Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
ACCUSER
FILES LIST Of
CHARGES
Nearly 200 Witnesses Named by
Crane, but He Declines to
Swear to Accusations.
Continued From Page I.

searched and the amount of money
that is taken off them and as soon
| as the prisoner is put back in the
| prison department that the said Hill
ton waltzes up like a dancing master
and calls for the prisoner and takes
his case upon the advice and sugges-
! ton of the said Brannen.
Lawyer and Turnkey partners"
Il charge that for several years
before the spring OF 1912. H. w. Bos-
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 turnkey
| at the station house of the city of At
| lanta. and especially with the said
| Thomas Bayne: that he stated at
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 hest
tation would state how he made IT,,
and that on the day Of his arrest for
| crookedness, as charged, that he stat
| ed TO me IS G. Cranel. in the pres
ence Of Mr.. John W Cox. an attorney
| at law, that he was tired OF being
| fieeced and robbed of his money by
| the turkeys: that they were nothing
| but 'grafters,' and as they were trying
| to get rid of him, that he would go
| and tell the trNth to the men up
| higher, that they were trying to
| break up his practice, as he had CHI
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 turkeys
| any more.
HE stated to me that he would go
| ,,rft -. Ia. he
whole workings of the department be
fore him, or to the Chief OF Police;
/ that | advised him to do so.
II charge that the said Boswell
made the statement as to his deal
ings with the turkeys in the pres
| ence of Alex Evans. 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 armfu, by a person who did not
like him, and the policeman in the
department defended his conduct as
| being that of a good man. his char
| acter and ConCuct when he was ar
rested was no worse than ii had been
for several years"
Can't Swear to Charges.
| LAS stated to Chief Beavers at the
two conferences | held with him, and
at the time that l made the verbal
charges before the Board of Police
Commissioners, and in conference
with the subcommittee appointed fot
discussion of the charges, that Of my
| own knowledge. so far as the reaI
facts were concerned, | knew moth
ing myself, but had to rely upon facts
that were known to exist by other
| persons to support the charges.
Now. as | have no knowledge OF
the facts 10 support the charges that
] make herein, il 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 so that a hearing may he
had on it, am deprived Of any stand =
ing as a complainer before your board
by law"
Crane asks the Police Board to act
if he himself has no status as an ac-
cuser
| Chairman Johnson, of the subcom-
mittee, said that no decision would be
reached as TO the status of Crane OF
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
oath. If the subcommittee recon-
mends to the commission that an in
vestigation be made, a special meet
ing probably viii be held next week.
Long List Of Lawyers.
Here are the lawyers Crane names
as witnesses;
Hugh NJ Dorsey, Lowry w. Arnold
Reuben h. Arnold, John d, McLel-
land, John w. Moore, l.. u. Rosser
ST.. John w. BoylSin, James l.. bod
gen, +. II. Jackson r b. Fielder, Ed
gar Latham. Carl Hutcheson, Pau
Lindsey, Robert r. Shropshire, c. B
Rosser. j.. Thomas f. Scott, Walter
A. Sims w. NJ Smith, +. A. stephens
Thomas II. Goodwin, c. p. Goree. Lex
Sudderth. Harvey Hill, John b. SUIT
ties. Lamar HILL w. e. Suttles, Ale'
W. Stephens, Charles T. Hopkins, G
A. X. stephens. Howell Erwin, F. NJ
Hughes, w. A James, ID. X
Johnson, Aldine Chambers,
J. Jordan, Virgil Jones
w. j. Laney, w. II. Lewis, r. O. Low
EFT c. u. Maddox, Walter McElreath
. John +. Methvin, Frank l.. HARRISON
Nirlin Is Moore. Ed Pomeroy, w. {
| Munday, c. n. Cornwell, I. c. Bat
| tie. j j bdI &c. u. ~ i'hAShifNh' NNN
| George c. Goher c, l.. Pettigrew. j. '
| Pool. Edmund W. Martin, Z. p, Up
shaw. James E Warren, Mr., Weaver
| MIR. Hilyer. j. F. Westbrook, Georg
| | w. Westmoreland. A. e. Wilson, 10
James. d. X. Johnson, Carl NJ Guest
lIJ IL. Gilbert. William Futrell'
| W. A. Fuller, AlonSo Fields
T. j. Ripley, George Spenc,
\ Albert Hamper, Ftzhugh Lei
| w. H. Withers Henderson HallmaT
| c. j. Graham, w. r. Hammond, b. |
| Milling, Harvey Hatcher, William
| ! Tilson, Thomas Brown, Lewis Y
Il Thomas, =. X. Brewster. Albert How
| ell. Jr George l.. Bell, Jr,, r. !
/ Blackburn, w. =. Bloodworth, Sar
! Boorstein. Alonzo Brand Emil Brei
teubucher. b. f. Brewster. Walter 7
3 Brown, Lowndes Calhoun, r.
/, Church, Ben Conyers, w. c. COUSINS
| J. F. Daniel, Eugene Dickey. Eugen
| Dodd. ]. A. Dodgen, Roy Dor
/ sey, Lee Douglas, Clifford l.. An
| derson. J +. Goightly, Geors
| Gordon. W u. Terrell. John Ty,
Eb. T. Williams w. o. Wilson
Il Earle Sims, Fred Schrmper, John
1 Walker, Burton Smith, Z. A. Angie
James W. Austin. A. II Bancker.
r. Childress. Lovick G Fortsol
Charles T, Hopkins, Mr. Burres