest persons who | acted rudeiy."
 The Aidsrnan said but one policeman
 t9 Ss regard the his name is Tayior-seemed to be anxious to do his duty, so said Alderman Gunter He said he got Taylor to take his place
 In the line and he vent to police head. a l that existed at the theatre. He fount | Sergean Bowling ,at headquarters and Sergeant Bowling told him he would have
 arrests made when persons in the crowd Alderman Gunter said he went back tc
 the theatre and he found dozen or if teen men on the verge of fainting. He
 said he had heard that at least five nner actually fainted. Hc declared that on. I policeman got jammed in the crowd and | actually begged to be let out. When hs
 emerged he appeared to be entirely flag
 Now. Mir. President. '. continued Alder. man Gunter eall of this could have beer avoided by an inclination on the part oi Il the policeman to do their duty. If oul police department cannot handle an or. expect 1t to handle . bad crowde Ths I scenes at the theatre were disgrace tc Montgomery and l have had at sieas twenty-five citizens ask me to "eport ii to this Council, l venture to say If thu policemen had done their duty, this thing would not have happened" l The First Ward Alderman declared that l when things go wrong the blame falls or the head of the department concerned He believed that there were men in tht number of policemen sent to the theatre who are capable and brave. but he fell
 sure they had not been properly in'
 structed. ~.i.t.. .~. -.' - efss.t
 And now. MT. President" said Alder.
 man Gupter. ''I withdraw my motion tc appoint a, Committee on Personal Griev | apces. which I made merely. to get be. fore this Council a statement concerning
 the conduct of the crowd at the theatre | last Thursday" A-E-ks af'
 After this action on the part of Alder.
 man .Guntert the Council proceeded witi regular business. no action being taken in the matter. .e.s 4sx