The Washington times., 1906-05-02
Alexandria Policemen Under Fire on Stand
Admit Laxity in Performance of Their Duties
Loose System at Station and
on the Streets.
OFTEN ASLEEP 0ksEUTr
n. icers Had to Be Toaz. of Robbery
Committed Right Under
Their Noses.
WASH tNGToN TIMES BUREAU.
EXANDRIA. va. MAY 2


,r ;,,,es,tqa>tion of the Alexandra
,o,ice densrtment is on. What will be
~. -os,,lt Is the question every Alex
s.'1,-,-r - ,,olicernan and citize is asking
,-,.NoI. This much Is cert ain that the
.n,ioo 5enartrnent of Ale xandria has
poI i1a,, nm in a lax manner. and that
- b.- been a lack OF discipline
.,,, The men was shown by the in
yestigation last might
NTavor PaR presided at the meeting
~ rourniss toner's held in the
,.1a,-c,r,s Office and all the commissioners
So-t, James F. Webster. chief of the
,,o,-s,d,,'a police department. was the
e.. ,,,ft,,o IS. Captain webster was
nIos.,,, o,,es, toned as to the conducting
- IL, "a irs at the station house
n s+ato5 m. { the prisoners wheh
,,,..,,o,,,t 80 tho 9, alton house were not
ai,,aSs ,U,D,,' searcbed. his being done only
y,,ber man was cha ~ged with larceny
In case a man was arm 'S'eI I'i oaI,o-s
enness orr carrying conce> ued weH poai5 ~
the whisky or the pistol Wh- and he
with him was taken from MN
Was locked In a cell
In reply 20 questions Captain WeN
ster stated nhat when goods were lost or
stolen and the matter was reported 10
the sta eionaouse note Of the matter
was made on a slip OF paper and laid
on the desk in headquarters Upon be
ing aske ID If any book was kept OF these
lost or stolen articles the captain re-
piled he did not think So
Captair, Webster was questioned by
the com; nissioners as to whether he
was pres ent at the trial of the mea sus-
.,
der Of George Oortain and II he heard
the testimony at the trial in which it
was testified that a st-loOnkeeper had
not been arrested on the charge Of sell
ing Iiqtror on Sunday the captain. stated
/ that he had talked with Police Justice
| Caton on the subject. but the justice
| had stated that II they arrested the
saIoonkeeper. at that time. it looked
like a case of persecution instead of
! prosecution. The commissioners urged
he captain TO tell them all that he
\ w that was going wrong in the po
kn> department. do not mind being
lice ID" said Mr.. Fisher, 'I expected
criucis~ cised for this investigation. but
to be cruz take my medicine"
coms n Good Police Duty.
-. stated. when ques-
toned, that some Oh 7R these being Po-
good police duty. amoN, oraS 'IIor,5e,so1,
iicemen IC Knight. Bell. D 'heS' henderson
and Lyles. was then
Policeman Stewart Jones 80. baen
called. He stated thAt no D. sIrnoD
~, The force about three months Cpon
pe beInp 1ps asked l9d what Instructions he re.
ceived from his superior onioe tno -" ha
he reported the first tine LOT ,oSl, os
...oI ,La+ ha vas banda 1 the oooA OI
ruIes and a whistle and Wa 3 ms IvtIstie
in the use, Of signals with it'll | i Instructed
I IN regard to the enforcement On se,,rsrs
! laws in relation To the tapping OF, stated
! the removing of ashes, etc. he Sored
! that he had not. The mayor quesn. led
Jones as to whether he haa ever n -
\ to have the laws I'm relation 20 the o,
structing OF streets by Tlsrehssnts 3, e en- n
| forced. Jones stated that he had notihed
| Commissioner HITS partrlAr ttrss BE
would have to remove somt5 BOXES Which
were IN front OF their plaGs OF business
| Asked as 70 whether the, p9hce had q
place in which they stopped ana slept
for a few hours during the night. Jones
stated that he ana other officers had