The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-22
POLICE MAKE
PEACE WITH GUARDS,
Charges Against Captain Stack, First
Virginia Regiment, Are Withdrawn.

r 1 c H M o N ID, V A.-Special.-
Captain William A. Stack. COM
mandant of Company Il, First Vir-
ginia Regiment (Walker Light
Guards, was dismissed in the Police
Court this morning of charge OF in
terfering with Detective Sergeant
John f. Wiley and Policemen John
NJ. Duffy and Grandson w. Thurman
in the discharge OF their duty.
Il have talked this matter over
with the military authorities. Major
Werner and others, and all are salts
fed to let the matter drop" said Ser
geant Wiley, who acted as spokesman
for the police. 81 therefore ask that
the case be dismissed"
Policemen Duffy and Thurman CO.
incided in the request
In view OF thess circumstances
there is nothing to do but discharge
you" said Justice Crutchfeld by way
of reply. addressing Captain Stack.
According to the statement OF Ser
geant Wiley, the militiaman admitted
wrong and asked that the matter be-
dropped.
He was profuse in his apologies"
said Sergeant Wiley today, land in
view OF this circumstance, coupled
with the fact that former Adjutant
General Charles j. Anderson, Major
Price and others came to me and ask
ed that i not press the charge. / ask
ed that the case be nolle pressed"
Captain Stack is alleged to have in
terfered with the officers when they
attempted to place Private Meredith
under arrest on the evening of the in
discretion OF the quartette OF privates.
who, upon their return from partici-
patton in the sham battle at the Fair
Grounds on Labor Day, fired their
rifles from the windows of street cars.
Desisting in their efforts the Off
GERS left the armory. Captain Stack,
IL is alleged, followed them and
threatened that he would report GER
tain members of the police for eat
ing pies at certain bakery for which
they had not paid.
Captain Stack is also alleged to
have asked at the time that the mat
ter be dropped, to which appeal Po-
liceman Thurman replied that IL he.
failed to do his duty he would be
reprimanded and fined by the Board
of Police Commissioners.
IF you are fined" Captain Stack
is reported to have said, Il will re-
duty. in that he permitted firing to
go on over his head"
1t is understood that the police and
the military will get together soon to
see exactly where they stand in the
matter of their respective jurisdiction.
In the Police Court last week
when the four soldiers were fined for
their indiscretion, Justice Crutch-
field plainly laid down the law in the
matter of the Jurisdiction OF the re-
spective factions, substantiating his
assertion that the civil authorities
were supreme by calling attention to
section of the Code of Virginia
which stated specifically that at all
times the military was subordinate to
civil authority.
Present at this mornings hearing
besides Captain Stack were former
Ad1utant General Charles J. Anderson,
Major Lawrence T. Price, comman-
dant of the local battalion Of the First
Regiment, Virginia Infantry; Lieuten-
ant Kindervater, Captain Tony Miller
and Major Werner.
Former Adjutant General Anderson.
in statement made to The Journal
this morning, said that the officers
(militia) and men have always been
taught that the military is subordi-
nate to the civil power.