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

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ehce OF MI. john W. COX. an attorney
| AT Jaw That he was tlred or beb,g
! heeced ana fobbed or MS money oy
! the turkeys that they were nothing
| put graitersg ana az they were trying
| 70 gel RID OF nm, mat ne would go
/ and tell the truth 20 the men up
! nlgher; that they were trying TO
! break up ms practice. as he had ell
1 ents and friends on the outside tnat
/ put him next. when cases We're made
/ in the Police Court. and he would
! refuse 10 divide mp with the turnkeys
any more.
He stated 10 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 turnkeys in the pres
ence or Alex Evans, reporter, sew
| eral months before he was arrested,
| and was forced 10 retire from the
1 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 no.
like him, and the policeman in the
| department defended his conduct as
/ being that OF a good man; his char
acter and con-uct when he was ar
| rested was TO worse than II mad been
| TOR several years.
I Can't Swear to Charges.
| AS stated to Chief Beavers at the
! TWO conferences | held with him, and
! at the time that | mace 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 rs the real
| facts were concerned. | knew moth
| ing myself, but had 10 rely upon facts
that were known to exist by other
persons to support the charges.
Nov, as | have no knowledge Of
The facts TO support the charges that
! make herein. ii is impossible for me
| 10 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 be
had ON 1t. | am deprived OF any stand
ing as compiainer before your board
by law"
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 caref,Illv review
ed and The matter considered in the
light of the rules of the board which
insist thai an charges shall he under
cath If the subcommittee recon- :
mends 10 the commission that an in
vestIgation be made a speciaI meet
ing probably will be held next week
lopo List NJ [ aware
Hero arc tho LAWYERS crane names
as witnesses,
Hugh NJ Dorsey Iovrv W Arnolo
Reuher r Arnold John n Mel
land John W Moore /, y Rosser
Sr tobr w Ro1kin lanes / nod
con r r Jackson T r Felder Ed
Ear Latham Cari Hutcheson Panl
lindsey Robert n ShronshIr. G r
Rosser 1r Thomas Il scott Walter
A sims " NJ smith r A Stenhens
Thon,as n Goodwin g y Goree Leo
Snddertb Uarvev am John n Sui
les Lamar Hili " + Suttles AIex
| W Stenhens charles T. Hopkins G.
K Stenhens Howell Erwin f. Nj,
Hughes. NJ A. James, d. X.
! Iohnson Aldina chambers n
Jordan Virgil Jones,
| W Ianev X II Lewis r q Low
eft q d MADDOX Walter McEireath,
1obr = Netbvin Frank 7. Haralsoo
Viritr x Moore nd Pomeroy W G
| Ntundav {; \ Cornweu r { BAT
rio ! barge / N Ratemsn Judge
| C,eorga e C;oher q /. Pettigrew / y
! Pol rdrund W Martin = p I'm
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