Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
SAYS LAW
HAMPERS VICE
CRUSADE
Grand Jury to Hear Case Where
Resort, Protected by lnjunc-
ton, Defes Police.
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ignorance Of any Law having been
violated and declared her innocence
OF the charges.
Mrs. Powell was given four months
In Jail She declared she was ready
to furnish a vice list" 10 the Grand
Jury.
Mr.. Glass commented al some
length on the vice probe
Chief Says He is Powerless.
Time and again." he said Il have
seen men and women go into the
Spring Street house. | have on sew
eral occasions called the attention OF
Chief Beavers to the situation. He
explains that he is powerless to act
because Of an injunction from the Su-
perior Court.
This house is not the only one. I
, know OF some few others, and / will
SIX the Grand Jury to look into 1t
thoroughly. I do not think this thing
should end, as all such Investigations
do. by a formal presentment delivered
to a Judge and having 1t pigeonholed
| for future action. II was not 80 very
| long ago that a certain hotel was
raided BY the police. Somebody high
er up stopped the proceedings and
nothing ever came Of II.
las to the street evil. anyone can
see it. do not mean that every man
who goes on the street will be accost-
ed only an Adonis would be accost-
a O. NaFH# Ia
say that women Of this character
walk the streets Of Atlanta every day.
They live in the apartment houses
hotels and even in the best commun!-
ties Some OF them live now Just
about like they did before they were
run out OF the restricted district
cit Is a large undertaking for 4
Grand Jury. but the time Is ripe for
| IL. and II should not be done at all UNI
| less Il is going 70 be thorough
| Whatever evidence has been laid
before the Grand Jury. ! am confident
! that vice conditions in Atlanta were
not shown to be worse now than be
| fore the segregated district was wiped
out" said Chief Beavers Friday In
commenting on the vice probe in
progress before the Grand Jury.
The chief said that he did not know
the significance Of the announcement
that the probe would be dropped. He
was sure. however. that the jurors
would learn that conditions had been
improved steadily from the time the
anti-viCe crusade began.
When the investigation closes he
said, the public viii be satisfied. The
truth will have been sifted from the
falsehood and We will have the es-
innate Of the citv's condition from a
! Hfanh. Hn
CITY Not Spotless Yet"
Conditions now, in my opinion, are
intellectually better than before the
| houses were closed. ! do not mean
to say that Atlanta morally is a spot
| less town. II is not. and for the very
good reason that IL is impossible to
clean a city thoroughly in the short
period Of eight months.
The work is continuing. however,
and II Is safe 10 promise a better city
next year than II was this year and
so on into the future so long as the
crusade is kept up"
Foreman L. II Beck announced that
/ the probe had been completed along
! the line outlined in the jury's charge
and would not be carried further IN
less members Of the jury decided 10
/ do so at the next meeting.
! Few witnesses. he said. who ha6
been summoned to testify on this
/ question had had an opportunity 70
/ give testimony
| No Specific Places Discussed.
The announcement that two mem
| bers, and probably more. would insist
on a searching probe. would indicate
| that following the meeting Tuesday.
! witnesses excused until further no
| tiCe" will be recalled and the question
/ taken up again
II became known also that the jury's
probe had dealt only with the exist
/ enCe OF vice in a general sense. and
| that no specific places or indictments
| had been discussed
Witnesses are under subpoena. how
ever. who Il Is said will give start
ling evidence OF the existence Of vice
along more specific lines
/ The Fielder Lanford dictograph con-
/ troversy probe was not completed at
the session Friday and an especial ef-
fort VIII be made by Colonel Thomas
B. Fielder and Chief OF Detectives y.
! A. Lanford TO have a special session
one day next week TO consider no
other question.
Fielder Promises Sensation.
! Both parties have made a personal