The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
MOVEMENT
TO REMOVE
SOLOMON.
Henrico Sheriff is Under
Very Hot Fire.
PAPERS ARE NOW
BEING PREPARED
The Charges That Will Be
Made Against the Official.
[ CALL FOR TROOPS:
CONDITION OF JAIL
A ~ - n IA IL cott II
to Provide Proper Protection for
Property Under His Charge.
and that the Jail is Not
Kept in Good
Condition.
CALL FOR TROOPS:
CONDITION OF JAIL

"
terday afternoon to the effect that
Is charges will shortly be filed against Sheriff
y Simon Solomon, Of Henrico county, with
view TO his removal on the ground Of
misfeasancc and lnalfeasancc OF Office.
1t was definitely stated yesterday that
4 the papers which will be presented to the
County Court are already In course Of
preparation. or at least in contempla-
z ton. There can be no doubt about the
existence of the movement. and there
Is reason to believe that the step In the
direction suggested will be taken before
very long. The aggressors, 1t Is further
Understood. Will be the Virginia Passen-
ger and Power Company, or some OF
tho officers connected Herewith. and the
BASH for the action Will be the delay
y OF the sheriff in calling out the troops
and the alleged condition OF the county
jail.
From the company itself 1t is impossi-
4 BILE to get any official statement in refer
enca to the matter. Captain Alex Guigon.
junior counsel. was seen yesterday, but
would not talk. II have nothing TO say
4 for publication was the utmost that
could be extracted from the junior coun-
u sci. 4iS
Mr.. Solomon's Side.
The movement against Mr.. Solomon is
the elimination of tho widespread discus
ence TO the military protection for the
county during the strike and also OF his
+ alleged ill-treatment of the guards ar
rested on the charge of shooting into
q the West End crowd one night last week.
AS has been stated time and again be-
fore, the sheriff and the numbers OF people
who thoroughly endorse his position IN
the matter contend that he has done his
duty, and that nothing worse can be said
OF him. With reference to the calling out
Of troops he acted on the assumption
that such step should not be taken until
the conditions became such that 1t was
manifest that the civil authorities could
not longer maintain law and order. The
outbreaks following the strike, he de-
clares were practically confined to the
X city. and the bad riot when the shooting
by the guards occurred. began In Rich
mond. The force Of police and consta bles
in Henrico have all along. he says, been
amply able to take care OF the situation
IN the county. as evidenced by the fact
#that the county had seen no such disor-
ders as were being nightly reported in
Richmond. There was then, he believed.
no cause for calling out the militia Judge
Wickham advised him to do so as n mat
: ter of precaution and as a preventative
measure but he still did not think 1t
necessary. Not until after the riot before
mentioned did he apply to the Governor.
and then he laid the blame for the dis
t,irbance upon the guards. who, he as
Serted had fired without cause upon the
people of Henrico county
The charges that the Jail, or one cell
therein, is unfit for occupancy, is also
denied vigorously. The cell of which men,
ton Is to be made is that In which the
guards were kept
The Other Side.
on the other hand 1t is held by the
company and many others. who censure
Mr.. Solomon for his alleged derection
of dlrty. that he was mistaken and
rackess in delaying his application for.
tSoops, particularly after the judge of
Che county had advised him to do so.
which is understood to be a fact.
The sheriff of Henrico. according to
this side, should have acted In conjunc-
ton with the Mayor of the city of Rich
nlond, In so far as the securing of mill
tary protection was concerned There
has been ample need for the soldiers In
Richmond, and the imaginary line dvid-
ing the city and the county is not always
ion df these gentlemen the terrible shoot
ing at Main and I.onbardy Streets,
though in the city, could have been pre-
vented If the military had not had to get
off at that point and give way to the
guards. Furthermore, they blame Mr..
iol lIle SldtcHltslIL iie isSuVN III
connectiGsAawth his application to the
Gover5sga. In which statement he declared
that ne was asking for troops that he
might protect the innocent men, women
and children of Henrico county. presum-
ably from the guards. who, he declared,
had fired without cause upon the people
of his county,
The question Of the jail arises out of
the confinement of the guards in the
county jail and Is foreshadowed in the
statement of Captain Guigon at the
courthouse when the men were granted
bail At that time Captain Guigon.
roundly asserted that the treatment of
the prisoners at the hands of the county
officers was an "unpardonable outrage
and that the cell in which they We're
kept was unfit for a dog to live In,
He asked for IAN inspection of the cell
in the presence of DR.. Darlington. sur
geon of the company, and also surgeon
for the State penitentiary, but he was
denied the privilege.
Law in the Matter,
The movement for the removal of the
sheriff directs attention to the law which
governs the procedure in such cases. Sec
ton S21 of the Coda of Virginia-,"Re-
mopal of Offers from Office; Procedure