The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-15

man Chandler what was the trouble
and made some statement about ar.
ranging bond, as the first thing that
he said. when he came off the piazza.
Julian H.. Levy. Jr., testified i'm effect
that when Policeman Chandler came
into the yard. following the woman.
who called to his mother, asking her
not to let the officer arrest her. as
h had done nothing. he ran down
the steps and told the officer to leave
the yard, that he could not arrest the
woman there on their premises po-
liceman Dunlap then ran up and grab
bed the woman on the other side
from that on which Chandler had her
and they started to take her from the
yard. His brother George Levy had
said something about bail, and he
(Julian) caught Policeman DUNLAP bv
the coat to restrain him, so that bond
could be arranged. when the officer
suddenly turned and struck him. III,
stated tina he had not struck the Of
hcer' or interfered with him except
to catch his coat at the time. His
brother then struck the officer with
the tennis racquet and Dunlap stru (
Geo. Levy with his club. The officer
then drew his gun and told them not
to advance. After some further diff
ncnlfv and nrUnrnant hat- $500
Levy and Dunlap the officers with
drew. He stated. as did George Levy.
that Policeman Dunlap was SEEM
ingly very much excited.
III. II. VanDeventer stated that he
was In his piazza when he saw q wo-
mar pass followed by two men. lie
heard some confusion i'm Mr.. j. H..
Levy's yard and someone said: 'In
be responsible for the bond" or some-
thing like that. He then heard the
sound OF blows and there was more
confused talk and he went over to Mr.,
Levy's to see what was the matter. He
took Mr.. Julian III. Levy, Jr., in the
house and asked him what had ham
pened. He stated that Officer Dunlap
seemed angry and i'm an argumenta-
tive mood. Dunlap was talking to
Geo. Levy, while Chandler was trying
TO smooth things over. He did not see
any pistol. 1t was dark at the time
and he did not see the officers hands.
lie offered TO give bond for the wo-
man. who was released.
II. l.. Mcleod stated that ne was
passing and stopped when he heard
confused talking. He offered Geo.
Levy aid. and then walked on q few
steps when. he again heard angry
talking and stopped. He stated that
Chandler appeared cool. while Dun
lap seemed angry.
An affidavit was produced from Mrs
4. q. Bowman. who stated that sll,.
was in the piazza Of her residence
on the r of Church and Calhoun
streets at the time hat the trouble
was said to have been started and
that she did not hear the colored wo-
man use N boisterous language. nor
was she disturbed in any way by them.
she saw them under the light and
they seemed listening to the services.
She could not hear what they said.
In an affidavit from Mrs. II. r..
~VanDeventer II was stated that Mrs.
~VanDeventer heard q disturbance in
Mr.. Levy's yard n upon going there
she found that IL had been between
Oficer. Dunlap and Messrs. Geo. y.
and Julian III. Levy, .Jr. Mrs. Van
Deventer stated that Policeman Dun
lap seemed excited and was talking
In a boisterous manner. She heard
him tell Mr.. Geo. ID. Levy that "He
would get him." He continued talk
Ing excitedly until he was brought
away by Chandler and Mr.. vanDeven-
ter.
Misses Marian and Jeanne Fores-
mar stated In M affidavit thai they
saw the Levy house girl come into the
Levy yard followed by a police OFF,
GER that the officer cndcavored to put
handouts on the girl. who called to
Mrs, Levy for assistance. Julian II.
Levy, Jr., responded to the call and
ordered the officer not TO make the ar
rest on the premises n wor-
rant. AT that time Geo. ID. Levy left
che piazza and endeavored to induce
the officer to accept bond. Before the
officer had time to accept bond, anoth-
er officer came into the yard in an
apparently excited manner and called
upon the first officer to make the ar
rest regardless of whose premises
they were on. Julian III Love fnl1