The Washington herald., 1913-03-07

when the hearing opened. Probably NJ
more distinguished array of witnesse:
and spectators ever attended a hearing
a the Senate.
Indications are that the investigation
ElaN run on for several days and involve
= more or less exhaustive probe of thu
police department. 1t is more thar
p:"ba Bile that the greater part of th'
twcnty-siX men who's" numbers were
gwen 10 the committee Yesterday VII
h,' called, unless il develops that Somt
- them were special policemen. who
have since left the city or who cannot
b.. located.
Til" numbers given the committee yes
terdav are: SerScants - and y. and
patrolm"n 6lG, 5O7. SO. "a. lS}. 5G2, 5so
-, n. %. 53, 59S Eli, i04. l9i 46". l60, 49,
:2l. o29 22l. and 749 or AZ. All hut the
last two were reported by Senator
POindeNter as having manifested an evi-
Gent intention of permitting the dis
orderly elements to do as they pleased
far as the parade was concerned One
of the last two named is alleged to have
Knocked down and slightly injured
Philip Elliott n Boy Scout, who was
irving to keep the crowds in bounds be
irrc the parade started.
Hear SyIve.ter'. Defense.
When the hearing commenced. a report
from the Commissioners, containing re-
port on the subject from Maj Sylvester
was read into the record The report oi
Maj. sylvester declared that he had en-
rlOyed 7l6 policemen to guard the line ot
march. He admitted, however, that many
of them were temporary appointees and
were inexperienced. and therefore unable
t" cop with the huge crowds that turned
ont to see the parade. There Were many
1,sa1.n al fhn line
of march, he said, and tn" police were
therefore unable to use drastic methods
in pushing the crowd back after the
ropes broke. He declared that h" was in
entire sympathy with the suffrage move
ment and had done all he could to make
the parade success. lie said that visit
ing police officials fully indorsed the
methods adopted by the local police to
keep the line of march clear.
Miss street Tells story.
Tho Honorable Patricia Street. OF Aus
ITALIA. who was one OF the managers of
the parade and who arranged many of
the floats, exhibited her cloak before the
committee. showing great rent, which.
she testified. was made by a policeman
who handled her roughly because she
appealed to him to protect an old wom-
an who was being roughly handled by
Miss Streets testimony was more
startling than any of the other wit
n"sses. She said that size was riding
"m the running board of AN automobile
in the parade and using the mcEaphone
10 appeal to the crowds to retire TO the
c,iTbinS and permit the Parade to pro-
coed. Finally. when she saw a drunken
man roughly grab an aged woman and
finally spit tobacco juice in her face
she struck tho man with a stick and
then appealed to an officer who stood
b. and had offered no protection, TO
take action.
IF YOU would stay at home and at
tend to Your own business, You would
not need protection was the gruf re-
ply. according TO Miss Street. Follow
this indignity, the officer grabbed Miss
Street and tore her garment.
Senator Miles PoindeXter of Washing
ton told Of tn" details of an alteration
he had with an ambulance. and the re
fusal of two police scrgeants and one
patrolman to render assistance. Sena-
tor POindeXter told how the ambulance
came down the street, running the length
of the parade, without turning to the
right or left, where there was ample
space for it to have passed. When it