The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-21
Or. Hawthorne Will Testify Be
fore Open Meeting of Board.
SECRET SESSION WAS HELD
The Baptist Divine Was With the Board
for Some Time, but Refused to
State What Transpired-Wil
Meet Again on Thursday.

Rev. Dir. j. &. Hawthorne insisted that
he bc permitted TO make his stateneht
al an open session of the Board nf Ponce
commissioners at the meeting last nlSn'.
and after a. discussion OF the matter ior
@lictrlr an hour. the board agreed to the
proposition, and fixed upon next Thurs
day afternoon ats O'Clock as the time
for the open meeting.
Great interest was rranifested in the
r.ecting Of the board yesterday alter
:iocn. The fact that DR. hawthorne had
been summoned ITO app4ar before tho
bard TO substantiate his remarks. D'ade
in a sermon Sunday before last. created
d desire on the part of many 10 ile|'r il
V hat he had to say. AMI fully twenty
MINUTES before the hour fixed 1or the
1,,et.;ng the assembly room at police head
ut,;rters was filed With interested per
sons
Atcn minutes to 5 O'Clock DR. Haw-
tht,re appeared. With him We're mum
ber of ministers and other uisHit'tite
ard others entered the room shorty az
trrwards The preachers We're Key =.
: Stanev. Of Broad,ls. Memorial. Rev
loci i. Tucker. of East-En6. DR.. a T.
1.ir:inson, editor of the Religious her
a,d Rev II. S. Rov1es. of Randolph
S;saat: Rev W. w. Sisk. Of Stockton
Street Manchester: Rev. DR. z. +. Scott.
If Barton Heights. Rev. w. r. DunaVaS.
Jr.. Of Cool Springs, Hanover county )
G. j. Thompson, secretary OF inc MIS-
sion Board; Rev. G. T. Williams city
missionary.
In addition to these. there were num-
her of her citizens, including Mr.. Harry
q Glenn chairman of the Police Com
,nittee Of Council. and a relief from the
Second Distiict including Sergeants
SoweI. Brooks and Tallcy. and oiilcers
Schleif. Clark son. Bryant. Bradley,
Howell, Lang. Shoemaker, Wiltshire ana
Wyatt
MEMBERS ARRIVE.
Tha members of the Beard came IN
ssnsly. Mr.. Welsh being the first to ar
rive. He was followed by Mr.. Manning,
hen Mr. NcCarthy came. closely FOL
lnNcd l,v NInsS,s Ianderkin. Jacob ana
Whittet. the ncw commissioner from
Monroe Ward and Mayor TaN!er Mr.:
Bosher was tho last enc 10 arrive. ana.
the Board was Immediately called TO or
der Chief Howard was invited into the
lsoard room. ard all others. except Secfc-.
t.4ry 5ilsck. were excluded.
1t had i5eon understood by members of
tie press ,lla, the meeting was To be an.
crens Zone, and when The Board announced
that the session would ba, secret. some
d saprointment and surprise was mani
tested Rer DR. Dickinson oi The Reli-
,yiorss Herala. sugtt admission into Ae
foom il the interest Of his paper. 6u9
n. was turnld down as ruthiessly a.
we're tho representatives of the daily
paregs TIE later planted Themselves
IN TO- ,nfst comfortable places aear the
locked aaer between the outer and inner
ooms and awaited developments.
DIR. HAWTHORNE CALLED
AfteJ' the Isasfa Rad been il, session for
abou; ff+e1n minutes Secretary Pol
% k n ned tlle doar aud ina loud voice
ca'isa: pr. II wthornet''
The tall ganrt figure Of rr Hawthorne
arose from a seat on Detective Captain
Tomlnsen's 4 st. whee lie had been in
conversation viii, Nr Isaac Diges al
member OF his conErera tom
II came here not as counsel for DR..
Hawthorne " said Mr.. pigs. .'hnt as a
rneinlrei, Of l'is consroea ton. inst to show
nin, THAT some OF his psoplc are with
him
el,is was said pleasantly and with a
smile that meant more than words.
As the door closed behind DR.. liaw-
t'ierne and tho key was turned in the
lstrh. the people gathered in lie outer
'oftr got tnrethet in groups, and a buzz
nf conversation arose o.er The tattoo
If one of the preachers against the VIM
DON pane.
Tic inner end Of the room was taken