The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-27
Subcommittee Finds No Fur
Their Evidence of Value in
Probe of Vice Commission
REPORT SATURDAY
TO FULE COMMITTEE
Prospects Are Now For Speedy
Conclusion of Council hives
tigating Committee Faith
full Work

There is nothing in the mass Of
data now in the hands of the Vice
Commission that will be OF service TO
the Council committee investigating
the police department.
After weeks OF efforts TO see the
evidence" withheld a subcommittee
OF the investigating committee last
night saw it in executive session and
decided that Chairman Ashton Starke
confined himself to facts when ne
said that IL contained nothing OF
value. This decision was reached by
a unanimous vote on the part of the
three members of he-sssheemmitteeT
after a two-hour session last night,
with committee representing the
Vice Commission and report to that
effect will be made saturday Just
prior 10 the scheduled meeting at I
O'Clock in the afternoon OF the Coun-
Oh committee
Careful Examination.
Chairman Barton Grundy, of the
investigating committee: Councilman
English and Alderman Workman
careful examined the data freely
shown by those representing the Vice
Commission. and expressed themselves
as satisfied with what had already
been preented the Council by the COM
mission
Alderman Workman OF the sub
committee, lis one of those who have
fought for some time for the privilege
of seeing and determining for himself
the relevancy of the evidence" re-
naming in the possession Of the COM
mission Edgar English has opposed
throughout the production OF the
data. while Chairman Grundy has
been neutral. The subcommittee was
representative of the full committee
and this fact, together with me furtn-
err fact that several members OF the
committee said last night that they
were willing to abide by the decision
of their Representatives. makes II Ger
tain that on Saturday the report will
be accepted. This means that there
will be no further delay in ending the
investigation that has been In progress
for several weeks. and that shortly a
report of the Investigating committee
will be ready for the Council.
The meeting last night was attended
BY the three members OF the Council
committees subcommittee. BY DR.. j.
J Gravait. DIR. Lloyd T. Wilson and
Rev. f. Fl. Melton. representing the
Vice Commission: Murray NJ. Nc
Guire counsel for the commission, and
City Attorney, Pollard.
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The meeting was harmonious. rep
resentatives OF the commission being
perfectly frank with the representa-
tives OF the investigating committee.
and good feeling dominating through
out The data was carefully examined
and extended statements on both sides
receiving close attention. The opinion
of all was pronounced thar there rs
nothing In the papers Of the Vice Com :
mission that IS worth production be-
fore She investigating committee and
much that might injure innocent pri'
vate citizens. After explanations by
members OF the wee Commission pres
ent ii was apparent to all why the
data withheld had not been produced.
II was stated at the meeting last
night by members of the Vice Com
mission that the commission had
heard many rumors since the investi-
CATION started. but those II had been
able to run down resolved themselves
speedily into thin vapor. Others II
had been impossible either to prove or
tdisprove with any degree OF certainty
Thus ends long fight that has con.
sumed much time and greatly delayed
the progress OF the investigations. In
spite of the statement before the In