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

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was. and could not tell why it was there
were no cases founo in the Second Police
District: and that caused an investigation.
owing to some articles in the newspapers
in regard 10 some negroes or something
anyhow it brought about an investigation
OF Captain Angle. Mr.. WYATT said one
thing and all the officers OF the district
said another That led to an inyestlgd-
ation. Captain Angle was honorabiy exon
Grated in that case.
CHIEF CLAIMS THE CREDIT.
Dr. Hawthorne: Did Mr.. Wyatt arrest
those men and procure this evidence IN
obedience to direct instructions from
you?
Major Howard: Yes, sir: he did not
procure the evidence particularly. but /
had charge OF these cases up to swearing
out the warrants and handing them to
him and telling him to go and arrest the
parties.
DR.. Hawthorne: Didn't you know that
those houses were in existence and mad
been for a long time?
Major Howard: They were not in exis-
tence at that time. They were not They
had been closed about three or four
months before that
DR.. Hawthorne: Prior to that time,
prior to this reform?
Major Howard: I will just say that all
of these men had poker-roomS-giit-edge
gamblers they call them. They all had
poker-rooms.
Dr. Hawthorne: Haven't there been
large gambling houses here helped by
men that you knew. of whom you had
knowledge here for years and years, ever
since you were chief OF police?
HE THOUGHT so.
Major Howard: did not know it. I
thought so. and there has been no doubt
in my mind in the world that there has
been ever since Richmond has been incor-
porated and will be until it is burned
down.
Mr. Bosher: Major Howard. didn't you
make an attempt to break up these gam
bling houses VIII you first became chief:
Major Howard. Yes. sir, | did. I in
vited them all here I had every reputed
gambler in town in this room and TOLD
them all, Gentlemen. 1 am going to try.
I don't believe can break you up en-
tirely, but I am going To make You AZ,
roost low. Whenever you pull q, card out
OF the box, you may looh out that one
of my men has not got Us hand on you-
Dr. Hawthorne: Let me ask you this
question: That is matter OF common
report at least that You did, when you
first went into office. notify them that
they must stop, but didn't you relax that
r1S1u determination uitSE. tiliSS VI loui
months?
CONFERENCE EVERY WEEK.
Major Howard: Captain Hulce can bear
me out. / have a conference with my
officers every Tuesday morning. We talk
over matters and things in general. and
what ought to be done; and once a month
almost for the last five OF six years.
have given that instruction, to look out
for gambling institutions.
Mr.. Jacobs: Mr. Chairman, I respect
fully submit that the fact has been estah-
lished last April, since by the work OF
| Officer Wyatt. that previous to the 18th
| of March last, gambling houses did exist.
They were brought into court and they
were punished. The statement was made
| as I understand in DR.. HawthorneS ser
mon, What are the conditions" l do
| not see any use in going back two or three
! years. The fact was established by the
| courts that they had existed. and they
were convicted and punished. The sermon
| is the question at issue. as understood
the gentlemen who invited Dr. Hawthorne
/ down here. Let US try and confine our
| selves to that as well as we can and 81
| along as smoothly as possible.
MINISTER'S INTERPRETATION.
| DR.. Hawthorne: Mr.. Chairman. the sit.
! uation, as described in my sermon. has
! reference to the condition of things hers
/ for years and years, certainly within tbs
i last eight years. I declared that Their.
| had been all this vice here. and that the
| authorities had assumed that they had
! a right to determine whether they would
! execute the law of the land: that it was
| discretionary with them, but that they
! were solemnly sworn to enforce the laws
| as they found them in the statute book,
but that the laws have not been enforced
| against the dsorder1y houses. nor again
as to the gamblers. except perhaps in
some rare cases; that there had been
little places. small places broken up by
the police. but the great big gambling
houses, where the bulk OF our young mer.
are debauched and ruined, We're not inter
fered with until 4 recent period. until this
| reformation started here and a diferen:
/ public sentiment had been generated
! BOSHER s.bKE PLAINLY.
Mr.. Bosher: You do not say that in
! your sermon. You have qualified your re-
marks here, and the stigma is upon the
f! Police Department" You do not treat
| the department. fairly or the board fair
~. You go on and use the present tense
and say that they are 40 houses in the
| city and seventy har-roouls open or Sun
day. and gambling running riot That is
what we want you here for. We do not
want you here to speak of facts of five
y
years ago. Let us confine ourselves to the
issue.
DR.. Hawthornc: I want to show tina;
this Police Department has not com
piled with the law: that its policy has
| been to use discretion as to whether i,
| will execute the law or not.
| GIr. Bosher: This department claims
| it has complied with the law.
| DIR. Hawthorne: 1t is beginning to &c
| it now, but its past policy has not beer
| that.
! Mr.. Bosher: It shows it originated with
| the department., that this matter origi-
mated with the board and the Chief and
| the Commonwealth Attorney
THE DOCTORS QUESTION.
| DR.. Hawthorne: Why is it. Mr.. Chair
man. why is it that this Police Depart
! ment could not find evidence to couvic1
| the bar-rooms who were selling liquor
on Sunday Why is it they could NOT dc
lit? They We're continually saying: We'll
/. we cannot set the evidence" But here is
a little Sabbath league that employs g
| detective and gets the evidence to con
| Wet twenty-nine Of them for ceiling Il
! quor on Sunday. more than the whole
| police force have done perhaps for tive
! years.
| Mr.. Jacobs: VIXEN was that:
/ Major Howard: Last year There were
! ten bar-roonlS.
I DR.. Hawthorne: There were twenty
nine. so stated by the league, SO stated
/ by the secretary OF the league, DR.. Camp
/ bell himself. that they furnished evidence
| TO convict twentynine.
/ Major Howard: VIII YOU allow me t
TASK you a question in regard to tina