The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
WILL INVESTIGATE

MATTER COME pEronE
BOARD.
Imnasdiatsfy after the Dismissal yes
terday morning In Police court of Gar
ter Brunch Grundy, whom hs had sr-
rested AuntHy right on = rhary1 uf
refusing TO move and on . charge
or reststinr him, Rpficernap n w. Jen-
nings went bstors Major Werner, and.
after i long consultatfon, practically
presented his resi1nafion. He declAr-
ed thai hs hAd performed his duty ~
he saw II, but that after The teeti-
mcuy which hAd bsen adAucsd AGAinst
him IN Foiice court b. could not longer
serve ~ m 06acer Of the law. He
was much Alfected by the whole afEAir.
FRIENDS bAeesd him not TO resign, but
to let thu matter take its conree. Hut
he wag adAmApf In his purpose. n did
my duty" he said, and I have neen
criticised for It Now there 10 moth
ing for me to do but to resign from
the force
But the resignation WAS not actually
handed In, 1t being deemed BEST for
him to wait until tomorrow, when the
board Of pclicc commissioners meets
at 5 o'clock.
ERort was made later to havp him
change hs mind, and laat night this
ofiicpr declared that hs would iat
matters take their courpe and submit
the case to the board ri poles com
nnisioners. He believes thAt he may
outcome But today hs viii be form
ally suspended BY Naypr Ainslie, II
| was announced last nlxht, and Will
do no more duty Hn&H fhe beard has
rendered its finA decision.
! Jennings Faa eIAo4ed 10 the fOreA
| In March. 1871, and, therefore, has
| served more than nine years Hin
supsriorS say that they fs1arA him
q q good ofacST. What the OUTCOME
may b. cannot bs prophecled, thoueh
some think that . light puntshmAnt
may be fnficted. Others think thet
his past record and nov facts which
may be brougAs out viii entirely
| clear him OF blame.
After I conferences with Major Wer-
nsr, Captain Barfpot preferred formal
charges against the onicsr. - foi-
lows:
| II herewith report Policeman r. W.
JENNINGS for conduct unbNEonlnE = po--
tffcs o1lleer Specification: That on rho
second gay OF 6&pfAn3bsr Poiic4uaAn 3,
hW. Jennings did curse and abuse G. -
Grundy. : prisoner. while under Ar
lEests
thali, ]. b. Patton, r.. T. 4. Dixon. =.
r. Tosh. r 3. Goodsp. p ]. Smith,
Captain w; A. garfoot' .~oor.
Police Court Hearing.
rA~ xnu~Su~ "a Dolce nofirA NJ thu
case which has attracteA % much at
tention continued Through two hourA
Witnesses for both sides were put on,
| The witnesses for the prosecution
against Jennings wars whits; thoss
fer him w4re colored. kttorney On.
bert X. Pollock represknted CATtAE
Grundy, and Assistant City ATTORNEY
| George Wayne Anderson representa-
the city. Attorney Andsrson made !
short argument, and asked thak tho
cave be dismissed. Dismissal Was im-
mediately ordered by Justice Crptch-
field, and the ohicer and the young
| man whom he had accused and hia
friends filed out Of court. Youns
| Grundy Is alleged to have said that
he would break the officer. He
| really resign, the officer witt. for the
time being At least. be without Job.
$50 much," said . man high In au-
thority. fer being policeman
The evidence against Jennings was
most damaging. Francis J. Smith. Of
50k North Fifth street. whom Jen-
| nings tried to arrest on a charge Of
uttering a foul imprecattpn agnins4
him. testified that after he breke away
from, the officer the latter Ievellcd
his pistol at him and tired three times
| The witness also said that the utIicer
showered him with epithstsI before hs
broke from his grasp. Az he ran
away his hat dropped CT in the street.,
and Carter Grundy and T.. D. Patton,
Jr- in thar testimony. declared that
the ofsicer deliberately stamped on the
hat 4nJ mashed IL drnndy said
that he picked ur tho nat 10 Sc, Il
there was . name In It. ana that Jen-
n'ngn ordered him and his friend to
move on. They replied that they
psye waiting for Il car, and the og,cer
ir1o-:nsd them thar no car would run
Up uk hill a. that hour. Then. de-
siarsa Grundy, tha ahicsr laid pj~,snt
hanx on him, and drayGed him across
to fffA patrol boz IN the Opposite
corner cursing him the MhilA. 0rundy
Admitted that he bowed his Head ara
asked the ofncer 70 hit him. Jsn-
Nl49o etfack MIN and knoek4A him
down. Gfundy also etatAd that rs
informed the ofhcer who ~ MAJ and
thet the latter replied. s.Yax, I knos
Fyour father II III fhe council, ana
you're inst the big fry am looking
for"
Several Testify.
John A. Dixon. a Newspaper en-
ploye. TIE North Twenty-second
street, was another witness for the
defense. He, J. +. Tosh and r. 81.
Gordon testified that the conduct Of
the police ofhcer WEE outrAgeons
Sergeant Eoweil testiAed that, after
Grundy had been released from. cue--
tody. he turned to the police oticsrs
in the First station. and said 10 them,
What we'll do 10 you when we gpt
George Ainsiis in the chair ~ mayor
win be aplenty." Grundv also re-
ferred to Jennings A. q coHard. aaid
the witness. and he made himself %
Objectionable that he was threatened
With arrest for being dtsoYderiy IN
the station. PatrolmAn r. A. DAN
The citizens hare showed thsty Ap-
probation OF this altruastlc move On
the part Of the association. 4 food