The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-19
Will INVESTIGATE
ARREST OF TROOPS
Governor Will Act Promptly as
Soon as He Receives General
Vaugllan's Report.
GETS ROOM FROM BARKEEPER
Officer Enters Wide-Open Saloon
GETS ROOM FROM BAR KEEPER
Officer Enters Wide-Open Saloon
Sunday Night to Secure Place
in!Whicl to Lock Prisoner.

Especial from Staff Correspondent
CAMP JOHN SMITH, Jamestown
EXPOSITION, June 1S.-Excitement
concerning the Pine Beach outrage of
Sunday night, when Lieutenant De
Maine, Of Alexandria, and three en-
listed men of the Seventeen Regl-
ment. all Of Richmond were arrested
by special police Of Norfolk county.
continues to increase. and the reputa-
BILE portion Of the section is awaiting
with interest the action Of Governor
Swanson and General G. G. Vaughan.
commanding the brigade.
The officer and the men who Were
charged with being disorderly, and
with resisting an officer in the per.
Torrance of his duty, were proved to
be absolutely innocent. the sheriff OF
the county requesting their release,
and the presiding justice. Judge
Bacfus, saying from the bench that
a great mistake had been made.
Apart from proving the innocence
testified under oath to the character
Of the resort, telling Of bar-rooms and
gambling houses wide open Sunday
and Of the police officers who made
the arrest, being inside these places
The stories told under oath and UNI
contradicted, have aroused the people
|,of Underwater TO an understanding OF
the true state of affairs. Policeman
Stevenson. a native Of Illinois, who
arrested Lieutenant De Maine anc
Private Walker, and who came very
nearly killing Sergeant Coiner, an In
noeent bystander by striking him
twice over the head with q club, will
be prosecuted to the fullest extent OF
+ I, tn
structed Major Shelton, judge advocate
Of tho brigade. to bring the case be.
fore the grand jury, and to press the
affair to the end. Stevenson not only
struck Sergeant Coiner and Private
Selph, but used steel pinchers Of the
nature Of handouts on Walker, call.
ing. them unprintable names and sub
jecting them to every imaginable In.
dignity.
Dorro>va Room from BnrlSecper.
Tho officer dragged his prisoner into
a barroom, running wide open Sunday
night, and asked the barkeeper to lend
him Il room in which to lock up the
soldier. The fact that law was being
broken Ivy the barl<eeper apparently
did not appeal to Stevenson, who, how
ever was most vlgilnnt in arrcstinG
men who the court said were absolute
ly innocent Of any wrongdoing.
Another phase Of the case which le
attracting attention Is that no attempt
was made e, arrest United States
sailors or soldiers, but that only Vir-
ginia volunteers We're the victims OF
the Norfolk county police.
In the trial Of the cases against
Lieutenant De Maine ad the three en-
listed men from Ricllmonn, sworn
stenographc record Of the testimony
was taken, a copy Of which Will be
sent 10 Governor Swanson. His En-
cellency has notified General Vaughan
that as soon as he has examined the
record he will take steps TO vindlcate
tho Virginia troops; of whom he Is
commanders mischief.
The printed report that on Monday
night there We're evidences Of trouble
at Pine Beach on account of tho Vir'
ginia troops, is without Foundation
Thero was no trouble, and Genera
Vaughan, who personally visited the
resort in order to see things for him
self. stated that everything was az
|fauiet there as in q church because Ol
tho presence OF the Virginia troops,
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