Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-04
Duncil Does Net Sustain Him in
SUSPENSION of Culpepper
alpepper Resuned Duties Of Office Last NiEht. But
mayor Suspended Him Again Today on New Charge

Meen heard for several days, ard only
me best of generalship prevented its
M,lrsting forth with fury.
M Of course there were tolerably
MEarm times at the special council
Mather cutting remarks on the part
#bf the mayor and some of the alder
&hnen, the session was orderly.
N The council was called to order b.
81 Mayor White, and the clerk having
y been sent for some papers, the may
or asked Alderman Fox to take the
clerks chair and call the roll There
were seven aldermen resent, Alder
man We'll being absent. 1t wa;
moved and seconded that the read
ing Of the minutes of the previous
meeting be dispensed with and the
motion carried.
Alderman Riley was called to the
chair and Mayor Wife made talk
He said "You will nave to bear will
me, for I want the people and the
police to understand this matter
The mayor then proceeded to lambast
Chief Culpepper on every side. He
reviewed the case in very lame fash
ion, referring to another case thai
the Veneer case-that of an old ne
gro whom Mr.. Culpepper had scarce
away from the police headquarters.
peppers slapping drunken cooke
fiend' to wake her up enough to make
her behave. While he was being
put into the Jail the negress was at
tempting to bite the officer, as tn
evidence showed. Yet this could only
partly be proven.
The mayor then reviewed the Wan
Zer case, reading from: the stenos
graphic report at intervals, and on
the whole the evidence presented at
the council last night showed moth
ing more than an effort on the part
of the mayor to remove Culpepper
The mayor then very unjutly attack
ed the police force. He said that
the force was entirely too large: tha
the men would lay around all month
and only secured about $4OO in fines
for the city, and then on the 28th
of the month policeman would go
around and fine all the loose women
in the city and run the fine money
to over thousand dollars, or there
about. he could not tell the exact
amount, as Alderman Meyer had the
police court report in his pocket and
would not turn it in for some rea-
CT
Alderman Meyer here attempted tc
speak, but Mayor White said: "Never
mind that grunting. I'll knock ali
the grunts out Of you before get
through with you." (Horse laughs.)
Alderman Nichols called the may.
Or to order, and Alderman Riley, who
was in the chair, raped for order
and the mayor branched off on an.
other strain.
He denounced Culpepper as COW.
ard, and said he had no use for Cul-
pepper; that he would not trust him
with the smallest matter: that he
knew Culpepper to be untrustworthy;
that the council had caucused against
the mayor; that it was the councils
Intention to reinstate Culpepper, and
that he had read it in the Gazette that
morning; that while it was thought
to be a secret, he knew all the time
what the Aldermen and the police
committee would do. and that if the
council reins-ated Culpepper that he
would suspend him again, and that he
would prefer charges against him
for misappropriating the city's
money. and that he could and woulo
send Culnenner to the penitentiary
(Horse laughs).
The mayor is good buffer, but