The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-08
AGAINST
A POLICEMAN
w. A. Dunn to Take Action
Against Officer BeasIey.
ARRESTS RAYMOND DUNN
His Brother Very Indignant, Retains Eminent
Counsel, and win Push the Case---Iack
Beasley Says Raymond Was Loud
and RoiSieFoIIs
and BoiSterous.

Mr.. w. A. Dunn, of Scotland Neck, who
is in the city to attend Supreme court,
stated yesterday evening that he would
take legal action against either the city
or Officer Jack Beasley on account of the
arrest of his younger broher, Raymond
Dunn, on Monday evening, the S1st of
August
Mr.. Dunn has retained as counsel
Messrs. Fab H. and Charles NJ Busbee,
Hon. Claude Kitchin, kinsman of young
Dunn, Mr. W. N. Jones and Capt w. H.
Day.
Mr.. Dunn said he only learned Of the
arrest of his brother two or three days
ago, and made up his mind at once
to take action. He says he will push the
case to the utmost, as he considers the
treatment received by his brother an out
rage.
The account of the affair as given by
Mr.. Dunn, who gets it from his brother
and citizens of Raleigh who saw the oc-
currence, is in effect as follows:
Raymond Dunn was here Monday to
take his examination for license to prac-
tice law. After it was over, in the even
ing, he was in Prof. Gulley's room at the
hotel and told him how he had answered
the various questions on the examination
paper. Prof. Gulley told him that if he
had answered them as he said, he must
have passed. At this he naturally felt
elated, and on going up Fayetteville street
he was joined by a college chum from
| South Carolina, who put his arm about
him and said: rip, old boy, / believe
we've passed" Raymond replied: Yes,
l think so, too, and 1 feel good. feel
like hollering"
| Then, he says, Raymond admits that
he waved his hat and gave one whoop.
This was near Martin street on Fayette-
vile. He had noticed two policemen
standing on he corner, but paid no par
ticular attention to them
In a minute or two he felt arms placed
around him. On looking back, he saw it
was policeman. What do you mean?"
asked Raymond. You are drunk and
disorderly," said the policeman, ''and l
want to teach you this aint he woods.
l am going to lock you up" 'I am not
drunk" replied Raymond, 81 never taolz
drop Of liquor in my life" The poliCa
man kept fast hold of him and told himN
he was going to lock him up for dis
orderly conduct. Raymond then said:
well, don't hold me so tight, 1 am not
going to resist an officer. l am a gen
tleman, and will not try to escape" But
the officer refused to let loose his hold,
reiterating that he was going to lock
the young man up in the station house.
Then Raymond offered to get bail in any
amount, to keep from going to the lock-
up, but he says he was denied any means
of sending for his friends, even the use
of the telephone. number OF his coll
lege mates offered bail in any amount,
but all to no avail.
He was locked up in the guard house
He asked to be allowed to call up the
mayor over the telephone. but was re-
fused the use Of the telephone. How
ever some friends interceded with the
mayor, and the young man was released
within an hour. There was never any
warrant and no trial
Mr.. Dunn says that he has seen several
citizens of Raleigh who were eye-wit-
nesses of the affair, and they all say it
was an outrage and express themselves
as being indignant at the occurrence.
Mr. Dunn wrote to Mayor Powell sew
eral days ago to make an investigation
and be prepared to meet him yesterday
evening The mayor told Mr.. Dunn THAI
he had asked Officer Jack Beasley about
it, and that officer had told him that
Dunn had hollered once, so loud that
I.he could be heard at the capitol.
Young Raymond Dunn was one of TIE
! best known of Wake Forest students dur
ing his four years stay there. He never
received a demerit during his whole
course, was editor for several years of
the wake Forest Student" and captain
of the baseball team that travelled over
the South and that was favorably COM
mented upon for the excellent behavior
of all its members
| officer Jack Beasley was interviewed
| last night by the News and Observer. and
asked why he had arrested Young Dunn
He said:
Il arrested him for hollering on the
street. He could be heard easily from
Johnson's drug store to the capitol. He
hollered very nearly at the top of his
voice, l should judge. He was the only
one I heard at that time, although / was
the only one / heard at that time, al
though 1 was only on Fayetteville street
for short time. When / took him to the
station house / turned him over to Mr..
Johnson, the turnkey, and left imme-
diately. Mr.. Johnson says Dunn was IN
the lookup only few minutes. before
some of his friends got him out.