The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12
BOARD MAY INCREASE
PAY OF POLICE CHIEF
granted ~ Council 10 win receive g cog
. year, or little over &2cs per month.
quite 4 substantial recogniuon Of the
services OF Major howard.
WYATT WAS THEIR TOPIC.

services OF Major howard.
WYATT WAS THE1R TOPIC.
Alta rail- witnesses had basn dismissed,
and with Major Howard n the room.
some question in regard to ths services
OF Acting Sergeant Wyatt has rendered
the city arose. and . hot nGht Was pre-
cipitated two ct the commissioners taking
decided stand insregard to this officer:
fhsir tak vas Of the boisterous kind. ana
it was an easy matter to catch the topic
+ Of their difference from the waiting
room. One seemed dead against Wyatt.
while the other took a decided stand In
his favor. Newspapers and newspaper
reporters entered into tho discussion
moro or less.
Following Major Howard, Captain
Whitlock, now 81 the Third District. but
formerly in charge Of the First, the dis
tr5ct In which Press Nuckols' gambling
house was located for years, was called.
He was asked to ten what he knew OF
the existence Of this place, ana the ef-
forts. If any, that he had ever made to
break 1t up
Captain Whitlock stated to the Board
that he had heard time and again that
Nuckols was operating gaming establish
ment on Franklin Street. near Four
teenth, but was never absolutely sure
Of the fact. A number Of times. he tod
the Board. he had made efforts to In
yade the place with officers in the hope
Of making arrests and breaking up the
place. but each time defeat met his eff
forts. He was never able TO gain ac-
cess to the place. although every known
effort had been exerted.
Captain Whit1ock remained II the room
with the commissioners for probably
half an hour. After he had completed
his statement in regard to the place OF
Nucko1s, he was examined and cross
questioned at length about other ma ttsrs,
and then dismissed.
CAPTAIN HULCE CALLED.
Captain Hulce was next called. He re-
NAMED with tho commissioners only a
short time and to1d Of the gambling
raids In the Second District since he has
been in charge. This had to do with
the conviction Of the gamesters who were
recently convicted In the Police Court.
! Captain Hulce offered certain suggestions
| at the instance Of the Board as to certain
/ changes that would be to the interest OF
the department, after which he was al
lowed to return to his charge
Sergeant Bailey was the last witness
to be examined He was In the room
l probably trif1e longer than any OF the
i others, being called upon to review much
Of tho work done by him while Captain
Angle was in charge Of the Second Dis
! trict The commissioners were very
i particular in questioning the sergeant
about his visits to the gaming houses,
| Just after they are supposed to have
closed up.
1 It will be remembered that an edict
went forth from the Office OF the CHIEF
l of police for all gambling houses to BIZ
closed and the proprietors arrested IN
case evidence to warrant convlctlon
could DO secured Sergeant Bailey, and
l Pa trolman schlief were detailed from the
Second District by Captain Angle. and
A every supposed gaming place in the pre-
cinct was visited by them, after which
a report was made to the effect that no
& evidence could be secured. No parapher-
4 MALTA was seen In any OF the places.
WAS BORNE OUT.
This fact was borne out by later events.
for in the raids by Wyatt no devices
were ca ptured in the places where they
4 were supposed to have been used for
gaming, with the possible exception of
the house Of Hec. Puryear. Here several
u pieces OF paraphernalia were found
4 Sergeant Bailey explained the existence
E of this paraphernalia to the board in a
satisfactory manner. He said that when
he visited this place Puryear admitted
him to the room in which he supposed
the games had been conducted There
I was nothing to be seen. and Puryear
informed him that the third story was
occupied by lady. He took this state
ment for the truth without investigating.
and 1t now seems that it was on this
floor that he devices were discovered.
AN INVESTIGATION.
Regardless OF he light in which the
board regards Major Howard, an inves-
tigation Of the department is on. "A COM
missioner stated that it would probably
take six or seven meetings to get at
i the bottom OF the affair. after more time
might be required to try certain mem
bers Of the department in case 1t was
. decided to prefer charges against any OF
the members.
'.Its like this. said the commissioner In
question. 1.-THE meeting tonight was sim.
Il ply a preliminary affair and nothing OF
Il particular Importance was divulsed. The
witnesses we examined divulged onth1ng OF
asensa tional character, and It may be That
nothing will result from the whols mat
ter We are simply DESTROYS OF familiar
ling ourselves with the working Of the
: departm ent.
The board member seemed to regard
the present investigation more in the
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