Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
PROBE To
De PUSHED BY
BEAVERS
More Suspensions Of Policemen
as Department Scandal Con-
tinueS to Grow.
Continued From Page I.

drinking a glass Of ice water the ne
gro woman had poured for him.
The other two officers, David and
Evans, who have been suspended with
us, were not even in the house" said
Wood. The injustice Of il lies in the
fact that the police department has
taken the word Of this one man,
Moon, against all 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-
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 a 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. T. Moon ad-
mitted to the Recorder that he had
drunk whisky at the Auburn Ave-
nue. resort with the negress operator.
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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 mnde an EN-
phatic denial of the charge, but said
he had been frequent visitor to the
place in the interest Of getting evil
dence against 1t. Policeman Adams
testified to the same thing.
Patrolman Wood branded. Moon as
a 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. Barfield, who raided
the Auburn Avenue place Friday, told
the court that on a previous visit to
the place he had seen a patrolman
in the 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 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 8, and unless
there is called meeting the charges
will not be officially aired before that
time.
The officers under suspicion were
confident they would be completely
eXonerated when the Police Board
took action, and have retained Attor-
ney r. r. Jackson to represent them.
Jackson said that his sympathies
were wholly with the dismissed men
and he denounced the system where
officers of tine same rank were as
signed the duty of spying on their
brother officers.
Policeman l.. J. Milan was ques-
toned by Captain Terry late Fri
day night. He was a partner with
Wood. the suspended officer He was
questioned regarding Woods con-
duct and reported visits to the place
Chief Beavers said that his inquiry
into the reports OF misconduct against
his policemen would be extensive and
that it would not stop until the de-
partment had been purged of every
man found guilty of an act unbecom-
ing a policeman.