The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
Report Number Two Will Be
Placed in His Hands Early
Next Week
Mayor Asks
For Information
Letter In Nature Of Withdrawal
of Demand On Body For
Final Report Recently Made
by Him

The vice commission VIII meet in
IA straight from -the-shoulder nfsn~
ner next week, it is very thoroughly
understood. the requests Of Mayer
George Ainslie and the demands Of
members OF the Board of Police Com
missioners for evidence of individual
winking at violations of the law BON
within and without the mis-eailed
segregated districts OF Richmond.
The much discussed Report No.
Of the commission viii. III all prob
ability, be handed 70 the Mayor be-
fore the middle Of next week.
The testimony. the affidaNits and
the other written records of the COM
mission containing evidence Of o..
fetal misfeasance, wifi accompany thu
report.
No Date for Meeting.
No date had been set last night for
a meeting, not all the members Of tbs
commission having been consulted.
but that II will be held some time
early in the week WIS the statement
Rev. DR. II. T. McFaden. secre1ac7.
10 the commission. Wednesday. -
is thought. is the latest date. and
that day NJ the next definite answer
vii be made 20 Mayor Ainsiie's re-
quests for the evidence against mem
bcrs OF the Police Board.
Commission. would not say last night
what reply would be made at this
time to the Mayors latest letter on the
subject. He had not then received
the letter. he said, and had been too
busy TO read the copy In the after
noon newspapers. DR. NcFaden said
that he had just returned TO the city
and had not read the letter. Some
OF the other members had read IL
but were not prepared 80 say what
reply would he made
Mayors Letter
The letter from the Mayer 20 Mr.
Star5e was renewal OF the re-
a. est for taie evidence IN the hands
Of the commission. which speciflcal-
lv affects police administration in this
city in regard tD commereializeii vice =
Ths letter follows
Nh Ashton starke
"f42g East Main Street.
CITY
Dear Sir Confirming my convar-
sation had with you a. vour Office
on Feb. Il. aud our understanding
arrived nj then. which have since re-
peated 10 other mem bers Of the vice
commission, with be Obliged II the
commission VIII furnish me with any
evidence 10 its possessions which spe-
eTicaatN atfeEfs ponce administration
in this city with regard 70 CONNER
ciatlzef Wee
Very truly yours
GEORGE AiNSLTE
MAYOR"
Hi. second Letter.
II was on February Is that Mayor
Ainslic addressed MIR, Starke. asking
for the evidence. In hand The letter
and the delay OF the commission IN
answering gave rise 10 reports that
there was friction between the Mayor
and the commission and TO further
reports that the Mayor was seeking
70 end sum,nariiy the work Of the
commission. II was frsA'v stated In
many quarters that tn Mayor wished
te embarrass the commission Tn tt
work and TO force 1t to turn over 10
him evidence and close its work for.
ever. This Mayor Ainslte denied cate
sorically last night and no member
of the vice commission has ever made
the direct statement
Mem ers of the commission last
night however. expressed themselves
as being unable TO understand the
need OF the correspondence between
the Mayor. and Mr.. Starke The evf-
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