Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-16
POL|CE: ACCUSER
FILES LIST Of
CHARGES
Nearly 200 Witnesses Named by
Crane, but He Declines to
Swear to Accusations.


well was an attorney at law, prac-
ticing and residing in Atlanta; that
the said Boswell for several years.
while he was here had the reputa-
ton Of standing in with the turkeys
at the station house of the city of At
lanta, and especially with the said
Thomas Bayne. that he stated al
will that he and Tom were partners
in cases; that they divided fees: that
he would go round with large sums Of
money in two rolls and without hesi-
tation would state how he made ii.
and that on the day Of his arrest for
crookedness, as charged, that he stat
ed to me Is. G. Crane). In the pres
ence Of Mr.. John w. Cox. an attorney
At law. that he was tired of being
leeced and robbed OF his money by
the turkeys; that they we're nothing
but 'grafters,' and as they were trying
to get rid Of him, that he would go
} and tell the truth to the men up
higher; that they were trying TO
break up his practice, as he had ell
ents and friends on the outside that
put him next when cases were made
In the Police Court, and he would
refuse to divide up with the turnkeys
any more.
HE stated TO me that he would go
with me to the Mayor and lay the
whole workings OF the department be-
fore him, or to the Chief of Police
that ! advised him to do so.
| Il charge that the said Boswell
made the statement as to his deal
ings with the turkeys in the pres
ence of Alex Evans, a reporter sew
eral months before he was arrested,
and was forced to retire from the
practice. | charge that his conduct
with the turkeys was notorious In
Atlanta, and there was no effort made
to conceal any Of his acts or any part
OF his conduct. that at one time he
was charged with stealing hay, one
little armful. by a person who did no.
like him, and the policeman in the
} department defended his conduct as
being that OF a good man. his char
acter and conGuct when he was ar
rested was no worse than II had been
for several years"
Can't Swear to Charges.
"As stated to Chief Beavers at the
two conferences | held with him, and
at the time that I made the verbal
charges before the Board of Police
Commissioners and In conference
with the subcommittee appointed for
discussion OF the charges, that of my
own knowledge so far as the real
facts were concerned. ] knew moth
ing myself, but had to rely upon facts
that We're known to exist by other
persons TO support the charges.
Now, as | have no knowledge or
the facts TO support the charges that
make herein, It is impossible for me
to verify this complaint by oath. and,
as your rule of procedure requires an
oath to the complaint before the same
can be filed 30 that a hearing may be
4 Il. L q 4
ing as a complainer before your board
by law
Crane asks the Police Board to act
IL he himself has no status as an ac-
cuscr.
Chairman Johnson, OF the subcom-
mittee, said that no decision would be
reached AS to the status of Crane or
as to the disposition of his charges
until they had been carefully review
ed and the matter considered in the
light OF the rules of the board which
insist that all charges shall be under
cath IL the subcommittee recon-
mends to the commission that an in
Vestigation be made, a special meet
ing probably will be held next week.
Long List of Lawyers.
Here are the lawyers Crane names
as witnesses
Hugh NJ. Dorsey, Lowry w. Arnold,
Reuben r. Arnold. John ID. McLel-
land. John w. Moore, l.. Il. Rosser,
Sr.. John W. Boyltln. James l.. bod
gen, r. r. Jackson. 7. Il, Fielder Ed
gar Latham. Carl Hutcheson, Paul
Lindsey, Robert r. Shropshire c. b.
Rosser. Jr., Thomas T.. Scott, Walter
A. Sims w. NJ Smith. r. A. stephens.
Thomas H. Goodwin, c. u. Goree, Leo
Sudderth Harvey Hin. John b. Sut-
lies, Lamar Hill, W. T.. Suttles, Alex
W. Stephens. Charles T. Hopkins, G,
A. X stephens, Howell Erwin, f. NJ.
Hughes, W. A, James. ID. *.
Johnson. Aldne Chambers, r,
IL. Jordan, Virgil Jones,
w J. Laney, w. IL. Lewis, r. Q, Low
EFT. c. ID. Maddox, Walter McElreath.
John F. Methvin, Frank l.. HARRISON,
Nirlin H. Moore, Ed Pomeroy, w. c.
| MundaY, G.. n. Cornwell, T. c. Bat
tie j j Barge, j. n. Bateman, Judge
George c. Gober c. l.. PettigreW, J. Y.
Pool. Edmund w Martin, Il. p, Up
shaw. James II. Warren, MIR. Weaver,
Mr.. Hillyer, J. f. Westbrook. George
w. WeStmoreland, A. e. Wilson, Joe
James. ID. X. Johnson Carl NJ Guest.
III. IL Gilbert William Futrelle,
w. a. Fuller. Alonzo Fields.
T. j. Ripley, George Spence,
Albert Hamper. Fftzhugh Lee,
W
c. j. Graham, w. II, Hammond b. l..
Milling, harvey Hatcher, William j.
Tilson, Thomas Brown. Lewis ".
Thomas, z, H, Brewster Albert How
ell. Jr., George l., Bell Jr, r. r,
Blackburn. W. T. Bloodworth, Sam
Boorstein, Alonzo Brand. Emil Brel-
tenbucher. h, Il, Brewster, Walter r.
Brown, Lowndes Calhoun, r. f..
Church, Ben Conyers, W c. Cousins,
J. +. Daniel Eugene Dickey, Eugene
Dodd. J. A. Dodgen, Roy Dor
sey, Lee Douglas, Clifford l.. An
derson. J, f. Golight.. George
Gordon, w ", Terrell, John Tye,
Eb r. Williams, w. @, Wilson,
Earle Sims, Fred SChrimper John G,
Walker. Burton Smith, +. \. Angler
James w. Austin. 4. II Bancker. T.
r. Childress, Lovick G Fortson,
Charles T Hopkins, Mr. Burress
Philip Aston, j, NJ. Morrow, Harri-
son Jones, James Branch. John A
Hines. Lawton Nally w. O. Slate
]. NJ Slmonton Hal Lewis. Walter
Andrews, Paul Donehue, Robert Lee
Avery, Il. L. Chappelle. John Clay
smith, Harry Etheridge, l.. c. Hop
llins, d. w, Rountree, Morris Macks
{. J. Hadeu sam Hewitt Paul John
son. Madison Bell.