The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-13
DISORDER At END
MAYOR DECLARES
Issues Statement Regarding
Charges That Women are
Insulted In Streets
YOUNG MAN FINED
lN.POLICE COURT
Married Woman Whom He
Spoke to Exonerated Him
and He Appeals-Much
Interest in Hearing

In the opinion of Mayor Richards
son, the disorder attending an ada
vertising scheme promoted by anoth~
err Richmond newspaper Is at an end
One arrest and a conviction by Jus~
tice CrutchfieId for disorderly coma
duct has been the result thus far.
At i o'clock Monday II large crowd
gathered at Tenth and Main streets
In an endeayor TO discover the iden-
tity of the girl with the Mother Goose
name, for whose Identification a prize
Is offered by the newspaper promot-
ing the scheme.
Captain Mcmahon, OF the detective
bureau. was on hand with all his stall
warts in plain clothes.
/ A score of regular policemen as
sisted the secret service men in keeps
1 ing the sidewalks clear and the crowd
moving.
| Chief Werner looked on and saw
| that his men carried out his instruc-
tons. which we're to arrest any man
who accosted a woman or laid a hand
or paper upon her.
| No arrests had been made up to q
late hour.
AS far as can be learned, the con-
test to establish the Identity of the
girl with the Mother Goose name will
continue, despite the intimation In the
statement issued by the mayor that
1t would be called off by the pro-
motors.
The conviction of r. p Bennett In
Police Court. where Justice Crutch-
field fined him for disorderiy con-
duct. has increased the feeling In the
matter.
Mrs r. C. williams. whee was .ar..
costed by Bennett in mistake for tho
girl with the Mother Goose name,
lexonerated the young man. She said
her husband and also the policeman
who made the arrest. 1t was bc~
cause Bennett was one of a disorder
lily crowd that Justice Crutchfield fined
him.
Statement OF Mayor.
Mayor Richardson issued a state-
| ment Monday in regard to the charges
that disorder has arisen and women
have been insuIted on the streets
through the energy OF woman adj
vertising agent of Richmond news
paper.
According to the last paragraph in
the statement, the mayor has been
assured by the newspaper publisher
that the advertising scheme will be
withdrawn. The statement followss
4 .y....x II know OF re law which will ~
justify the arrest OF the manager
of a newspaper for publishing
notice that the paper will give
500 to the person who will iden-
tify a woman acting as its adver-
Using agent at a certain time and
place: nor do / know of any law
which Will justify the arrest of a
woman who H. acting as such.
agent ana wno is not guilty OF any
dlserderly conduct.
| Il do know, however, that this
method Of advertising may be.
and believe that II has been, taken
/. advantage of by disorderly per-
sons to annoy ladies.
AT a conference with the
chief OF police Saturday morn
ing, I was led to believe that
there would he no repetition Of IA
these disorders. and was surprised
to hear OF the occurrences Sat
urday evening.
Il am now satisfied that in the
interest of peace and order this
advertising agent will be with
drawn from the streets and that
, these disturbances will cease"
Case in Police Court.
While the mayor was preparing his
statement for the newspapers a casa
concerning the alleged disorders was
being tried in police court. 1t re-
solved itself practically into test
case and much interest was mani
tested In the verdict OF Police Justice
Crutchfield,
r. p. Bennett. OF $500 Fourth
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