The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-21

faint lust0 over the crowd OF waiting
people that made . pallor az OF the sink
ing sun behind storm cloud In the
s west.
HIS LIPS WE'RE SEALED.
Dr. Hawthorne came out. He looked
worried and walked rapidly toward the
door of exit Dr.. G. p. Scott got up from
his seat and followed him Out in the
great City Hall rotunda the two gentle
men were Joined by the reporters
What did you tell them, Doctor?''
was asked him
i cannot say a thing he replied. ut
was a secret session and am not OF
liberty to tell what transpired inside
that ROOM
win you attend another meeting of
the board p.
II am ready to meet them whenever
they ask me to do so.'' he said
And then he went out into the night
The reporters went back to the room
The policemen We're then the only occu-
pants, and Sergeant Brooks was in the
board room as the first witness after Dr.
Hawthorne. Following Sergeant Brooks
came Sergeant TalleS, and Sowell. and
the other officers. None Of them re-
manned in the room more than a few
minutes, except Acting Sergeant Wyatt
He was there almost as long as DR.
Hawthorne.
The line Of examination to which the
officers We're subjected was as TO the
foundaton Of rumor concerning a
transaction between a man who had
Won money at gam bling house and a
policeman.
1t had been vaguely told that once
upon a time man lost $40. and that the
gambler would not give 1t back to him;
when he kicked they thought $40 enough
for him. Whereupon he went to the Sec
ond Police Station and made a COM
plant. Then, it was further rumored
a policeman left the Second Station
Went out and found the gamblers, and
beseeched them to give back the money,
and the man got his money back.
WANTED HIS NAME.
The Commissioners wanted to find out
who this policeman was who was SO
kind and the man who lost the $50
They didn't find out at this sitting. Po-
licelnan Wyatt knew more about the
runner than any Of the others, but even
he could not give enough light. Another
bunch of policemen will be examined
on Thursday night.
DR.. Hawthorne made his statement last
night He told the Board he wished to
make &, statement to vindicate himself.
There had been a great amount of adj
verse criticism upon his sermon, and he
wished to make his statement to the
Board under as favorable an opportun-
ity for publicity as was given his SER
mon. He objected to saying anything
behind closed doors What he had to-
say he wanted TO say in the presence
of newspaper men,
When asked if he was responsible for
tha statements attributed to him in the
papers purporting to be a report of
sermon delivered by himself at Grove
Avenue Church last Sunday week, he
said he was.
He further said that he knew nothing
of his personal knowledge about these
things, but he had witnesses to substan-
tiate all he had said. and he would pro-
duce them at the proper time
REFUSED TO GIVE NAME
When asked for the names o. the Mt
nesses DR.. Hawthorne refused to give
t,,cD to the board last night. He said
however. that he would send them 20
that BODY or the chief. so they could be
summoned for Thursday night
II was suggested that only as many
witnesses as could be easily handled at
one sitting be given and it is quite Iheiy
that about fifteen names VIII pc i'!s'oso
in Ia the chief either to-day or tomorrow
Or Hawthorne said yesterday after
noon that he had a list OF about 500 wit
ncsses. and that it would take several
rTiaetincs to dispose of them
II was said by members Of the BOARD
last night that the meeting. would my
be opesn to the public generally, but SIM
NV to the press. This plan has hecn adj
yocated by the A!ayor all the time SeN-
era1 months ago a resolution onenins tie
door to the press was adopted by the
board. but within the past two months
the resolution seems to have lost Itself
in the shuttle. and what the newspaf7Rrs
get about the meetings is simply what
members of the beard choose to sive out