Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26

and swear to it." That Is the type OF
evidence we have submitted. The rest
we have omitted.
Operator Frank L. Gentry. OF the
central station OF the police signal
system, who Immediately preceded DR..
Gravatt in the witness chair. had tes-
tilted that aftor tho list of 100 houses
compiled by the Vice Commission as
places Of i'll repute or suspected as
such gas put on record. he had inspect
cd IL. He found number OF houses
listed. he said. that were neither of i'll
fame nor suspected rs such He knew
some of the houses. lie said. and he
WAS certain that they were not i'm
moral resorts He knew some of these
houses would not harbor disreputahle
characters. Some of them he knew 10
he very respectable boarding or room
ing houses, conducted by respectable
people.
WERNER FAVORS SYSTEM
OF VICE SEGREGATION
Chief of Police Werner being re-
called TO the chair. made the interest
Ing statement that fully 90 per cent
OF the membership of the In,erna-
tional Association OF Chiefs OF Police,
of which he is a member. hold to the
theory that the social evil may be best
regulated and controlled by the sys-
lem Of segregation which has obtained
until recently in Richmond Asked the
Gircc; question. Major Werner said he
was himself OF that same opinion. The
chief said. further. that he had heen
Informed that in most of the cities OF
the United states with population Of
approximately loo coo 20 10000. the
s"crecA;cd districts had been in re-
cen; Years abolished as the result OF
local reform waves
Later III the session Or. Gravatt was
recalled - the chair ny City ATTORNEY
Follard. and stated that reports in the
hands OF The Vice Commission from
many cities show that the segregated
district has been abolished in all
cities % the United States having an
approximate population of Zoe 00e ex-
tep; four. One Of these four cities, he
SAID is in Virginia, his statement leav-
ing The inference thar Norfolk is the !
Virginia city 10 which he had refer
cnce, the segregated district having
been abolished in Richmond
About how many cities II the size
YOU mention have abolished their seq
reCated districts?' City Attorney Fol
lard asked
about forty, according TO our re-
POINTS. Dir. Gravatt replied He added
mat the reports We're authentic. being !
the reports sent out by legal and reg
uIa"lN organized bodies that had sys-
tcma tically investigated and reported
upon vice conditions in their respec- |
tive localities
TOM WREN EMPLOYED
TO AID DEFENSE
There were few new witnesses in the /
chair last night Frank W. milford, Of I.
the Virginia Railway and Power Com |
pany. testified TO the payment OF a re- |
ward for the arrest of two negroes TO |
Detective Sergeants krengel and At
kinSon and Policeman DUFFY
Policeman w Il. Harris. accused by /
Baroody, the man who obtained di- |
rorce from his wife. took the witness !
chair and fmade sweeping denial of !
the charges lie declared he was limo !
cent OF any wrongdong. lie denounced |,
taroody's testimony as false. !
Mrs. Woodruf. boarding house Keen
err was recalled At her own request |
any connection with the house from !
which two women We're taken with |
male companion by the police in Main /
street near Fifteenth She said she
had sold the boarding house with it's 1
furnishings some time before the Incl !
dent narrated by Policeman Sweet oc-
Cured. She wished to make this state |
''N'''' '''N SAUL ~ "tiStsS WI mel pNU |
good name and the character OF the !
boarding house she is now running
Police Sergeant T ]. Wren, retired, !
gave testimony damaging TO Detective |
Sergeant krengel. Sergeant Wren de- |
MED that he had ever gone 10 Mark !
Ridley. negro fish dealer. to ask him I
for jcwelry which Ridley said he had !
bought from krcngel He said he had |
seen Krengel at Ridlcys on occa sions. !
Witness Tad ha
ployed since the investigation began to
hunt for evidence damaging TO the ac-
cusers Of the police commissioners.
Mark Ridley was called and testified