Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04
FULTON SAYS POLICE
?
SHOW DISCRIMINATION
Have List of Twenty Law ViOIat ious,
but Fail to Make Any
Prosecution.
JiTNEY DRIVERS ARE FINED
Defense That They Are Operating
Under "l'Or Hire" Licenses Is Not
Accepted by Police Justice-Attur-
ncyS Clash in Court.

| When Justice 'Crutchhcld i'm Police
/ Court yesterday mornin. refused to
continue the ease against independent
/ iitney operators. NJ. j. Fulton attorney
! for tho defendants. vigorously de-
nounccd what he termed "discrinina-
: ton" against his clients in favor OF the
/ Motor Transit Corporation. a Subsidi-
AIRY of'thc Virginia Railway and Power
Company. The motor company is OPP
i Grating number OF jitncyS on the
streets. having taken out licenses. but
! Mr.. Fulton asserted that the police
/ knew of twenty violations Of the ordi-
nance by the company's chauncurs. and
the city authorities had taken no steps
, 10 prosecute the Offenders.
Mir Fulton said that Traffic Onlcer
Samuels had shown him list of TWEEN
| ty violations by the Motor Transit
| Corporation, principally for overload
! ing ears in violation or the ordinance,
but that no summons had been issued.
At the same time. the attorney de-
clared the police were working up
cases against the independents and in
sistiny or prosecuting the latter
DENIES rARTIALITY TO
STREET CAR COMPANY
Assistant city Attorney Anderson. in
reply TO Mr.. Fulton. advised the latter
TO lay his charges before the Mayor,
saying II have no apology or partial
ity for the Virginia Railway and Pow
CT Company and have no connection
with ii. and never expect to-" Colonel
Anderson declared there was not the
slightest foundation for the charge by
attorneys for the jitney people that
the street car company had exercised
any improper influences in connection
with the passage of the ordinance.
Mr.. Fulton announced that since the
city authorities continued to "harasS'
his clients. while permitting other vio-
lations OF the ordinance, application
al No ID s-,- H..
officially restraining tho city from at
tempting to enforce the ordinance
while its validity is being tested in
the Supreme Court. The bill had not
been completed last night and the APP
plicaton for the restraining order may
not be made until Monday.
Colonel Anderson stated that the
City Attorneys Office had not Joined In
a letter. written by O'Fiaherty. Fulton
& Byrd. attorneys for the jitney peo-
pie. asking the Supreme Court to in
terpret the effect OF the supercedeas.
granted in connection with the appeal
by Judge Keith several weeks ago He
So id ne did not believe the court would
pass on the question.
JITNEI OWNERS AND DRIVERS
ARE FINED IN POLICE COURT
Only one jitney case was tried yes
terday: that against G. T. wyatt. own
err and W. G. Folkes. chauffeur. both
OF whom were fined $40 by the justice.
The court declined TO consider the plea
OF Attorney Fulton that the jitneys
were operating as FOR hire vehicles
under their licenses. The attorney
agreed that similar fines should he
imposed on eight other defendants and
appeals to the Hastings Court were
noted in each case. The others fined
were T.. I. Bradley. owner. and w. I.
Bradley, chauffeur: L. b. Loops. own
or: !. Antem. owner: r. Anten, chauf-
four; Woody Ford, owner. Frank Rees,
chauffeur: t.. 7. Bradley. owner w. I.
Bradley, agent; Joseph Shaffer, own
or.
There were several verbal tits be-
tween the attorneys, Colonel Anderson
taking Mr. Fulton TO task for advis-
ing the independents to continue to
operate in violation of the ordinance,
asserting that the latter had assumed
an enormous responsibility when he
the law" Mr.. Fultons clients who num-
her siXty-two, and all are parties to the
suit. appealed to the Supreme Court.
Colonel Anderson said he had written
a letter to Chief of Police Werner to
see that the police did not create the
impression that the city authorities are
partial toward the Motor Transit
Corporation.
Justice Crutchfield told the attorneys
that his court was ready TO Issue sum
mons for any violations OF the ordi-
nance reported.
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