Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
HOPEWELL HAS LID
ON FOR FIRST TIME
Illegal Resorts Closed by Order
of Judge West at Mid
night Saturday.
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front Of one place and the beer was
ordered. In the car wero Attorney
General Pollard. Commemorative At
torney Rives. and Special Prosecutor
Wise. The beer will be analyzed to
show the percentage OF alcohol which
IL contains.
\ great mass OF evidence, covering
300 or 400 typewriter pages. has been
gathered by l.. r. Driver. the personal
representative OF Governor Stuart, who
has been on the ground at Hopcwell
since early in July. Driver, who is the
editor of a newspaper at Ashland and
connected with the Federal Internal
Revenue Service, was especially recon-
mendcd for this work by government
officials. He is n young man, still in his
twenties, and has a reputation for fear
lcssness. Two weeks ago the grafters
got information as to his business there
and many threats were made against
him, but he went ahead with his work,
and when he got the goods" a confer
cnce between Judge West and the Gov
crnor resulted in the removal OF the
police force.
Driver gives much Of the credit for
tearing tho mask from Hopcwelrs
crookcdncss to members of the Du Pont
force. officer J. NJ. Dallas has worked
with Driver. and they have been ably
assisted by Supervisor Reeves and Chief
Mcdonald. Otficcr Maraglia, German
Italian was also Of great value in
handling the foreign element.
The Good Government Association OF
IIopewell. which urged the Governor to
take some action toward cleaning up
the town. has appointed a committee,
composed OF J. Lester Watts Dr. s.
DORIS and DIR. Robert y. Giering. to con-
fer with the prosecutors and render
any assistance possible.
GREEKS PROTEST. AGAINST
PAYING "GRAI~T''
6. A. Xippas, who is at the head of
the organization of Greeks in the town.
who protested against being forced to
pay graft for protection. whether
they were engaged in Legitimate enter
prises or not. told reporter there arc
5,4O0 Greeks at Hopcwell. In one
frame house more than 500 are quar-
tered. Eippas says that the town is
all right. but the worst thing they
have had TO contend with was the
crooked police force" He does not
believe ii advisable to put the lid"
down too closely and insists that the
situation should be handled diplomati-
cally.
Saturday night Nipnas conducted Il
party of three or four, including n re-
porter for The Times Dispatc through
a part OF tho town. Eight cabnrets and
beer gardens were visited, and when
midnight came, not near all OF the
amusement places in the town had been
seen. Each place was we'll filed. but
1t was said that the crowd was very
much smaller than usual on Saturday
night. The explanation for the So
called slim attendance was that there
had not been pay day at the Du Pont
works for two weeks, and that the
boys" were running short OF change.
However to a stranger Il appeared n
lively place. The crowds all appeared
in a good humor, bought drinks in
rapid succession-the drinks being n
cheap grade of beer. which did not re-
scmble near bear" to n noticeable eX-
tent. No whisky has been sold in the
cabarets and beer gardens for several
days.
CABARETs PRESENT
LIVELY SCENE
The cabaret girls. all much painted,
sang popular songs and danced. The
dances we're of the variety usually seen
in the popular vaudcvillcs.
With the word passed that the edict
was out against gambling and resorts
for women, these places took the hint,
iHN lHe women nOCkeQ 10 the CaDaretS
! for what may be their last Views of
Hopewelis gay white way. Just what
Is to become of these women is n ques-
ton. They have gone to Hopewell
from Richmond, Washington, Peters,
burg Baltimore and Philadelphia, hav-
ing been driven from the segregated
districts OF all except the last two
cities. The Du Pont police have the
name and address of each woman for
future reference"
Handling traffic in the main streets
Of the town is n problem OH which Chief
Mcdonald is working. Two hundred
automobiles run In and out Of the town
every day to Petersburg. material
wagons are passing constantly, and
great difficulty is experienced in keep
ing things moving. Xippas, who APP
pears to be the chief Greek in tho
town. was arrested Saturday afternoon
for having a wagon owned by him on
the wrong sido OF the street. He de-
clared his arrest an outrage, but ne
was compelled to move his vehicle.
Tony Recess. tho Italian cabaret pro-
prietor who was arrested last Tues-
day. along with Chief Henderson and
Lieutenant Porter, arrived in Rich
mond yesterday afternoon on his way
! to Prince George Courthouse. Becessi
asserts that they" have nothing on
him, and appears confident OF vindica-
tion. He admits that the trouble wor-
ries him, particularly on account of
his wife, who is i'll in Norfolk, but he
makes 1T plain that no one Will have an
opportunity to "doubie-cross' him.
| Additional warrants have been issued
for Porter, who, with Henderson and
Becessi, is out. on $4,000 bail. The
former lieutenant had not been taken
into custody last night, but no is ex-
pected to appear at Prince George to-
day.