The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-30
]. S. Coke Says His Attor-
ney Will Move Today I'm
less Relief Is Given
TIRED OF WASTING
ENERGY, HE SAYS
Others Appear Before Commission and
Say Camp Is Serious Menace to
Health and Order-New Ones
Come Daily, They Say

That he would obtain an injunction
against the city restraining the off
cials from permitting wandering bands
of Bohemians from using city parks
for camping purposeb, was announced
yesterday at commission meeting by
j. s. Coke, a we'll known business man
of this city and a resident of High
land park. That he had appealed in
vain for relief to the commission and
that he had been unsuccessful in his
efforts TO get the gypsy camp moved
from the city's Idlewild park, was a
statement of Mr.. Coke. He said that he
was inexpressibly tired of such useless
waste of energy and that his attorney
Max ]. Winkler. would seek the in
junction today unless some relief was
speedily given
In a dialogue at the commission
meeting Mr.. Weatherly averred that
the police had ordered and caused to
be removed the gypsy camp from the
city property, Mr.. Coke said that was
Inaccurate as at o'clock yesterday
morning he personally observed closely
The rows of tents in the oity park to
TIC rear Oh his TtSiucuC0 III IllS
park. Mr.. weatherly offered for scru
tiny letter of instructions written
to the chief of police to get the gyp-
sizes away. The chief of police there
upon Endorsed the note of Mr.. Wealth
erly to two scouts, saying, among 9th
er things: You know I ordered these
people removed yesterday"
60. n.I..I.,
Then followed for the information
of the 'highbrows on the HILL" as they
were called by Mr.. Wea therly, a let
ter from the scouts. that is to say po-
lice officers, who reported that the
camp was clean, orderly. no firearms
were sighted and no chickens were to
be found except those belonging to tho
campers, Nothing was said about the
Gypsies being ordered to more.
however, Mr.. Weatherly stated to
Mr.. Coke and others that the gypsies
most positively not on the city prop
erty at this particular moment. That
was followed quickly by Mr.. Coke OBJ
serving that they were on the city's
property at s o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Weatherly said then they were
subject to arrest and he would see
about it at once.
Mr.. Co.e has been to the city hall,
he said, three or four times trying to
get some relief from the campers. That
new ones move in every few days,
more or less disturbance, was a dec
laration of Mr.. Coke.
81 have nothing further to say" said
Mr.. Coke. MY attorney, Max j. Wink
Ter. has been instructed to seek an
injunction to restrain the city from
allowing the city's parks to be used
for any such purposes. They are d.
rectly to the rear of my home and 1
am very much annoyed by their pres.
ence. Unless some relief is afforded at
once I intend to compel the commits
sion through the courts to give this re-
lef."
Others Appear Also
Mr.. Coke was backed up by Lee c.
Bradley, 7. H. Motion, DR.. Harris and
ether "highbrows on the BILL as they
are called by Mr.. Weatherly, all of
whom said that the gypsies come there
and camp, creating thereby very seri-
ols menace to health and order. 1T was
pointed out that the information had
gone abroad that the city did not oh
Ject to the campers, that plentiful
supply of water was there and viewed
"on the hoof and Off there was every
reason to camp at Idlewild, This is
said to cause crowd to appear, to
be followed by others until the place
is used regularly for camping pur-
poses. 1t is recalled that free for a II
fight broke out in the camp some time
ago, calling out the police force almost
In full to quell the offenders The cit
izens said the campers were in every
detail persona non grata."