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
Hprison 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-
We'll 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
ianta, and especially with the said
| Thomas Bayne: that he stated at
viii 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 1t,
and that on the day of his arrest for
crookedness, as charged, that he stat
| ed to me Is. c. Crane), in the pres
| ence Of Mr. John w Cox, an attorney
at law, that he was tired OF be/g
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 truth to the men up
| higher; that they were trying to
break up his practice as he had cli-
| 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
with me to the Mayor and lay the
whole workings of the department be-
fore him. or to the Chief OF Police
that I 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 person who did not
| like him, and the policeman in the
| department defended his conduct as
being that of good man; his char
acter and conduct when he was ar
rested was no worse than 1t 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 | 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
4
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 TO support the charges that
! make herein. ii 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 hearing may be
had on it, am deprived of any stand
ing as complalner before your board
by law"
Crane asks the Police Board to act
II 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 chat all charges shall be under
cath. If the subcommittee recon-
mends to the commission that an in
vestigation be made, special meet
ing probably will be held next week.
Long List CT Lawyers.
Here are the lawyers Crane names
as witnesses:
I
Reuben Il. Arnold, John ID. MCLel-
land, John w. Moore. L. 4. Rosser,
Sr., John w. Boylin. James l.. bod
gen, r. r. Jackson, Il. h. Fielder Ed
gar Latham, Carl Hutcheson, Paul
Lindsey, Robert r. Shropshire, G. b.
Rosser. Jr., Thomas L. Scott, Walter
A. Sims w M Smith, f. A. stephens,
Thomas II. Goodwin, {. p. Goree, Leo
Sudderth Harvey Hin, John b. SUIT
ties, Lamar Hin. w. Il. Suttles, Alex
w stephens. Charles T. Hopkins, G..
A. X. stephens, Howell Erwin. +. NJ.
Hughes w, A James, ID X.
Johnson, Aldine Chambers, r..
H.. Jordan. Virgil Jones,
w. J. Laney. W. II. Lewis, r. O. Low
| ett. {. ID, Maddox, Walter McElreath.
John f. Methvin. Frank l.. Haralson,
Nirlin h. Moore, Ed Pomeroy, w. c.
| Munday, G. n. Cornwell, T. c, Bat
| tie, j j. Barge, j. y. Bateman, Judge
| George c. Gober. c. l.. Pettigrew. J. V.
Pool. Edmund w Martin, T.. r. Up
| shaw, James T.. Warren Mr.. Weaver,
! MIR Hillyer, j. +. Westbrook, George
| W. Westmoreland. 4. Il. Wilson, Joe
James. ID. X. Johnson, Carl NJ. Guest,
| J II, Gilbert, William Futrelle,
| w. A. Fuller, Alonzo Fields.
4. J. Ripley, George Spence,
! Albert Hamper, tftzhugh Lee,
| w. H. Withers, Henderson Hallman,
| c, j. Graham, w. r. Hammond, h. l..
! Milling, Harvey Hatcher William j.
/ Tilson, Thomas Brown Lewis V.
| Thomas, p. II. Brewster, Albert How
! ell. Jr., George l., Bell Jru Il. Il.
! Blackburn, W. T. Bloodworth, Sam
| Boorstein, AlonZo Brand, Emil Brei-
| tenbucher b. f. Brewster Walter r.
| Brown, Lowndes Calhoun, II. 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 +. Golightly George
Gordon. w II. Terrell, John Tye,
! Ed T Williams, W. @. Wilson.
| Earle Sims Fred Schrimper. John G.
/ Walker, Burton Smith, +. A. Angler
James w. Austin, A. II Bancker. f.
! r. Childress, Lovick G. Fortson,
| Charles ], Hopkins, Mr.. Burress,