The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-02
Will Contain Allegations of
More Startling Nature Even
Than Heretofore Anticipated
Will Call For
Prompt Probing
Will Probably Mean That
Mayor Ainslie Will Call the
Council In Special Session to
Take Necessary Action

Tho Vice Commission's report
No. 2 was completed yesterday
afternoon.
II will be I'm the hands OF May
or Ainsiic at an early hour tIiis
morning.
The information IL contains
and tho allegations Ii will make
will surprise even those who
have been In touch with the stu
alton.
Charges will be made, backed
zap by specific evidence" of such
a nature that Mayor Ainslic will
doubtless sec fiji to call spe.
cial meeting OF the Common
Council to take such action as
1t may feel proper In the prem
ises at once.
The next regular meeting of the
Council is On the first Monday in
April There is reason to believe
that the Mayor will place the mat
ter before the Council at once. and
to that end an early meeting OF the
body will pc asked for.
That the report will deal directly
with the specific information" asked
for by the Mayor and will be sur
nature Of the Information 1t will con-
tain and the extent of investigation
IL will reveal can be asserted on un-
questionable authority.
Still Others Coming.
The repor: today will not be the
last of the commissions work. as has
been widely stated, but Will be fol-
lowed by several others In fact the
further the commission goes in its
work the greater is the field of In
vestigation that opens up before 1t.
Members of the commission are de-
,ermined that their work shall be
thoroughly done. and they will moi
be turned aside from pushing their
investigations to tho very last source
OF information. So long as they re-
main an organized body they will
continue to present evidence to show
the practice and extent of CONNER
c!aljzed vice in the city OF Richmond.
Report Shaped Up.
Mayor Ainslie who retired I'M
usually early last night. and so could
not be interviewed, stated over the
phone that he had, not received ths
report and had not expected to re-
ceive it until this morning because OF
the fact that the commission met lats
in the afternoon. The report, how
ever. is completed in so far as II re-
iates to specific charges reqO sted by
the Mayor and contains a great deal
of information that will startle the
public IL is understood that report
No 2 has been practically complete
for some time and only needed the
finishing touches that were given II
yesterday afternoon to make 1t COM
plete. Members of the commission
last n!ge,t were confident that the re-
port will be sufficiently conclusive TO
satisfy The most particular and II
any one. cfficiai or private citizen. has
been hugging the vain delusion that
goods to deliver. that individual is
slated for a heavy Jolt in the region
Of his fancied security.
Probable Action.
What action the Mayor will take
N the report is not definitely known.
although Il the evidence is as strong
as now seems assured it In not un-
likely that special meeting of the
Council will be called to consider an
investigation of the entire police ad-
ministration.
Other Reports to Follow.
The Vice Commission was called to
meet yesterday afternoon at O'CLOCK
in room csc Of the Jefferson Hotel.
which has been the scene Of most Of
its deliberations. The body was in
session only during the afternoon and
completed its work before adjourning
for supper. The report not having
been presented to the Mayor last
night. II was consequently not given
out for publication. but after the
Mayor has received it. which will be
some time today, prompt action Of
drastic nature Is expected. Members
OF the commission stated last night
that the report was complete. but for
the fact that the Mayor had not seen
It. It could have been published. 1t
was also stated that there will be
other reports to follow. but just what
their nature will be was not indi-
Gated.
The report will doubtless give in
concrete and manageable form the re-
suits gained from large number OF
affidavits and source material In the
possession of the commission, which
their nature. be seen by the Mayor
alone. Taese are the papers which
the chairman of the commission re-
Gently stated he would be glad to see
burned 80 as to remove such evidence
from existence.
Mayor Asked For Report.
Report No comes as the result
of a letter written to the com mission
by Mayor Ainslie asking that 1T report
to him rs soon as practicable. the
specific evidence in it's possession
which affected the police administra-
ton in Richmond as regards the prac-
tee OF commercfalixed vice. This let
ter followed and modified a letter
written several weeks ago. which re-
quested the commission to complete
its labors and make its final report.
Following conferences with the m.>
bers OF the commission. by whom this
erst letter was regarded as practically
nm order OF dismissal. the Mayor
wrote his second letter. requestinE
merely q prompt report on the q1es-
ton OF police administration. On this
request. the coma!seson sst to work,