The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-18
POLICEMEN
DISMISSED.
Officers Baker and Robinson
Leave Force.
THE STORY OF WITNESSES
The Memorable Trip Through Eigh-
teenth Street to Chimborazo Park
sAgain Rehearsed-The
estimony.
THE STORY OF WITNESSES

estimonY.
Policemen Baker and Robinson were
dismissed from the police force at the
conclusion of the hearing before the
board after midnight last night. The
case OF Policeman Murray will be heard
on Monday night
Another etory in reference to the Eigh-
teenth Street riot OH the evening OF
June 22d was told before the Police Board
last night in the hearing Of the charges
against Policeman Baker.
The story was told by Policeman Muir
ray, of the Third District, who was on
the car, and whose presence on that car
had not been known up to last night,
until Policeman Baker mentioned 1t IN
his testimony.
The charges against Policeman Baker
were extreme partisanship and conduct
| unbecomlng an officer. and in unbecominS
| treatment to prisoners, and were pre-.
| fered by Captain a. B. Guigon.
| 1t was stated that Mr.: Baker when he
f., arrested Conductors Smith and I.etdHan.
| the conductors on the car. Mt the sugges-
| ton OF young e&-conductor named
| Reid, was extremely harsh to them z IN
| manner and tone of voice. and that IN
| his testimony in the Police Court was
! very partisan
/ Several witnesses to this effect were ex-
| amined, Including Captain Guigon, At
| torncy Reilly, Mr. Mulford and a news
4 paper man! who was present on Eigh-
] teenth Street, and in the station house at
/ the time of the riot
I Officer Bakers Story.
!. For Mr.. Baker a number of witnesses
1! testified that he was no more excited
4 or partisan than any man would have
4 been under the circumstances. When Nr.
i Baker told his story he mentioned the
/ fact that Mr.. Murray was In the car at
| the time, and that he did nothing In tho
1 way OF helping him in the emergency.
4 Then It was that the first knowledge or
4 Mr.. Murray's presence was made known.
| IIe was Immediately sent for, and when
4 he was sworn, he told a story differing
/ in many respects from that told by all
4 others who had referred to the Eigh-
i teenth Street riot and the arrest of the
| two car men,
1 He said that he was standing in the
l front of tho car when it went on that
/ memorable trip through Eighteenth Street
! to Chimborazo Park. At Grace Street the
] car ran into an open switch, and he de-
/ scribed the crowd at that point as per
fectly Wild" He saw no one flourshing
a, pistol from the rear end of the car
] At Chmborazo Park there was disor-
! derly crowd. Mr.. Baker was stationed
there.
.Why don't you get the crowd away?"
he asked Mr.. Baker.
This crowd is all right" said Mr.
Baker.
Then as the car was the last ono for the
evening. Mr.. Baker got aboard to go back
to Eighteenth Street, where there was
great amount of trouble going on.
/ Mr.. Murray did not see Reid get on the
/ car a t. Twenty-fourth Street. nor did the
| car stop. There were. three motormen who
ran the car in turns. and two conductors.
AS the car neared Eighteenth and Broad
Streets, one of the motormen looked
ahead at the bowling mob and said:
.I'll not run through that bunch"
"Well. It's not my car" said another.
And 1t was up to the third motorman to
rush the car through. He agreed to do so.
provided Mr.. Murray stood by his side.
They ran through the crowd on Eigh-
teenth Street. which Mr.. Murray charac-
, terzed as mass of humanity from
Broad to Main Streets, on Eighteenth
/ About the Main Street Station he W
| something of a scufiie going on, and went
in to MI Bakers assistance. The latter
told him to stop the car and he went
back to the motorman and asked him TO
/ stop the car, which he did, Just about
d | i
out with his two prisoners and carried
them to the First Station where they
We're locked UP.
The board consumed the time from 4
O'Clock to after midnight In hearing this
evidence.
Reported by Officer
Before the case OF Mr.. Baker was heard
Mr. Mike McDonough was called, Mr..
McDonough had stated to several PER-
sons that he was at Eighteenth and
Main Streets one day, when he noticed
ar aged lady attempting to stop a car.
He stopped the car for her and assisted
her aboard. and as the car Went off a
policeman, who was standing ON the cor
ner, said to him:
"You had better attend to your own
business and let the cars Alone
He said the policeman had Just heen
engaged In conversation with a striker
and from the tone of his voice. spoke
with good deal OF feeling.
When asked for the name of the po-
iceman. Mr.. McDonough declined to give
It for the reason, as he stated. that he
did not want to see any man lose MS
job.
Z. Mir. Mcponough was excused until next
Monday, and the City Attorney was
called for. His opinion was asked as to
the powers of the board to make witnesses
!. testify In such cases. Ills opinion was
names, but he preferred to give the opin-
Z ion in writing at the meeting Of the board
on Monday.
A charge OF failure on the part of OFF,
Ger Robinson to pursue man who threw
a rock through a window on car at
Eighteenth and Main Streets was heard,
i and the beard withheld consideration of
the charge.
The board will meet again on Monday
night at o'clock, and will sit from