Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-22
FOITR POLICEMEN SUSPENDED
Officers Nicholson and Roland s"sp0""
ed for Ten Days-Oficers knight an"
Reed Put off for Seven Days.

the cnanlDeI vi thO OO' -
last night. Acting Mayor Maroury
presided and all the COMMISSIONERS
were present. ua.oLo
The meeting had been called to take
action in regard to statement maze
Inv Commissioner Bryan at the meeting
If the board last Wednesday night to
fine effect that he and Mr.. Hubert
Snowden. acting mayor at the tlme'
had been unable to locate Officers
Nicholson and Roland between two and
three O'Clock on the morning OF October
9 the time the officers were supposed
10 have been on duty in the Third
ward.
Mr.. Snowden made statement SINH
lar to that OF Commissioner Bryan last
Wednesday night, which has heretofore
been published in the Gazette. MI
snowden. in prefacing his statement
said he met no officer from the time ne
left his home, northwest corner OF
Franklin and Lee streets until ne
reached the station house. THIS was
between 1915 and LOS O'Clock IN the
morning. He and Commissioner Bryan
accompanied by Lieutenant Bettis,
went over a large area OF the lDlru
w4rd. and sounded whistles at nine dlt-
ferent intersections without receiving
any response until they returned 70
King street when the whistles were
answered by the Fourth ward men.
Mr.. Snowden further stated that Officer
Knight, whom the acting mayor ana
commissioner had met on King street,
had said the two officers who were
being sought had followed the witness
and Commissioner Bryan and Lieu
tenant Belts, out St. Asaph street
along by Harrington's stable. -,
Mr.. Snowden in his statement sald
he had told Commissioner Bryan that
50 many reports were in circulation
concerning .he inefficiency OF the p?-
lice force that he thought an investl-
CATION should be made in justice 70 the
community, if the reports were true
and in justice to the. police, If the re-
ports were not true.
Commissioner Bryan followed MIR:
Snowden corroborating in every detail
all the latter had said.
Alfred Doll, colored, fireman on the
Southern Railway, said he saw Officers
Nicholson and Roland at . O'Clock at
the corner Of Alfred and Queen streets
ON Sunday night, hnt he laid he en-
couniered them last S..r.t.' night.
Mr. Marbury dcci.ird that the testl-
mony of the witness amounted to
nothing.
Joseph Bradley, driver of a bread
wagon. followed. He said he saw the
two officers at the corner Of Queen and
Payne streets. This was about l O'Clock.
He saw them later at the lunch house
on King street, near Alfred. Witness,
lowever, persisted in asserting this was
at an early hour last Sunday morning;
consequently his testimony added
nothing to the cause of the defense.
Officer Nicholson then took the
stand, and stated that he and Ofhcer
Roland went on duty at II O'Clock on
the night of October 9. He described
the route he alleged he and Officer
Roland took which extended over
large area of the third ward.
While on Washington street, between
Cameron and Queen, they thought they
heard a police whistle, but did not ans
wer it; when between Queen and
Princess streets, they distinctly heard a
whistle and responded to 1t. Officer
Nicholson said he answered another
whistle when between Queen and
Cameron streets. This was between 2
and 3 O'Clock. They also answered
another whistle when they were near
King and Alfred streets. At King and
Columbus streets they met Officers
Reed and Knight who told them Lieu
tenaut Belts had gone out Columbus
street They never saw the acting
mayor nor Commissioner Bryan.
Mr.. Joseph Lowenback testified to
seeing the two officers in the lunch
house about 1870 o'clock.
Mr.. ]. r. Cation heard police
whistle sometime during the night of
the 9th instant in front OF his residence,
on Columbus street between Cameron
and Queen. He later heard another
about square away.
Mr.. n. 5. Greenaway also heard a
whistle in the same neighborhood.
Mr.. Snowden stated that the whistles
heard by these witnesses were sounded
bv Lieutenant Belts while he with the
acting mayor and Mr.. Bryan were
endeavoring to locate the officers.
Messrs. H. A. Lowe, Frank Chilcot
and A. II. HUMPHREYS, employed in
the Southern Railway offices at the
northwest corner of King and Alfred
streets, also heard whistles between 3
aud 3 O'Clock in that morning.
Mr.. w L. Lipps, proprietor OF the
lunch room in the Cameron building,
also heard whistles between 1:30 and
2:30 that morning He also saw Officers
Nicholson and Roland.
Mr.. ]. w. Kilby, driver Of bread
wagon, also saw the two officers at
Cameron and Patrick streets about two
O'Clock in the morning.
Officer Roland then took the stand
and virtually corroborated the state
ment made by his partner.
Officer Knight followed. He state
ed that he met Officers Nicholson and
Roland at King and Washington streets.
They went north. He positively denied
telling the acting mayor and Commits
sioner Bryan that the two officers had
gone north behind them on St. Asaph
s.root He nersisted i'm saving that he