Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-02
Detective Sergeant Subject
cd to Grilling Fire of
Cross-Examination.
TESTIFIES IN REGARD TO
GAMBLING AND POLICY
Brings In Names of Other Police
Officers, and Confesses to
Past Indiscretions.
HEARING Is SENSATIONAL.
Lawyers Battle Hard to Restrict Tcs-
timony to Official Rather
Than Personal Acts.

Than Personal Acts.
under IA grueliinr REORGANIZATION
last night. Police Sergeant Fred LII
Nrengci star witness Of the sitting,
launched, without solicitation. upon n
confession Of ma own inhiscretlons
"h"n H. WAS sowing his wild OATS
made public profession Of pcnitcnce
Tor hts youthful follies, and cvinccd
an easerncss to enter upon n recital
nf his knowledge OF the trausErssions
"i other men OF the department
kRENGEL MAKES ACCUSATIONS
As ro GAMBLING AND POLICY
he accused Police Sergeant Wiltshire
Of having been drunk while detailed with
himself and Policeman Tucker 10 cap
lure three yeggmcn: accused Detective
Sergeant WHY uf having chnllen Ced
MN TO inspect n room In the CONNER
ciaI Hotel where, according to Krenge!
gambling was conducted: accused Po-
i!ce Commissioner McCarthy Of hayinl,
Voluntarily informed him that what
Willy said was true; told the commit
tee invest!Yatirg the Police Department
that James Stewart, Familiarity known
to him AZ Smut" Stewart, is running,
policy gam" 1T f2G BROOK Avenue for
men named iiatk" COrricre Griffith
ana "a combination OF the policy
writer's OF Richmond" and admitted.
that Jim Stewart is his pretty good
friend" ana that he had sold jcwclry
10 tn" alleged policy man. who paid
him severa! hundred dollars for a pair
OF earrings, two diamond finger rings
and another ring.
SAYS LETTER FROM MEM
YORK IL "t'lT-tI' .JOn.,
iSr'nscl explained that the public
confession OF his past reprehensibie
actions WAS made To fures,an discIos-
urcs regarding his conduct which ne
anticipated would b. made later II, tho
Investigation. Il lie did not himself
volunteer the information
krengel said he had recently received
. letter from a woman with whom he
at one time associated. VINO IS now
living in New York. reminding him Of
their former friendship. and requesting
the loan of S2Oe. He exhibited the
letter lie is reminded in i, OF former
generosity. and that when he needed
money 10 join fratcrnal ORGANIZATIONS
h" had borrowed 1t from her
krcngel said he believed this letter
was rutup job" because he had
never borrowed 81 dollar from the
Woman. The testimony or The police
sergeant, who Was The second and las,
witness examined last night was the
most sensational episode We, developed
lu the investigations
hRENGEI'S TESTIMONY
SHARPLY CHALLENGED
Tho testimony OF Krcnrc! was chal
lcnGcd by the lawyers representing the
accused police commissioners at al
most every response Ia a direct oucs
tion
CI,y Attorney I!enry r.. Pollard.
counsel Tor the Investigating commlt
tee. and the attorneys for the accused
men engaged in frequent and pro-
lungcd arguments over the admissi
h!lIty OF statements made by KrenreI
Murray NJ. Mcclure. counsel for the
Vice Commission, and David Mead.
White, counsel for the Social Service
Federation, likewise participated with
great summation in these clashes.
which consumed about an hour OF the
three hours given 10 the examination
OF kr"ngo' and tho testimony Of chief
of Police Werner, who preceded hin,
in the witness chair.
Much Of the evidence adduced last
night had been discounted by previous
publicity
The hearing was delayed about TWEEN
~ minutes by the absence Of council-
man Edgar T. English. who was de-
tuincd by an important Council cam
miti"e meeting in another part of the
city Hall. crowd of more than 200
spectators. including four women CON
nected with local organizations. filled
the circuit Court chamber when Chair
man Barton III. Grundy called the in
vcstigntinE body to order
CHIEF Or POLICE WERNER
AGAIN IN WITNESS CHAIR
The Investigators adopted n motion
ut the suggestion OF Attorney Leigh r
rage. counsel for Commissioner won
under which the rule Of dcpriving the
witness of hearing the testimony pre
c"ding their own. was enforced. Tho.
fourteen new witnesses were. accord
ingiy, sworn in batch By Clerk
Alfred ". Mcdowell, and requested to
retire.
Chief Werner first in the chair. gave
Unimportant testimony. 1t was large
ly in the nature OF corrections he de-
sired to make as to dates and cir
cumstanccs. seemingly OF no prcot
moment. bearing upon his evidence
given at the preceding session
Attorney Mcclure suggested that
the list of disreputablc houses which
the police chief had been requested 10
supply be not made public. He said
that the list included houses i'm the
segregated district and outside. and in
cluded suspected houses" He ex-
planned that some OF the women thus
listed had since reformed and were
leading better lives: some of them n
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