The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12

Denied protection by Mayor Rich Is
nrdson, who publicly declared that ba
lind authority TO defend them, tho
women "f Hichmond were again In
suited, aetzcd md terrified yesterday
by common EunE OF toughs and Loaf
crh who we're granted that license
while trying to WIN prize offered by
the Evening journal for the capture
Of n female who did not show herseIf
in the crowd.
notwithstanding Mayor Richa rdson's
statement on Friday night that he had
instructed Chief Of Polica Werner TO
have n special squad Of officers at the
corners where the female was adver-E
tsed to appear. there was only ono
policeman on duty While the thugs
were surgng about and insulting wo-
men. rs a
Had to Gait for Help.
Arriving ( Ninth and Main Streets
at l:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon
forty-five minutes after the mob col ~
lectcd Police Commissioner Gordon
telcphoncd to headquarters. which
flashed the signal at Seventh al.u
Broad Five minutes later officers arr
rived and undertook to clear the
toughs from the street. while business
people stood on the edge OF the crowd
and denounced tho outrage and those
who permitted it to continue
The first blood was shed before tho
police arrived. While going homo
from her work. 81 young woman was
insolcntly accostcd by pool room
hanger on, but a friend Of the victim,
was was walking behind. struck the
rutiian in the eve and knocked HIM
down lie was picked up by his COM
naDiOnE IN cha NH t,f.4
Commerce Building and hurried into
q bowling alley under y pool 70 ON. SIS
Just about the time the working wo-S
men We're being insulted and annoyed, a i
girl was chased by mob OF Broad
street hoodluma and forced to rush
into, tho City Hall for projections An
elevator operator escorted her to tha
very office OF the Chief or Police.
Citizens Indignant.
Although Mayor Richardson con-
demned the practice and declared thai
he had no authority as chief executive
Of the city TO shield the women from I
insult. citizens who witnessed the Yex-
hibition took the position that he could
stop II on tho ground that 1t was r.
nuisance. calculated to create disorder
and a breach of the peace. The license
which the Mayor and tho police gave
the thugs-many OF whom at Ninth and
Main We're half drunk--was violently
denounced by business people. Coun-
Gilman Harry Huber. who saw part Of
the performance. declared that If there a
is no law at present he VIII Introduce
one at the next meeting OF Council
SO that the authorities will have M
excuse hereafter for not stopping the
nuisance. $50
The most d!ssraccfu feature OF the
AFFAIR was duo TO the fact that the 3a5
newspaper agent has the same name a "a Y
notorious W
III Richmond and whose picture is on
ilc at police headquarters. Not know &
ing any better, the vicious clement and
the one-timc associates OF that char
acter. made up the larger part OF tha
crowd in the hope OF soelng an old
friend and landing Il reward. 33I
PrOtcrtcd-But Not by CIV
When the young women who are en-
ployed in the Mutual. the American Ma 81
tional Bank building and elsewhere "
along Main Street Went homo at 1BF
O'Clock. they We're advised by their
employers to avoid the possibility OF in
suit at Ninth and Main by taking some
other route.
In number OF. instances. however
young men from the various offices II
were instructed 10 escort the YOUNG
women through the danger zone. and f9
each was prepared for n fight in casa
his companion was accosted Otf1ar
citizens stood away from the mob.
ready to accompany any acquaintancaS 81
or friend. 7f s@s
But what aroused the greatest In
dignation was the absence or tho po- H
lice up 10 the time that Commissioner
Gordon teinphoncd Headquarters This S33
was regarded as especially strange m 81
view OF tho published orders from the "a
Mayor TO tho Chief There were many
women in tho mob. but It was COM
posed mainly or loatcrs. Broad street
MASTERS who were never arrested das 81
spite tho police threats--and common