The Washington herald., 1913-03-13
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To THE DEFENSE

III lhE DEfENSt
Conti..ed from Pase One.
Street, when the cable from the offices
of the American Ice Company to the
Treasury was broken, Capt. Schneider
declared there was no way Of stopping
the disorder. He said:
Praises Boy Scouts.
"It was solid mass of humanity.
Women tainted and men swore. L saw
one woman with two babies in her arms.
Boy Scouts assisted her. We did the very
best We could do, From what / saw OF
II no police and no cavalry could have
! stopped the crush when the cable broke.
The cavalry came. but IL was unable to
clear the streets any more than the police
had DONE
He paid a tribute to the Boy Scouts.
saying they did noble work, both in
helping to push back the crowd and in
caring for those who needed assistance.
Il remember patting one little fellow
on the back and telling him he was do
ing great work. said the captain.
1T was an unusual crowd" continued
the captain. Had II all been men, or
mostly men-if it had been more serious
minded than it was, We could have forced
il back and up into the side streets. But
it being composed chiefly Of women and
children We were at a loss; We could not
use the force that would have been re-
qured to put the crowd where we want
ed it,
Inspector On stand.
Inspector r. b. Boyle. who was in COM
mard at the elbow of Fifteenth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue and along the
south front of the Treasury, declared
emphatically that he had heard nothing
which intimated that he would not be
expected to carry out his orders because
of the alleged unsympathetic attitude Of
Mai. Sylvester toward the suffrage
pageant. Inspector Boyle, who had been
assisted by Capts. Anderson and Sulli-
van. was questioned closely along this
line by Senator Jones, who evidently
was expecting some counter attack upon
the major from some of his subordi-
Mates
My duty was to follow my orders, and
/ needed nothing additional to guide me.
tried to follow the letter and spirit of
my orders" he said. He had talked only
in a general way about the situation
with Maj. Sylvester.
Inspector Boyle told the committee that
though he did his best to protect the
suffragists and crowd alike, in the face
OF almost impossible conditions, he had
been roundly abused and hectored by
both sides. and had frequently been told
that he would be reported. With the ex-
ception of Capt. Schneider, Boyle was the
only member of the force examined yes
terday.
Woman Upholds Police.
Much evidence favorable to the police
was introduced yesterday under the di-
rection OF Mai. Sylvester Mrs. Sarah n
Lamb, OF this city, a member Of the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs declared she
saw only hard work on the part Of the
police. Mrs. Lamb was in charge OF a
lunch wagon for tine marchers at Fiji
teenth Street. T. A. Wickersham. of this
city, who was one Of the special police
men. declared the police did their utmost
to keep the crowds back. He said
even the flying wedge" OF V-shaped for
nation, of police automobiles had been
unable to make any lasting impression on
the crowds. The mounted men he de-
scribed as having done heroic work. in
coping with the situation.
Il never saw set of men work harder
than the police" testified T. G. Langdon
formerly the chief engineer of the WASH
ington Gaslight Company. ii. Randall
Webb also testified that the crowd was
unmanageable when 1t came to clearing
the Avenue. II. T. Wheeler, manager of
a local hotel. was another witness favor
able to the police.
To the failure to stop the street cars
earlier attributed the conditions which
met the police when an attempt was made
TO clear the Avenue, is the testimony of
George r. Linkins. a local business man.
who was in the parade of police auto
mobiles which followed Maj. Sylvesters
car prior to the time set for clearing the
streets. Mr.. Linkins said, however. the
conditions on the Avenue at . o'clock in
the afternoon justified Mai. sylvester in
believing that he had sufficient men on
the Avenue to cope with the situation
Edward 7. Bradshears, who had been re-
strained from crossing the Avenue in his
machine. declared that the administration
of Maj. Sylvester was universally indorsed
in Washington.
"As a boat dividing the water
through which it passes" was the way
f. J. Murphy characterized the prog
ross made by automobiles in attempt
ing TO, clear the Avenue in advance of
the. procession. Mr.. Murphy was a
member Of the public comfort COM
mittee for the inauguration. and was
in the automobile brigade on the day
before.
Crowds Surge Into Opening.
I'VE made some headway in putting
the crowd back. but as soon as we
passed the crowd surged in behind us
again." he testified. He denied that
he had told Eugene A. Stevens that the
police had looked upon the crowd as
a joke. He had said, however. that
the crowd treated the efforts of the
police as a joke. w. c. Johnson de-
clared that the police worked hard
at Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue. where he was stationed. II.
T. Offterdinger, one of tho citizens
who volunteered his services to aid
the police on March 5. commended the
work of the police.
A number of the witnesses either
were not favorably impressed with the
work of the police or told of specific
instances of Indifference. Gustav Au-
gerstein. of Philadelphia. was distinct
ly unfavorable. He told of seeing an
officer near Four-and- a-half Street
strike a colored woman who had a
baby in her arms; declared the police
were conspicuous principally as spec
tators and was moved to tears in de-
scribing the work of a Boy Scout in
attempting to aid co1ored police
man while white policemen laughed
at their joint efforts. He said that as
far as he was able to Judge the order
given the police to face the crowd
during the procession was more hon
ored in the breach than in the observ-
ance thereof.
DR.. Clara Ludlow. of this city. who