The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
MEN HEAVILY FINED
POOL ROOM CLOSED
King and Mosely Assessed 800
and Required to Give Bond for
Having Disorderly Place.
WERE WARNED BY POLICE
Officers, Seeing Character Of Place,
Urged Proprietors to be More
Careful.
WERE WARNED BY POLICE

Convicted of conducting pooiroom
that has proven Objectionable to
Broad street merchants. and in which
has been disorder almost nightly. I'D
die King and w. l.. Moseley, negroes,
were fined 500 each in po.:ce court
Thursday morning. and in addition,
were placed under security in the
sum of 5000 for their good behavior
for twelve months Through their at
torney, Mr.. Gilbert X. Pollock, they
noted an appeal. In default of
pondsman, hIng went to the pen.
while Museley gave the necessary Sc
curity and went out to bring back
seine one to na responsible for his
companion.
In sentencing the men Justice
Crutchfeld said that the pooiroom
had been a resort in which all loaf
ing negroes OF the city eva sresated
and thai he was not only glad that
it had been closed, but ne thought
the police should keep II closed.
For" the justice said, 'pooirooms
and votes have made the negroes IN
Virginia as tritiing and sometimes
as Independent as they are In the
North. There was a murder COM
mltted In this place. Merchants near
by tell me here on the witness stand
that 1t Is disorderiy. Loaiing negroes
are found inside and at the door.
The language used by many Of them
is the Viiest Imaginable. / am going
to break II up, and / am going to see
that these two proprietors will be-
have themselves for the next twelve
months One of them ~ fortunate TO
escape as lucky as he is getting on
The One John presumably had refer
ence to King. VINO was found IN Il
disorderly house some weeks ago.
Man Recently Killed There.
The poolroom has been closed for
the last week or more. On the night
OF the 9Th a negro struck another one
over the head with IA cue, fracturing
the mans skull and causing death
in the colored city hospital a few
days afterwards. An investigation
was started and the police learned
that a terrific night had taiscu- r4att7
in the poolroom. Prior to this, how
ever, many reports against the pool
room had been made TO the officers Of
the Second district. Captain Epps
warned Moseley and King that unless
the place was more orderly charges
would be preferred
And Captain Epps was the first
witness on the stand THURSDAY
morning He told of the murderous
assault that occurred in the place or
the night of the sixth and also Fe-
lated information he had received
about Il man being found in an un-
conscious condition from blow Oh
the head one night Merchants hac
complained TO him and he had assign
Il g ~ f.A Es-
telling them to pay particular atten-
ton 70 this one pool room.
Mr. Pollock insisted that the eNact
date OF the disorder should he spe
fed but hts objections were over
ruled, the court holding that within
the last twelve months past" covered
the ground Afterwards. though, thi'
order was modified and the disorder
In the place was made to date from
February "a
Tell of disorder There.
Patrolman Neisz. one OF the oldes
officers. on the force, in point Of ser
vice, testified that he had heard Wiz
language used BY negroes IN the place
8nd that ne did not think q lad1
should walk on the side Oh the stree
upon which the pool room was iocat
ed ------
Sergeant Morrison and ONCE
/
MIR j. T. Lewis. OF No, 4 Eas
Broad street, testified that he ha'
heard language that no one shoui'
listen 10 and that he would not wall
by the place in company with a lady
! MIR c. n. Fawn told OF seeing dis
: orderly crowds in front OF the place
and Mr. j G.. Cosby. who conduct
paint store nearby. said he had seei
many loafing negroes in front OF tn
place and that they never used goot
language.
/ The defense put on Moseley an'
two other negroes who claimed tina
/ the place had been conducted a
orderly as any negro pool room coul'
1 be conducted, but that IL had heel
closed since the trouble started NOR
than n week ago. The contention wa
/ that they did not think the punish
4 ment should be heavy because the.
| had closed the pool room and did no
expect to open II again Mosefsy con
ducts a moving picture show fo
negroes and the performers In thi
have been boarding in his restauran
and roonling over the pool room.
| The negroes. while noting an ap
| peal will not take it, They are ex
| pected to pay a fine of $50 each
|