Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Gray, who was arrested as a witness
early Saturday morning
Deny Woman's Charge.

Deny Woman's Charge.
The Bradley woman, in telling OF
the visits Of Jackson and Mcdaniel to
her place, said that last Monday she
gave Jackson two bottles of beer to
drink and that Mcdaniel urged Jack
son not to drink it. All of the men
deny they are guilty Of WrongdOing
and say that they were at the place
only for the purpose of getting evil
dence, Mcdaniel says that he never
saw Jackson drink
Gray is said to have full knowledge
Of a disgraCeful affair which took
place in the resort two weeks ago
when two policemen are alleged to
have become involved in quarrel.
The officers, il is reported, would have
come to blows had not Gray stepped
in between them and separated them.
Gray will be closely questioned to-
day in the expectation that he will
give the Chief the names of a num-
Der of other policemen who have been
in the habit of making visits there
Il am going to give Gray a thor
ough grilling," said the Chief THE
whole truth is what ! am after, re-
gardless Of how big a scandal is
stirred up by the revelations. All of
the men are going to get a fair hear
ing. If these reports are erroneous or
falsitied. they will have the opportu-
nifty to show it,
Woods Defense.
Wood who rendered his resignation
Saturday morning said that he and
his partner Bailey, had stopped in at
the negro resort to see that every
thing was all right. He declared that
neither of them drank intoxicants
there and that when Moon looked in
through the window Bailey was
drinking a glass of ice water the ne
gro woman had poured for him.
The, othag, two officers, David and
Evans, who fnyb been Suspended with
us were not even in tho house" said
Wood The injustice of it lies in the
fact that the police department has
taken the word FL of this one man,
Moon, against ali four of us, in sus-
pending us for drinking in the place"
on a charge of suspected perjury
Chief Beavers indefinitely suspended
Evans Immediately following the sus-
pension of Wood Bailey and David.
| The patrolman was called before the
Chief and stripped of his badge, braid
and equipment The case will be
thrashed out by the Police Commits
sion.
The evidence in Recorders Court
was that policemen had frequented
the negro resort daily and uniformed
men had often been seen entering It
in broad daylight. One witness told
of a midnight brawl participated in
by four officers. The Chief said that
he had obtained the names Of the
frequenters of the place.
He began Saturday morning inquir-
ing into report of police protection
Of the Auburn Avenue resort and 9TH
ers Of its kind A number of patrol
men were called before him the first
thing after he reported to his office
and he prepared to continue his in
quiry through the day
Claim They Got Evidence.
Plainclothesman w. 7. Moon ad-
mitted to the Recorder that he had
drunk whisky at the Auburn Ave
nue. resort with the negress operator.
He said, however, that he had only
done so to secure evidence. The Re-
corder took him To task for not hav-
ing reported the incident earlier
A negro woman inmate Of the
house said Moon had been intimate
with a girl there. Moon made an en-
phatic denial of the charge, but said
he had been a frequent visitor to the
place in the interest of getting evi-
dence against 1t. Policeman Adams
! testified to the same thing.
Patrolman Wood branded Moon as
deliberate liar and said that he
would prove perjury against him. He
also said he would prove Adams had
periured himself. after which ne
would introduce evidence that would
merit the immediate discharge of the
two men.
Bailey said that the two men, Wood
and Adams, had testified against him
in a spirit of revenge because sew
eral months ago he arrested Adams
for fighting.
Beavers to Investigate.
Sergeant J. II. Bartield, who ralded
the Auburn Avenue place Friday, told
the court that on a previous visit to
the place he had seen a patrOlman
bin tie hall. The man told him he
was looking for a girl who was want
ed at headquarters. Chief Beavers
will inquire into this incident during
the day.
Police Commissioner b. Lee Smith
was a prominent figure in the police
INQUIRY Friday. He was Closeted with
the Chief for several minutes before
he suspended the first three men, and
later in the day he made a personal
investigation of the place on Auburn
Avenue He said that unquestionably
the resort had been receiving police
protection from a subordinate source.
The next meeting of the Police
Commission is July S. and unless
there is a called meeting the charges
will not be Officially aired before that
time.
The officers under suspicion were