Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
RIGID PROBE To
Be 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-
pension Of Wood Bailey and David.
The patrolman was called before the
Chief and stripped Of mis- 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 it's kind. A number of patrol
men were called before him the first
thing after he reported to his office
and ne 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
He said however, that he had only
done so to secure evidence. The Re-
copder 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 evil
| ience 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.
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. CHER Beavers
win 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 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
/ 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 the same rank were as
signed the duty of spying on their
| brother officers.
| Policeman L. ] 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 noe stop until the de
partment had been purged of every
man found guilty of an act unbeCom-
! ing a policeman.