The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-25
.WeII-Known Second Station
Officer q Defendant.
NIECE PREFERS CHARGES
Accuses PatroImaa Of Cruelty
Beating Her With Strap.
He ADMITS WHIPPING HER
Ir Case Wyatt is Convicted in Polica
Court Charges Will Be Preferred
Against Him by Major steward,
and He May Be
Dropped from the
Force.
He ADMITS WHIPPING HER

Force.
Charged with cruelty abusing. assaults
ing ana beating Miss Lottle May New
ION, a rather pretty girl. seventeen years
OF age. the daughter OF his deceased L
sister, and his ward Patroiman William
Il. Wyatt. Jr., of the Second Police DIS
trict. was yesterday afternoon at $40
o clock. placed under arrest by Sergeant
.soweil on a warrant issued by MAGISTRATES
4 Tyler and sworn TO by the young lady
n question. He: was recognized almost
Immediately after the paper was served
by Magistrate Herman Noite to appear
n the Police Court this morning to an
;wer the accuse ton. when Squire Lonnle
siraves will Investigate the case thor
oughly.
In case of a conviction 1t Is the inten-
lion of Chief of Police Howard to prefer
sharSes against Officer Wyatt before tho
Board of Police Commissioners. and In
-hea event he is found guilty of the
charges made by his ward and niece ha
sill in all probability be dropped from
The force.
Officer Wyatt is the policeman who IS
generally supposed to have been largely
responsible for the suppression 1t gam
bling In the city Of Richmond. and MIS-
controversy with former Police Captain
tngle is too we'll known to need review
Ing.
rhe offenee for which Patrolman Wy
lit was arrested is said to have been
committed last Thursday at his resi-
,ence on West Clay Street. and in
statement made to Major Howard. Miss
Newton says that with the assistance
IF her uncle she intends to show that the
policeman is not the he pretends
10 be. and that the assault upon her was
made without the least provocation.
ADMITS TO WHIPPING.
| Officer Wyatt admits that he whipped
| the young lady. but claims that he DID
so for her own good, and because she
| needed it. Efe does not seem to be at
| III worried by the serious Charge which
has been preferred against him. and says
shat he is ready TO go to trial to-day.
| TIe will not need the services OF a law
| YER he thinks;
Miss Newton. who has been living with
| her aunt Mrs. William Mickleboro. young
! est sister OF Officer Wyatt. since last
! 'rnursday the day upon which the assault
| is said to have been made. called upon
Major Howard Yesterday morning. She
! tfld him the entire details Of the affair.
| which has resulted in the arrest OF the
| policeman.s but at that time said she dt6t
| NOT care TO prosecute her uncle and god-
| father Later in the day. about 4 o'clock
| in the afternoon. Miss Newton returned
to headquarters ana. said she had changed
| her mind and wished to have Wyatt ar-s
raigned in the Police Court for the ofrense.
HER. STATEMENT
| To Major Howard she made the follow
I ing statement In the presence of Secretary
| George Pollock. who recorded all that was
said in shorthand: .'He (referring to Wy
| att, went down the street on Wednesday,
| evening with his wife. He met girl ho
| used to go to see before he got married
and spoke to her as we were going into
| kaurmann's His wife got mad with him
l. - ~. 1ak -
come home with her. He came home In .
| short while and helped the boy put away
| a load of wood he had got from tho
| Cedar Works. and his wife would not
| speak to him.
when he came down to supper hfs
wife jumped him about speaking to tina
| girl In front OF katIfmann's. He said he
! could salute her every time he met her.
as he knew her. | went out to buy some
bread and stopped by Mrs Clark's. and
| she asked me how was Mrs. Wyatt. [
/ toll! her her arm was better. but she did
| not help me around the house. did all
| tho work got up at o'clock In the
| morning and cleaned the whole house and
! cooked all the meals they ate.
/ Il said to Mrs. Clark they had a fuss
| ove, there because they went down tho
/ street and Mr.. Wyatt spoke to a gfrf
/ he used to go to see She made him go
down and sleep In his brothers folding
/ s.,.l and about $50 o'clock. when came
| lhome.5 she called him. and he said: Why
/ the devil did you not let me stay down
| there? and she said to him: II you want
| 70 you can go back down there and sleep.
I SIZE went out in the morning and came
/ home and shook me and boxed my face.
| she boxed my face because I had told
Mrs Clark about that girl.
| ..FIe called me up In the back room
| and he took the valise strap and doubled
| fnI.r me- tOl i'm r
| did not have the sense OF a year ago. bue
/ I have got 1t now. FIs said: You can
tell anybody you want to. but am going
to beat you He had to go on duty ak
sc o'clock. and he called me a name
would not like to say. He called me Q
dirty, sinking devil When o'clock
struck went to the Third Police Station
ard told Captain Whitlock about 1t. and
he told me to go down and tell the chief
5tof police. I went home to get my hat
i and cloak and she would not let me come
out and asked me where had been.
"He went on duty the next morning
4 and after he went went TO the First
/ Station, and Mr. Holdcroft told me to
pack my trunk and leave there and told
me I could prefer charges against him:
i that he had no business to do It. and
q Fave come to prefer charges or swear
4 out a warrant against him am goino
d to show what kind OF a man he Is. can
Il prove Otner tHlHSS oy my UACiS Oh SueSSs
!. Inut Hill No one else saw him beat mo
hut his wife. and she kept on saying:
Beat her more: that Is not enough He
i acknowledged he did It. anu going q
expose hlyn-to show he IS not the man
he pretends TO be.
WEPT BITTERLY.
While she was recit.ng the above II
. Young woman broke down and wept biz.
terly. the statement being often inteR-
rapted by such scenes. After she halD
4 completed her remarks Mss Newton asked
that she be shown where to go Ia oRdGR
CONTINUED on Second 1asel