The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-26
P0LL0Ck-W|sE
INQUIRY WAKES
HOT AND STORMY
Flat Contradiction. Challenges
and Conflicting Testimony
Heard at Every Turn
STRONG EFFORT MADE
TO IMPEACH REPORTI
Statements Of Newspaper Man
Bring Forth Emphatic Deniala
and Personalities and Extran. NJ
eous Matters Enter.

Contradictions, fiat denials, c11a1ps
lenges and testimony of sensational
character marked the hearing be1oEo
the Pollock Wise investigating conn
mittee Wednesday night.
/ Though the committee had hoped -
conclude the inquiry before adjourn
ing. 1t was found necessary to con-
tinue the investigation To Monday
night, when still further evidence VIII
be taken. Whether or not the tnvea-
( tigauon will be concluded then -
pro blema tieal. In view OF the turn
OF affairs Wednesday night
Witnesses swere that DR.. Levys
chief health officer OF the city. ha1
said he had given Messrx Pollock
and Wise to understand that thotRs
clients, the dairyrnen. would b -
lowed to feed the distillery waato
without interference, which stat0mento'
the health officer positively denieds
legal opinion was sought to show tha$s
the opinions recently filed with tn
committee vindicating the two ACCUSE
ed counciimen need not be accepts
ed as criterions or authority. whtf4
President Peters. OF the COMMON
council, was called upon to deny
statement published In The VirEfnion
to the effect that before the present
committee had been definitely appotuAs
ed another conmitteo nau p66n 0K11&4
ed or selected.
Raising the Money.
The hearing began with the er1m1s
nation of one of the dafrymen. HH
John A. Dietrich. He was asked 70
give a number of minor details cOn-
nected with the raising Of the &too
fund which was turned over to Couns i
ciimen Pollock and Wise for inducing
DIR. Levy to recommend that the uao
of distillery mash be permitted. ME-
Dietrich told how the money had b~1u
collected. He said that only dairy
mon had contributed to the fund
OTcr TO Pay Him.
After severaI health Inspectors haA
been examined as to methods Of 49,
ing the dairiex former Inspect1r
Harry Curtis was called. He tolA
how he had detected Datryman
r. Taylor using the forbidden swim
during the night. He had taken =
sample from Mr. Taylors barn in or0r
that the chief of the health depart
being used 4s
MT. Taylor had tried TO iisstlade htklN
from making any report on the mat
ter, he said and had offered him my
dollars IL he would throw the sa1np&n
away and give him another chAnco.
This offer. he declared. he had posi-
lively and Indignantly refused.
ties of swili and it's effect upon 0ae.
tie Councilman Lynch created cons1d
cradle amusemunt by asking II a&tq
being fed on waste for some time IT,
cows ears and tail would rot conuo \
off.
Threats OF Shootings
Evidence tending to substantiAtA IT,
story that Curtis was dismissed -
save him from bodily harm. was g1voss
by the former inspector when he saad
the only time he had baen told mt
to enforce the ordinance waS when
DR.. Levy told him not to visit dAaxy
mems places at night because q -
port had reached the Office that 14r.
Barnes was after him tCurtfs) with q y
shot gun. The story that Curtis ~
dismissed to cave him from dogs a4d \
guns was vigorously denied BIZ urs
Levy last week. 81
Mr.. Curtis said he had frequa06y%
seen Attorneys Pollock and Wis tn
DR. Levy's Office and that tho lnet 4
named lawyer had given him coptes
OF the Boston and New York MNk
inspection laws. On one occasiOns 14s
said, ne had been called into DIR. LexYs9
discuss the feedine OF swiil which had
passed through dryers.
The witness declared his first fnfur~ q
nation Of the ordinance being anend-
ed was receive when he saw Il pub d
lished in the papers. Then he rcmark ~
ca "Weii they have ratiroaded
through" Asked by Mr.. Lynch wAo
ton Mr. Curtis said he meant pr.
Reade who had offered 1t.
TAYLOR Contradiots Curtis-
w. r. Taylor took the stand and ~
terms most emphatic denied that ne
had ever offered Mr.. Curtis mcmey
to throw away the sample. He aid
that instead Of trying to ptacat0 n
Inspector he protested most vig0ruely q
against the discrimination a9Aamst I
him. Mr.. Taylor said that just hekore
Curtis came to his place he (Tayl01
had seen Mr.. Miller feeding the a.
tillery waste to cows while Inspooop&aA
Strauch was present. sS
INSPECTOR Strauoh was recalled t&@S
the stand and fatty denied that ~
had ever stood by and seen tn gWilkas
fed to COWS by Mr.. Miller o. onJ
other dairyman without making alI
arrest.
Mr.. Curtis was recalled and xepaats
cd tho statement that $50 had 6491x
offered him by Mr.. Taylor. H ats6
used an epithet which he sal0 kxs
Taylor had applied to the Po1loe y1A
tIce, but Chairman Richardson on$
dered the stenographers to axuuM
II from the record. : !. Sss4 s|s
Harry Beattie. owner Of . 09x
near Westhampton. testified az hlo
dividual efforts 70 get permaD1eq1
feed the distillory waste 70 ~ eoQ
He said no did not contributo ~ IN
fund with which to pay 0emEM 11Gr
look and Wise, because he Wa9 -
his best effort to h1vs ths cE01m
20 rhangsd a. 60 permit In b6lnG
a. a foodstu6. Mr.. BoAtt1o e1a1
had had several talks with ID
about changing the law. but ~ -
ofiicer said the ordnance Woaln
to be adhered 20 until ~ 49, ! -
was made. The Witness 80 ~
no tbelteve more thar Cmos1 NH
the dairymsn AAA rspA Dr. IGl4 T.
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