Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-04

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done he Il ought it best to watt but that
when the Police Beard had accepted the
resignation of a man under charges,t sucn
.. necessity had been removed and ne
was ready to call the mass-meeting at
once.
Ronrdy. sincerity Questioned.
He said that there was no need for the
conference to feel that it might get IN
the way of the Police Commissioners.
He thought that the officials should De
comm ended for going as far a $ they ma
but that he didn't believe thai the ef-
fort at a thorough investigation had been
sincere hut that they have been trying
to satisfy the public without doing any
more than was necessary.
He argued that something definite
should be done to awaken pubic sentl-z
ment that will cause the city o1nclais
to enforce the laws or let them step from
their officers and have put men IN their
places-men who will uphold the laws of
the State and city.
A STARTLING STATEMENT.
DR. w. S. Campbell made the remark
able statement that within three SQUARES
Of the First Presbyterian church there
were at least twenty-five houses OF III
fame He said a policeman had told him IN,
that there were fully thirty. and that the
Police Department knew OF the conu!-
ton.
H.. ~.
Street Baptist church, said If nothing was
done now to keep the good work gong
in six months the city would be worse
than it is now. and every good thing Sc,
cured now would be lost. He declared
that now is the time to move, and he
offered a resolution that a call be MADE
for a n1ass-meeting to be held on next
Friday evening. and that a committee
Of five businessmen be appoined to draft
resolutions to be presented at that meet
ing.
DR.. Hawthorne argued for. the forma-
ton Of 2 Vigilance Committee to CO.
operate with the officials He thought
bers of the Police Board. and would be
ton to this. that there might be an
agency to gather information for the po-
lice, in order to assist them in their
work. DR.. Goodwin favored the sus-
gestions Of DR.. Hawthorne.
NOT FOR THE CITIZENS.
Mr.. w. W. Hardwic1e was of the opin-
ion that there was too much cant" bust
ness about the Police Department. He
s15o,Coo for the support of 100 men to get
evidence of crime, and that this ought
not to be left to the citizens of the city
to do.
Councilman E. H Cloves said that he
had gone into the City Council with the
hope of accomplishing good for the city
He wanted to build up the morals OF the
city, and he thought one way 70 accom-
screens Of the bar-rooms Of the city and
to impose very high license.
Here Mr.. Mckee offered substitute
for DR.. Gardners motion. which is incor..
porated in the resolution at the head of
this article.
Major Robert Stiles deprecated the
gambling scandals and said he was
sorry that people who resort to these
places had been shielded. He did not
think it was right to protect any one
who resorted to such places.
Af0s o,s1 h nf n
Police, Major Stiles said that he had
nothing against him as a Christian gen.
teman. but that he was obliged to say
that he did think he lacked the grit
that was necessary IN Such tunes as
TO EXPOSE THE WITNESSES.
Rev. w. B. Beauchamp said that the
greatest mistake eyer made e., IN the :, city
cases, the trial Of which would haveH
been bv far tie best basis for a moral
cleaning of the city than anything else
He thought the public should know IT
will know" he shouted, because there
are some of us who propose to expose
these things when the time comes for it
to be done The pulpit must take hand
in this. and it will be a power" He said
he did not think that it was good thing
to protect a hundred men and fet soovo
suffer. He thought that it was a grave
ted to resign: that he should have been
prosecuted, and. if guilty. expelled from
this police force.
Mr. A. 3. Williams suggested that the
committee provided for in the resolutions
should provide the speakers Tor tne
n1ass-meeting.
Dr.. ]. Allison Hodges said he deplo I1,l
the lax conditions, but he thought the
time was not ripe for the adoption OF
the resolutions, nor for the holding Of
mass-meeting. ->-
Mr.. %. A. Catlin said that the at
tornevs in the gambling cases had been
reflected upon by some of the speakers.
He thought that inasmuch as 1t was SO
truth in such cases. the compromise ct.
fected was the best thing, because 1t
made the punishment certain. he thougnt
the thing most needed vas &c. Gom m talss
on civic duty to arouse the people 10 tdhe
pride in the welfare of the city,
Mr.. A B. Williams thought the, con-
dition was at a poise now, and tnat d
good boost, such as a strong mass-meet-
mo would give the Investigations, was
the thing most desired
In this Dr. Gardner agreed. adding that
the sooner it was brought about the bet
Dr.. Hawthorne arose again and said
he wanted to correct the idea that this
was to be a Prohibition campaign that
nothing was further from his thouSnss.
though he expected to die Prohibition
list.
The amended resolutions as presented
nv Mr.. Mckee were adopted, and at 1O:o1
o'clock the conference CAME ~ al eiiu'
AT THE CONFERENCE.
Some Of those present were: w: 6. Pull
Ter. DR.. W. S. Gordon, James w. Cor
don. W. r. Armistead, John c. Free
man, Rev Jere Witherspoon, John Gar
land Pollard, John F. Mayer, r.. A. Cat
lin. Robert NJ Smith. r. A. HARRISON.
S. K. Mckee, John A. Lancaster, C.. q.
Brauer, John Chamblin. DR.. T. D. Mer-
rick. f. N Newman, w. w. HardWicke,
J. D. Crump, DR.. j. Hall Moore. Dr. J.
Allison, DR.. 7. Allison Hodges. Rev. W.
s. Campbell, C. G. Hequenbourg, Rev. DR..
George Cooper. R. F. Gaskins. Robert
Stiles. 5. r. Johnson Carlton Mccarthy,
G. NJ. Smithdeal T. G. Diggs. Rev. DR..
c. S. Mitchell, Irving %. Campbell. Rev.
DR.. J. B. Hawthorne. 0. S. Morton, w.
A. Crenshaw Rev. w. 3. Beauchamp.
D. II. Drum D. A. Jenkins Rev DR..
S. A. Goodwin w. S. Copeland, Dr.. ].
N. Upshur, H L. Valentine. E. Fl. Cloves,
w. H. Clemmitt. Rev. DR.. c. II. Craw-
ford, A. B. Williams. and G. G. Minor.
KILLED HUNTING CHESTNUTs.
Lawyer Fell from Il Tree and Broke
His Spine.
NEW YORK, October 3.-(Special)-
George Sewell Bonner. a prominent New
York lawyer died at the Roosevelt Hos
ptal this morning from the effects of in
juries received last Saturday at his coun-
yleNo