The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-07
Committee Holds Executive
Session To Consider Matter.
Must Tell All
Cannot Suppress
Any Evidence
Chairman Grundy Makes State
ment-Chief Werner Cor
roborated and Evidence
Against Goode Black

The presence Of five women at the
hearing last night by the councilmanic
committee investigating charges
against police commissioners caused
two police officers 10 suppress parts
Of their testimony and resulted in
the holding of an executive s@-sion at
the close Of the hearing.
At this meeting the presence or the
women, one of whom was declared to
bs under age, was discussed by the
committeeman with tho result that
Colonel Barton Grundy. chairman OF
the committed, announced that at the
next hearing witnesses would be In
structed to answer all questions fuIiy
no matter what the nature and re-
gardless OF who might be present.
II was decided not TO attempt to
bar women by rule. but to put them
on notice that the taking OF testimony
would not be further impeded by re-
gard for their sens!b!htses
Charges Against Goode,
Testimony to the effect that Com
missioner Goode had rented a fiat
over his store for immoral purposes
that Chief OF Police Werner had cor
rectiy stated the terms OF Commits
sioner Goodies alleged denunciation Of
Detectives Goldsoy and Campodoniea,
and that Commissioners Wen. Nc
Carthy and Goode had been seen in
the red light district and two OF them
in houses outside the segregated dis
tr.ct many times. was given by differ
ent ones OF the ten officers who were
put on the stand last night.
Great progress was made last ntgat
and II liz more than probable that nj
the next hearing. which takes place
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OF witnesses will end. unless counsel
for the com rnissioners call more wit
nesaes than Is now expected. The ae-
cused commissioners will probably tss-
iify I'm their own behalf at the fol-
lowing meeting. which Will end the
hearings Ten witnesses were heard,
the chief testimony being directed by
city Attorney Pollard toward corroeo-
rating the statement made by Chief
of Police Werner on the opening night,
that Commissioner Goode. In his Office
and In hts presence, had rebuked. IN
profane ana violent tones. Officers
Goldshy and Campodonica for raiding
"A house on North First street The
chief had testified that Mr.. Goode had
demanded OF tho two officers why they
raided the house and had further de-
clarea that he might have been In the
house himself Goidsby. Cam podonica.
Captain Eppes and Captain Wright
corrohorated the chief In every detail
None of them thought Mr.. Goode was
joking and ali took him seriously.
City Attorney Pollard also laid stress
on tho alleged fact that Commissioner
Goode had intertered with Officers
Sweet. Duke. Goldshy and others in
the raid of house on East Main
Street. wanting to know what they
were trying 10 do and asserting:
IF we do not rent these houses 10
this kind OF women we cannot rent
them at all
Counsel Enlivcn Things.
Proceedings last night were enliven-
ed somewhat by statements made at
the outset by Murray Mcclure, at
torney for the Vice Commission, City
Attorney Pollard and Attorney Scott.
OF counsel for the commissioners. MIR.
Mcclure stated that he wanted to pro-
test against the browheating and In
suiting OF witnesses such as expert
enced by Sergeant krengel ~ the last
meeting. City Attorney Pollard stated
that III any witness be insulted or as
sauited by counsel or any one else
because Of testimony given the culprtt
could be cited and fined for contempt.
"If the committee will stand back OF
me ! will sec that II is done" he said
Mr.. Scott arose and made answer
with some heat
Il care not whether 1 be hailed be-
fore this committee for contempt Or
not" he declared Tho first man who
takes this chair and goes outside the
record to assail the character of a
friend of mine not on trial intend to
rebuke him then and there and stand
the consequences.
The committee decided on motion
OF Mr.. Ferguson. offered at the re-
quest Of MIR. Mcclure to contlne cross
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violence obtaining in court Of
law.
ar. NJ. l.. Anderson was the frst
witness called, being placed ON the
stand by City Attorney Pollard to
corroborate the statement made by
Sergeant Krengle that the latter had
told the witness of the alleged incident
Of proposed raid, on an alleged
gambling joint over the Commercial
Hotel Counsel for the commissioners
objected that the question did not con-
stitute legal evidence and the witness
was excused.
Goodies Interference.
Officer H. +. Sweet was then called
and under questioning by Mr.. Pollard,
told Of the incident Of the raid on a
aal over missioner Goodies
store on East Main Street. He Tee +
led that no evidence against the
place was found and the squad left
the building. few minutes later,
he said. the woman who conducte
the boarding house was seen to come
out and go into Mr.. Goodies store.
The latter came out and crossing over
to the officers, wanted to know what
they were trying to do. IF We do not
rent this property for this purpose we
cannot rent It at air Witness testified
that he saw Mr.. Code in the red light
district in 1912 drunk
Hiram Smith, of counsel for the
AemmtasionarA hera took tina vfAnasa.