Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-19
NO CLUE TO WRITER OF
THREATENING LETTER
Dctective-Sergcant Krengel Attaches
Little Importance to-
NIiSSivc
VICE MINUTES WERE LOST
Paper Contained Notes Of Krengers
Testimony, and Caused Report to
Spread That II Was His Evidence
That Implicated Commissioners.

There were no developments yester-
day In the circumstances surrounding
the receipt by Detective Sergeant kren-
gel. of letter threatening his life un-
iess ne resigned from the force within
thirty days. Detective ErenRel again
said that he was not ipcllned to Dlac.
much Importance in the letter, and that
he had discovered nothing connected
with tn" shooting or n Judson China n.
OF 1907 Grove Avenue, which wo,,ld
lead him to believe that IT was NOR.
than coincidence.
But one satisfactory explanat ton as
10 why Detective Itrengcl was the only.
police officer to receive a threatening
letter as result or testifying against
commissioners Goode Well and Nc
earthly has been offered
The explanation as given Yesterday
was that tho minutes Of n meeting of
Il subcommittee Of tho Vice Commission
were lost by the secretary while he was
returning to his home These minutes
were OF the meeting at which Detective
krengel testified. ana they contained
his name. 10 we'll as those Of Commits =
sioners Good". We'll and McCurthy
LOST PAPER MAS RETURNED
20 POlItE iiEADlt AFTER
For two days detectives and members
of tho Vic ecommissiou sought the lost
papers without result. Then there an
peared ut Police Headquarters man.
then awaiting trial on serious charge,
with the lost papers. lie gave them to
Major Werner. who in turn returned
them to the Vice Commission. The man
explained that they had been found by
one OF his employees and had been
I'll a la
but himself and this employees had
read them. and Major Werner is au-
thority for the statement that he him
self did not read the minutes before
returning them to the Vice Commits
sion.
However. within day the news of
the loss OF the minutes and the char
acter OF their contents was generally
known at the city Hall and NJ various
p1nces on Broad street. Rumors were
rife as to the seriousness or the charges
made by krcrgcl against tho commits
siuners, whose names also became
known. and whsers were laid that the
detective would be removed from t.,c
force within sixty Or ninety days. This
situation remained until several days
ago. when It became known that other
policemen had also been summoned be
Tore the Vice Commission and had given
testimony which practically coincIded
With that given by Krcngel.
The author OF the letter. knowin,
that krensel had testified against the
commissioners, was probably OF the
opinion that ii was upon his testimony
alone that the charges were brought.
No one connected with the Police
Department Is Of the opinion that the
letter was written krcngcl In serious
ness: that there was any intention OH
the part Of the writer In carrying
out the threat of murder. The officer
himself was inclined to treat the com
munication as Il joke until he was re-
minded of the facts concerning the
loss OF the meeting minutes and the
many bets which were laid upon the
outcome Of the circumstance.