Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
BOARD BREAKS
THREE POLICE;
SUSPENDED
Chief Satisfied With Results Of
Blind Tiger Inquiy-Says
Drinkers Must Go.

with three policemen discharged
from the force and three others sus'
pended for 80 days by the Board OF
Police Commissioners Tuesday night
Chief Of Police Beavers declared
Wednesday morning that he is salts
fed with the results Of his investiga-
ton Of the negro blind tiger at l2I
Auburn Avenue and Of drinking
among policemen.
He declared the investigation Of the
department will continue until every
policeman against whom there is
even the shadow of suspicion shall
have been investigated and tie Com
rnissioners given an opportunity to
take action.
'I intend to run down all reports
that policemen have been visiting
blind tigers and drinking the CHER
declared. and / shall continue the
investigation until I have broken up
the practice and gotten rid Of all
drinking members Of the force"
Two Of Accused Cleared.
The policemen who were dis
charged by the Commissioners were
Robert A. Wood, J. p. Born and Max
c. Folds. the latter recently acquit-
ted Of charge Of murder in the kill
ing Of a negro on Peters Street last
December.
Patrolmen r. T. David. J. ]. Jack
n and Roundsman Bailey were sus-
pended for 90 days. and Patrolmen
J. F. Mcdaniel and L. w. Evans
were exonerated ana granted full pay
for the time they We're suspended
by the Chief
The action Of the board was in d.
rect opposition to the stand taken by
Mayor James @. Woodward, who en-
tered a vigorous protest against the
discharge or suspension OF the sus-
peCted officers.
you can't believe niger against
a white man" declared the Mayor
"and that is lust what this board will
have TO do II they find these men
guilty"
Believes Moon BIameless.
The Mayor intimated that he will
urge Chief Beavers TO bring charges
against Plainclothes Officer Moon,
who admitted on the witness stand
that he drank whisky In Ola Brad
ley's blind tiger, at 1877 Auburn Ave-
nue.. for the purpose Of getting evil
dence The Chief, however, Is in
clined TO believe that Moon was only
carrying out his instructions.
All OF the accused men were rep
resented by attorneys, among them
j. Y. Smith, Colonel Harvey HILL Al
dine Chambers and william M.
Smith The specific charges against
the six men against whom action
was taken were that they visited the
house and drank whisky with the
inmates.
H. T. Adams, a member OF the vice
squad, who exposed the six patrol
men, testified that he had several
times seen men and women entering
Ola Bradley's place.
Saw Police in House.
ION the night OF June a." he said
Il saw Sergeant Bailey and Patrol
man Wood in the house. A negro
woman poured whisky out of a jug
and Bailey and Wood took II. We
saw them with the liquor in Their
hands, but did not see them drink IT.
He testified that he did not see
Evans there
Moon. Adams partner in the in
quiry testified that he saw David
Bailey and Wood enter the house
about midnight.
David went in first" Moon said
"and I saw a negro girl pour some.
thing out Of a jug into a glass and
hand II TO David Ola Bradley came
in about that time and the cir
poured something out for her
Carrie May Cutwright, one of th'
inmates Of the place, testified tina
she drank whisky which officer Fold!
bought for her.
Woman Tells Of Fight.
Mr.. Folds and another officer
whose name / don't know, had figh
one night because one called the othel
a liar" the woman said. One nigh
Mr. Folds put a ring on my fingel
and ! lost IT, He said it was al
right about losing the ring"
Ola Bradley, the woman who raI
the blind tiger, swore she did not sci
whisky to any policemen. but tina
she never objected when one helped
himself
Il invited Mr. Wood and Mr.. Bale!
to come to the house to see the girl.
dance" she said, and when they
wanted something from the ice box,
never objected. Mr. jackson tool
two bottles of beer from the ice boz
one night, bu he didn't pay for it,"