The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-03
CHIEF not
AN ISSUE
Question Of His Retention MOI
Involved i'll tic Wyatt In
vcstigation Case,

s@I forn,at lion from q reliable source YES,
81 4srany confirmed the statement nrlmte"
nam rhe Tin1es- Dispatch that the Vinu'e1
6tinn az Police officer William u. Wa M
NY the Police Board was uhh''''''pus. "a
}1ueston OF dscirllni1g Major a,oT ,ss,,,,
%the chief of police. WAS ny = X n
A. In tho case. .,,r,tlo,
NJ Iii cerfs1n charges against the ciilel "
X Il, i AZ IN ithe board certain crltlclsma %
w ffiner WYATT. The board felt ina, ~
v fliese statements were well fonndea'
X wyatt should mo longer be rs'a ,,.nr,i
6,,rheyS served notice, OF, Gniet iaoN1 ~.
THAT It. was up to him 10 PloNe . In
VI charges This he undertook 70 40, Viz VIZ.
A, 80 ras,,lt ne stated. The result Simply
y !. ea,t WAITS retention and exohera7
81. No Reprin,ard Suggested.
,p,rs a,so learned that no proposi-
,iian Was made in the board to repr1.
ro.,d or reprove the chief. nor was al an!
n j oloev asked of him to Wyatt. me
h nns - simply left that matter to the
4 rhiyslry. of the man to offer what repara-
n ZION he could for making statements
X detrimental to the character OF the pa
$trolnan. What he did Is a private ma.
Ter, Naturally, neither man Woulu ca ca
\ "a talk Of the affair further.
Il a, IN
hefora the board began its inquiry;
1on,n,issloner Watson NJ. Myers o1le ee.
4, asIrasolution providing that II the CHIEF
IL charges were sustained' It si'ouio ~
a, Missed. If they were not sustained
n then the chief should 90,
/. 399 How the Board Lined Up.
This resolution failed of adoption by one on
,.o,a Tho vote was: NIessrs. Ainslio.
vars and Mccarthy for, and Nessrs
WASH Whittet. Manning and l'anoerK :,
III gainst the res olution. The qestion OF tne
Ssj .itsn,issal az the chief was. therefore.
+ss iudicata before the Investigation t pc
ga ran "a effort was made to revive th ms
resolution after the inquiry,
police Officer William H. WYATT ",
Z = ~ has become so widely known our
ing the past two orsthree years, was ~,
pointed on the force December O. 1910, atl'
has served continuously since Iilou e
x strongly backed for O. sergeancv q ~"
years ago. he is a private on me lots \. !,
f Nearly two years after attention l'ao
& sheen directed to the existence OF unllw.
s8tfnj} gaming here by the commission OF
several crimes. the police did not report
many Of the gaming houses Inc cues
SBst Ia, h was agitated and somehoW O1ncer
lVyatt was reported as saying that nc
siy,.new% where they were and could ralo
them If. allowed; eThs timplication wa,
81 made that the officers or some OF thenl
Would not give orders to raid tho places IS
Finally Wyatt was given chance 70
prove his claims. and did SO. with ~, me
result that the greatest raids or sar'o''iis
Is houses in recent years were nade.
Wyatt Always Made Good.
8l3 yYyatt's stock rose rapidly and his uni
formly eflcient service and energy mas
caused him to be called upon by the
u antI.l,uuor and anti-gaming element Z, 70
aid them In suppressins the eylls u.
violation Of law. Wyatt has reeenels nIei
3l tors Of. ire Sunday liauor laws..ln fa;t
10. lin the slang phrase. made EoooS
whenever called upon. o.,
His reputation has stood the &C., c,os .as,
\ scrutiny, and has emerged from tlie 'es
4 without spot or blemsh.