Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-13
ONE SOLDIER IS FINED
FOR DISORDER At FAIR
Several Other Cases Are Continued
Until To-Day by Justice
Crutchficld.
TESTIMONY AS TO nowDYIsM
Mrs. Henderson Tells Court Conduct
Was Worst She Had Ever Seen.
Washington Police Official COrrob-
crates Her Statement.

NJ VI. Lavender. OF J23 south
Church Street. and Il. S i'ampiin,
OF the Field Hospital Corps. located
ut Camp stuart were each fined $40
and costs yesterday by Justice Crutch-
Held, charged with taking part in the
disturbance between the police and sol
diers =: the state Fair Grounds on
Wednesday night.
Tho testimony as given 10y the OIL
GERS making the arrests was suustan-
tally the same as the account OF the
affair carried in The Times Dispatch
on yesterday morning. TatrOlman W.
p. Clarke. Patrolmnn II. B. Soweli. Jr..
Patrolman :. +. F'lOurnoy. Patrol,nan
j. V. Ryan and Patrolman l.. j. Shipp.
the officers making the arrests. stated
that Tho soldiers, in solid formation.
burst through the gates TO tho number
OF something like 100. The officers
orderly m@nncr. and that there were
remarks such a lets mob those blue
coats"
Marching four abreast through the
Midway and other crowded places. fair
visitors We're unccrcmoniously pushed
10 one side. while the soldiers took ~
nearly the entire walk way.
wASHTNGTON WOMAN TELLS
Or CONDUCT or SOLDIERS
young woman. giving her name as
Mrs. w. |. Henderson. OF Washing ton
volunteered AS Il prosecuting witness.
she said she was in the crowd which
the soldiers rushed and that il was
the worst conduct she had ever seen
They acted like rowdies.' was what
she told Justice Crutchfeid. She said
she thought at one time that the sol
diers would Kill Captain Sowell She
commended the action of the police
and the manner In which they broke
up the disorder.
Police Sergeant J. s. johnson. OF the
WASHINGTON city police department.
lie corroborated the statements made
by the Richmond police and that made
by Mrs. Henderson.
Colonel George Wayne Anderson. AS
sisiant City Attorney said that he
wished the court 10 impose a small!
fnc upon the men. and that while
the incident in itself Was not a very
grave one. ne believed that it would
prevent further trouble between the
police and soldiers. He thought the
soldiers ough, TO know that they are
anenahic To the law. The same ~ amy
other citizen.
PAMPLIN APPEALS. AND
OFFICER FURNISHES nuND
Pampl!n noted AN appeal from the
decision Of Justice Cru,chneld. through
his attorney. Captain John y. Cutchins.
or the Blues. lie was required to fur
was furnished by Major Allen Potts,
Guartcrmastcr OF Camp stuart
The cases against the other men
charged with taking par, In the af-
fair were continued until to-day, owing
20 the crowded condition OF the docket.
That there was considerable interest
IN the cases against the soldiers was
shown by the larg" crowd attending
court. The room packed with
those eager TO sec the outcome of
this clash between civil and military
officers
Seven soldiers We're arrested in con-
ncc''on with tho affair. l.. 81. Glinn
thirty-fvc years old. was charged with
disorderly conduct AMI with interior
ing with two policemen In the dis
charge OF their duty; y. : Pamplin.
twenty-five. with disordcrly conduct
X l.. Marshall. twenty-,hrcc. disor-
Derby conduct: :. II. Galway. twenty,
disorderly conduct and resisting arrest:
charles +. Ycatman. nineteen disor-
derby conduct and interfering with the
police in the discharge OF their duty:
v Parks. twcnty-thrcc. disorderiy con-
duct and, NJ y. McOuaric. twenty-six.
disord"rly conduct