The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-17

policeman receiving a receipt. which
! was read by Attorney Smith and !den-
tihed by the witness. krengel told
him later. the witness testified, that
he had returned the watch to the
owner. but when asked for the reward.
krengel replied that he had received
none. ]. Michaels. the owner. was
| called and he testified that he had paid
krengel ten dollar reward. City
George Pollock. OF headquarters, to
show that krengel had reported the
return of the watch and had returned
over tho rewSrd, half of which went
to the Police Relief Association. The
other half went to Krengel.
Michaels Brings Laughter.
Tho crowd was kept In a continu.
Gus uproar Of laughter by the testi-
mony of MichaeIs. who insisted upon
talking about the loss of ss.50 because
Krengel would not return the watch
charm which belonged 10 another
and for which he had to pay. He re-
membered that $3.50 and wanted every
body to know that he had lost it. He
also wanted everybody to know that
he sells groceries for cash.
j. B. Martin. of Chesterfield. testi-
fed that he had entered Chief Wer-
ner's ONCE with Mr.. Goode on the
OCtdAEOU WHcH Atc was dilcHGu III nav q
upbraided the chief and the officers
that made the raid .or arresting II
keeper OF a disorderly house. He test
fed that Goode was joking and had
told him that he was going to put up
joke on the chief before entering
his office.
c. w Heck, a travelling salesman.
but formerly an employe of a store
near the house raided on East Main
Street by Officers Goldsby and Cam
podonica. testified that Mr.. C'oode. in
using poor Judgment, referred to
their action in backing the patrol
wagon before the Main Street en-
trance when they coufd have used an
other. He further testified that he
had asked Mr.. Goode to interfere, az
the gathering OF the crowd blocked
the street and hurt business at the
busiest hour of Saturday night
Mrs. Woodruff on Stand.
Mrs. l.. G.. Woodruff, who rented
the nat over the store formerly con-
Quoted on East Main Street by Conn
missioner Goode. took the stand to
| tell Of her alleged prosecutions by the
| police. She maintained that she al
| ways conducted an orderly house and
| complained that frequent visits by
| police officers who never found any
/ thing wrong had injured her.
/ She had made this complaint 10 Mr..
Goode, she said, telling him that II they
continued she would be compelled TO
move. as respectable people would not
stop at boarding house SO apparent
ly under the suspicion OF the police.
1t was on the occasion Of one of the
visits of the police that she made a
complaint to Mr.. Goode, following
which Mr. Goode spoke to the officers
/ Mrs. woodruff contradicted the wit
nesses. who said they had seen Mr.
Goode leave her fat at night in an
intoxicated condition. Mr.. GoNIe had
never been to her fat at night che
said, and she had never seen him
drunk.
4 n. J. o'Neill. John Doran and r n.
Caldwell. who have business in the
nei ghborhood. testified to the orderly
character OF Mrs woodruffs lodging
customers there for a nights lodging.
They would not have done 80 had they
thought the house of bad character,
they said.
This ended the testimony. and the
fight for possession OF the rest of the
testimony in the hands of the vice
commission began