Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-25
[. J. kERW|N
 WAS INVOLVED Serious Charge Made Against Attorney at the Trials of Suspended Pa trolmen,
HE DENIES CHARGE
Says He Did Not Warn Gambling House of Intended Raid-POlice- men Admit Being Asleep at Times First Oifense, Both Reinstated.

At meeting or the Police Co1n-
 mittee Monday afternoon in Chic; Stewards office, Patrolman J. R. Hargrove and J. H. Boyd, who were suspended Sunday by order of May
 or Toney on the charge of "enjoy- ing nap" early Sunday morning g while supposed to be on duty, were tried, and reinstated. They were reprimanded by Chief of Police
 Stewart, who was instructed by the ] committee to discharge the men if
 repetition of their conduct is re-
 ported in future.
 The charges were aired at spec ial session of the Police Committee,
 called by Chairman Gabe Meyer, to
 hear the charges preferred against
 the suspended patrolmen. Alder ] man Meyer presided, Mayor Toney, Alderman A. c. Jordan and Chief
 of Police Stewart were present. Pa trolman Hargrove and Boyd were also present but were not represent ed by counsel.
 The Boyd case was heard first
 and Assistant Chief Evan Parnell was the only witness. PatrOlman 1,of 0f A@a Cof
 urday night he went to the police
 station and washed up, and lay
 down on the couch, waiting to see the chief,'' he said and at that time did not intend to go to sleep. He
 admitted though that he did D to
 sleep, and that he slept for about
 half an hour. As this was the
 only charge against him, he was dismissed and J. R. Hargrove was 1 called.
 MT. Hargrove said that he had in- structiOns to patrol both his own
 beat and that of another patrollnsn
 in company with him some time dur ing these nights. He acknowledged
 that he was off his peat but he de- l nied being asleep anywhere during that time. He explained this by
 saying that he had been kept up by other work until 2 o'clock in the afternoon and that as he had work
 ed the night before he had not had 1 any time to sleep, and he told the
 chief that night that he was not in condition to work but would "do
 his best"
 Night Chief Parnell was next
 called, and he said that he had or
 dered the patrolmen to walk
 through the alleys in the city at an early hour in the morning to see in the rear of the buildings. He
 further said he had found Hargorve
 asleep several times at the Arling-
 ton Hotel, and that also he had seen
 Boyd asleep several times lately
 while on duty. He said further more that several times recently he
 had planned raids on the gambling
 dens of the city, but when they. reached them, they were closed, and
 nothing could be done. He said that someone, whose name he pre- ferred not to tell, had told him that
 one of the patrolmen had warned
 one of the local gambling houses
 through Attorney Kerwin of an in- tended raid.
 At this juncture Attorney Kerwin was called, and asked if he had ever heard of such proceeding. He denied ever having heard of it be- fore and stated that it was certain ly news to him. He was dismissed. On being questioned Policeman
 Parnell stated that gambling had
 gone on in this city up to a few days ago, but that recently there had been none.
 After this testimony, the com mittee discussed the long hours
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