Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-22
FOITR POLICEMEN SUSPENDED
Officers Nicholson and Roland suspenu.
ed for Ten Days-Oficers knight ana
paad put off for Seven Days.

| last night. Acting Mayor mai ou'
presided and all the commissioners
we're present. u,-,
The meeting had been called to take
action in regard to statement maze
| by Commissioner Bryan at the meeting
Of the board last Wednesday night to
the effect that be 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
Q the time the officers were supposed
TO 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. Mr.
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 he
reached the station house. This was
between 12:45 and LOS O'Clock IN the
morning. He and Commissioner Bryan
accompanied by Lieutenant. Belts,
went over a large area OF the Third
ward, and sounded Whistles at nine dill
ferent intersections without receiving
any response until they returned TO
King street when the whistles were
answered by the Fourth ward men.
Mr.. Snowden further stated that Officer
Knight, whom the acting mayor anu
commissioner had met on King street,
had said the two officers who were
being sought had followed the witness
and Commissioners Bryan and Lieu
tenant Belts, out St. Asaph street
along by Harrington's stable. :,
Mr.. Snowdcn in his statement salu
be had told Commissioner Bryan that
so many reports were in circulation
concerning the inefficiency OF the po-
lice force that he thought an investl-
CATION should be made in justice to the
community, if the reports were true,
and in justice to the. police, If the re-
ports were not true.
Commissioner Bryan followed Mr..
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 ut ? O'Clock at
the corner Of Alfred and Queen streets
on SUNDAY night, h::t he laid he en-
couniercd them last S..'!,'i night.
Mr.. Marbury dcc,irI that the testl-
mony of the witness amounted to
nothing.
Joseph Bradley, driver of 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 AIfrei. Witness,
however, 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 Officer
Roland went on duty At II o'clock on
the night OF October 8. He described
the route he alleged he and Ottcer
Roland took which extended over
large area OF the third ward.
While on Washington street, between
Cameron and Queen, they thought they
heard police whistle, but did not ans
wer it; when between Queen and
Princess streets, they distinctly heard a
whistle and responded to it. Officer
Nicholson said he answered another
whistle when between Queen and
Cameron streets. This was between 2
and 8 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 1850 o'clock.
Mr.. J. r. Cation heard a 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
whistle in the same neighborhood.
Mr.. Snowden stated that the whistles
heard by these witnesses we're sounded
by 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 2
aud 5 o'clock in that morning.
Mr. w. L. Lipps, proprietor OF the
lunch room in the Cameron building,
also heard whistles between $50 and
$50 that morning. Healso 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
street. He persisted in saying that he
told them the two officers had gone up
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