Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-16
I SWEAR
To CHARGES:
He ADM IS
Crane Files Accusations Against
Police, Naming Nearly 200
Lawyers as Witnesses.

Sam C. Crane Saturday renewed his
charges of graft against members or
the Atlanta Police Department In a
long statement of SO typewriter
pages, signed, but unsworn, which he
submitted to the special investigat-
ing committee of the Police Commits
sion, made up Of Commissioners John
son, Vernoy and Garner.
Crane specifically admits in his
statement that he is unable to swear
to the truth of the statements from
his personal knowledge, but he asks
the commission to abrogate its rule
in respect to sworn charges and per-
NIT him to come before the members
and call prominent attorneys who will
swear that many instances Of graft
and unbecoming practices have taken
place.
Prominent Lawyers Named.
Among the well-known attorneys
in the list of nearly 200 which he sub
initted to be called for the purpose of
testifying to alleged graft or ether
circumstances are Solicitor Hugh NJ
Dorsey, Lowry Arnold, Reuben R. Or
mold, John E. McClelland. Luther z:
Rosser. ST., T. B. Fielder, John w.
Moore and Aldine Chambers.
Crane repeated his accusations of
the practice of turkeys grating and
splitting" fees with lawyers and bo-
gus lawyers who hung about the sta
ton house.
In several places in his statement,
however, he said that he had no ac-
tual personal knowledge in support
of the alleged facts.
Crane named Turkeys Bayne and
Brannen as the officers he was GER
tain, from report, had been guilty of
the practice of getting clients from
among the prisoners and sharing the
fees.
Accuses Two Turkeys.
Here is his specific accusation in
respect to these two men:
81 charge that Bayne and Brannen,
the turkeys at the station house,
they being police officers of the city
of Atlanta, are guilty of conduct I'M
becoming such officers of the law;
they being in collision with parties
in Juggling with criminal cases and
violators of the municipal ordinance,
In violation of the rules of the Police
Department and the laws of the State
of Georgia.
II charge that Mr. Brannen has
nephew by the name of Hilton,
whose headquarters is at the Station
House; that the said Brannen fur
nishes the said Hilton with the names
Of prisoners incarcerated in the city
prison and that the said Hilton holds
himself out in many cases, or leads
the prisoners to believe that he Is a
lawyer, and in this way gets cases,
collects money and from what l have
heard and from my understanding OF
their schemes, the said Brannen gets
a part of the money collected from
the prisoners. That this alliance has
been in operation for a number of
years.
Knows Prisoners Cash.
81 charge that every case that is
carried to the police station-that the
prisoners are searched and the said
Brannen Is present while he is on
duty; that he knows the amount of
money that is taken off each prison
er and their names, and that their
names and the amount OF money are
furnished to the said Hilton
II charge that the said Hilton has
free access to the said station house;
that he also sees the prisoners
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 dancing master
and calls for the prisoner and takes
his case upon the advice and sugges-
ton of the said Brannen.
81 charge that for several years