The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-08

SHOWING their Teeth.
The Blind Tigers in Charleston
Claw the Chief of Police.


Claw the Chief of Police.
A dispatch from Charleston to the
Augusta Herald says war against the
blind tigers of Charleston has develop
ed quite a sensation in which some
startling assertions against the char
acter of Charleston chief of police
have been made by means of placing
placards in the window of one of the
places recently closed up. Since the
first of his administration Governor
Hayward has been keeping the con-
stabulary moving actively against
the blind tigers, of Charleston. The
developments in the Chicco affair were
spread broadcast and read with con-
siderable interest in great many
newspapers, but the latest affair." is
the first Of really sensational type so
far. Several days ago blind tiger
run by r. M. McManus was raided by
order of Mayor Smythe and ever since
there have been placards placed daily
in the window knocking on the char
acter of the chief of the police depart
ment to stare pedestrians in the face.
The day following the raid this one ap-
peared:
'sThis business was closed by Or
ders of a drunken, incompetent
Chief of Police.''
No notice was taken of the placard
by the officials, but it was read by ey-
erybody that passed the place. The
following day an even more sensation
al placard was exhibited in the win
dow, reading as follows:
"Why don't this drunken Chief
of Police be as active in closing
other places as he has this. The
Governor could then call in the
constabulary.
The affair did not stop with this
placard, nor was it allowed to remain
long in its place. Apparently not sat
isfed with the effect single placard
was having, the advertisement was
changed this morning, and instead of
one card, the show window was decor
ated with an array of cards that was
calculated to stop anyone who might
be passing, and could not help but
have some resting place in the minds
VI GuO T0dOSIS. IuS sly uS OO
are as follows:
tWhat the community wishes to
know is why this Chief of Police
disgraces the uniform that the tax
payers put on his back. Who pays
the rent of No. 81 Coming street?
Who runs that den9 Let him ans
wer that, too"
"Closed by order of that De-
baucher, Imposter upon the tax
payers as the Chief Of Police. Had
he been sober instead of state of
beastly intoxication on the night
of the murder of Young Pinckney
the perpetrators of that foul deed
might have been apprehended.
"Who but this rotten Chief of
Police is responsible for the rob-
berry of the old Veterans during
the reunion in the year 1898? A
privilege was granted an import
| ed gambler and ex-convict, at the
cost of $1,000 to do the work.
| Why was such privilege granted?
| Not for the love of this convict.
Who got the privilege money? Let
him answer that.
"This drunken Chief of Police
occupied the time of the special
detectives in bounding down those
that are distasteful to him, while
the thieves have their own way
and the taxpayers pay the costs. %
1t is the chief of police, ". A.
Boyle. who is referred to in the signs
or cards that appear in the window,
and everybody in Charleston expects
that some serious trouble will be
the result of what many of the best
people here are referring to as 'dirty
piece of work. on the part of q
'tblind tiger keeper meaning Nc,
Manus. While Chief Boyle has taken
no action in the matter, treating itap-
parently with contempt, it is plainly
seen that the manner in which his
name is being handled by the blind
tiger is not at all appreciated by him.
The chief of police is pretty we'll liked
by the best element Of Charleston s
people and the community is siding
with him in the work be is doing,
while on the other hand McManus has
very little standing here at all. The
fair-minded element of the city are re-
ferring to his action in using the
placards the way he has as "a stab in
| the dark. -