Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-24

A.. Not thattI know Of; don't recai
any. If l did it don't remember.
@. Did a minister o. the Gospel eve
come to you to have talk about tn
matter and you tell him there were
eighty bar-rooms in your district. and 70,
tell him there were t.lirty that were no no.
a violating the Sunday law, Keeping the
i law. and you thought about fifty were
violators?
Captain Whitlock: No. sir; not that
know of. I never said it was nifty;
never said anything of the kind
Mr.. Jacobs: You might have mad suspl'
cions. but you didn't say that!
1 Captain Whtlock: No. sir; don't re.
collect.
! Major Howard: I recollect it.
Mr.. Manning: BY a resolution offered
in this board were you not the first cap
tain in Richmond that proceeded against
the dance halls?
Captain Whit1ock: Yes sir; and broke
them all up-disorderly houses-ln tha'
district; and I don't know of any going on
there now.
Dr.. Hawthorne: Do those dance halls
exist anywhere in this city that you know
/ Of?
Captain Whitlock: know of one
! Mr.. Jacobs: Was the Police Department
responsible for that if the law was not
passed?
Captain Whitlock: No sir.
Dr. Hawthorne: This is State law
that requires you to break up dance
| halls.
Captain Whtlock: have been in the
habit of breaking them TIP if there was
any complaint.
Mr. Manning: Didn't you raid those
dance halls and bring them to the 70
lice Court and they were all dismissed?
Captain Whit1ocl1: Yes, sir.
| DR.. Hawthorne: That is what wanted
| to ask you. 1 had no suspicion that you
| had not done your duty in the matter.
Did you not state to somebody that that
| was one of the greatest sources OF trou-
| BILE here to the police, and you inspired
that ordinance to forbid them?
| Captain Whitlocl1: Yes. sir
| Dr. Hawthorne: You say that there is
one in existence to-day?
Captain Whitlock: Yes, sir; they got
permission from Judge Witt with the
, understanding that if there was any dis
order he would revoke the license.
AS TO HIS DISCRETION.
DR.. Hawthorne: Captain, we ask you
this question:: Do you think 1t is dis
cretionary with you to whether you
shall enforce the State law which re-
qu YOU to detect and arrest and re-
20 suppress immoral houses?
Captain Whitloc1: Well, whenever
housed generally break it up.
Dr. Hawthorne: The law makes 1T
your duty.
Captain whitlock: 7 know. I do it
when I know it Of my own personal
knowledge.
Dr. Hawthorne: Do you know of houses
in your district that are houses OF Ill
fame?
Captain Whitlock: I don't know it of
my own knowledge.
DR.. Hawthorne: Do you know through
repute that there are such houses?
Captain Whitlock: I am told so.
DR.. Hawthorne: The law makes 1t
your duty to arrest such parties and
bring them to trial.
Captain Whitlock: Whenever there is
complaint made to me.
DR.. Hawthorne: The law doesn't say
anything about complaint, it puts upon
the police the duty Of reporting.
Mr. Jacobs: Doctor. we have admitted
that there are ninety-seven of those places
here in Richmond, and we admit that the
gamblers were convicted in court.
THE BAR-KEEPERS.
Mr. Welsh: Let us get to the bar
keepers now; we have gotten through
with the women and the gamblers.
Dr. Hawthorne: What do you know
about the bar-rooms selling liquor on
Sunday?
Captain Whitlock: I notify my men
every Sunday morning to look after them,
and look after them myself.
Mr. Jacobs: Are men changed from the
different districts and put in citizens
clothes so that they will not be known!
Captain Whtlock: That has been done:
the Major stopped it few days ago
DR.. Hawthorne: And you haven't
known of any selling of liquor since June
9th on Broad street on Sunday?
Captain Whitlock: No. sir.
DR. Hawthorne: Nobody called your at
tention to any violations of the law?
Captain Whitlock: No. sir.
DR.. Hawthorne: Do you know anything
about this crap business, that form of
gambling in your district.
Captain Whit!ock: We have caught
good many of them. l don't know any
thing about the game, never saw it
played.
DR.. Hawthorne: A good deal of that
has been going on since March last.
Captain Whitlock: Yes. and it is almost
impossible to break it up.
Dr. Hawthorne: It has been going on.
nevertheless?
Captain Whtlocl: I don't know but
what it has. in back alleys and places OF
that sort-no houses
Witness was here excused.
Mr. S X Mckee was then sworn.
Mr.. Manning: Right along there I will
say this. that DR.. Hawthorne should be
allowed to prove the existence OF any
gambling houses that have not been con-
victed.
mot THROUGH TONIGHT"
Dr. Hawthorne: Now. if the board is
going to suppress evidence-Gentlemen,
we are not through with witnesses on the
subject tonight by vast deal.
Mr. Jacobs: I don't want to suppress
ANYTHING 7 want you to have all the latl-
tude I was just about to say that 1 |
wouldn't agree to that. You made the
statement that there were $50 houses Of Ill |
fame and link that j, is your right
and privilege to prove it.
DR.. Hawthorne: I say that that state
ment was made in a public meeting. And |
/ got my inforna ton IN public meet
ing from one of the speakers. and was
under the impression that DR.. Goodwin |
said it, but he said he heard it, that it
was not he who said it.
DR.. Hawthorne: l think If the Chief OF |
Police stated it to anybody it was true.
and that was stated in the meeting down |
there and on thnt be sed nv statement |
Mr. Jacobs: If DR.. Hawthorne has any
evidence by which he can prove his state
ment in that sermon he should not be |
cut off but allowed every opportunity to
prove it. I want to hold him up to this |
statement. delivered publicly.
Mr. Whittett: I want it to be distinct !
" understood that I do not want to cut |