Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Had Plenty of Room.

When the committee resumed it's hear
ings yesterday afternoon, Louis NJ
Bernstein. an attorney, was the first to
take the stand. He testified that at the
request of Gen. PoindeXter of Washing
ton he had Joined the parade. He testi-
fled that he had all the room he want
ed while he was marching.
Il observed the police trying to keep
order and to hold the crowd back. They
did everything they GOULD said Mr.
Bernstein.
Lieut.. James A. Duval was the next
witness. He told the committee that he
was in charge of the police from Peace
| monument to AZ street. He said he had
a hard time trying to clear the Avenue.
owing to the character Of the crowd it
being about 60 per cent women and
children. who insisted upon crOwding in
on the line of march.
Lieut.. DuvaI declared that so far as
he knew there was no feeling among the
policemen that the parade was not to be
taken seriously.
That the crowd was harder to handle
| on March 3 than on March was the
opinion expressed by Lieut.. Duval.
Would Stop the Cars.
| Lieut.. Duval said if there was to be
another such parade he would recon-
| mend that the street cars be stopped
| two or three hours before the parade
| If that were done it would be possible
| to handle the crowds without great
| trouble.
The lieutenant said that the nefficiency
| of the special policemen had been dem
onstrated more wildly than ever before
| He said the specials did not know how
J far to go in handling crowds.
| Capt. John c. DAILY was the next wit
ness He testified that he did not under
stand from the printed orders that he
wa sto clear the Avenue of pedestrians
and that he waited for further orders
He said that about 1: 20 O'Clock he re-
| ceived orders from Maj. Sylvester tG
clear the Avenue at go o'clock.
| Capt. DAILY said that Mai Sylvester had
never said anything derogatory to the
woman suffragists. and that he had never
given any hint that failure to protect the
parades would be winked at.
| Capt DAILY said that If the 300 men de-
tailed on Maryland avenue. where the pa
rade was forming, had been used on the
\ Avenue it would have helped matters
| He said he understood that these men
were placed between the Peace monu-
ment and Maryland avenue-about a
block or two.
| Capt c. H. Williams, the next witness
| said that only about ninety men were
stationed between the Peace monument
and Maryland avenue, and that Capt
| Daily was mistaken in his testimony.
Could Not Spare Men.
| Capt Williams said that he could not
| have spared any Of his men and have
protected the marchers while the parade
was forming.
Capt. James F.. Mullhall, forty-two
years member of the force, was in
charge from the House office building to
Maryland avenue. He had no special
trouble maintaining order, he said, and
never heard that the orders to protect
the parade were not to be taken seriously.
Sergt. Michael l.. Rainy had sixteen
mounted men to act as escort for >the
parade he told the committee. He said
he had to form his men in wedge forma-
ton and hustle the crowds back to make
room for the parade. At eth street, he
said, the crowd was in a solid mass and
he had to open up marching space all
the way up to the Treasury.
Capt Michael Burns. member Of the
force for fortytwO years, was at the
Union station in charge of the escort for
the President-elect He said he could not
have spared any of them for work on
the Avenue.
Sergt James w. Mccormick testified
that he had the rope taken down at 18th
street so as to permit ambulanceS to
pass to the Emergency Hospital