Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-19
COMMITTEE REJECTS
PLAN FOR P0L|CEWOMEN
Ordinance Cnfavorabiy reported AZ
ter Hearing From Mayor
and Chief.
KH"NGEL CASE IS DISCUSSED
Committee Summons Other Police
Officers to Determine Whether or
Not krengel Was Injured While i'm
Discharge of His Official Duty.

After recommending. ~ a unaui-
nous vote. that the ordinance designed
to add three police women L" tn. Police
Department be rejected. th. Council
Committee en- ordinances last ueht
went into lengthy hearing ON the
ordinance designed 10 restore Fred l..
Ereugcl 10. the police force with the
rank and pay Of Il detective Serceant.
Final action. however. was not taken
tn- committee finding IL necessary TO
ask advice from the city Attorney
and al the same time TO take steps
to ascertain whether Krencel was
wounded in ;he discharge OF his duties
as police officer While records at
Police headquarters show this to be
the case, the committee j. DESTROYS of
first hand Information, and TO that end
directed that Detective Scrseauts John
f. Willy and Louis r. kellam. who were
with krcngel at the time OF the ac-
ridcnt, be summoned to tell all ,irGulu-
stances connected with the shooting.
Persons VINO spoke IN krengers be-
hale included Councilman Jacob TIM
lauf. Of clay Ward. patron Of The or
dinance, and Attorney Murray N. Mo
CURE. while there were large NUM-
be- of friends Of the former detective
present Mr.. krcnecl was also in at
tendance \ letter urging the com
mittee 10 favorable action in the case
signed by Rev. j j Gravatt, H. D.
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read by MIR. tmlauf. the minister being
unable 10 appear before t.ie commit
tee because lac IL confined 10 a hos
pitai with dislocated shoulder
tiNSLIE SAYS KKENGET. -
DIS4I tLIHIED E0H DUTY
Messrs. Umlauf and Mcclure pleaded
earneSt ly with the committee TO recon-
mend the ordinance for adoption. al
though Mayor .AinSiie chief OF Police
!, i'm,
police surgeon. said that krengcl was
disqualified for duty
Ia response /" ii question from coun-
Gilman Hoden. Mayor Ainslie said that
wHiic the rules al the Police Depart
mrnt would be violated, ye, should the
Council adopt the resolution and re-
quest that krcngel he restored To the
force. II would undoubtedly he done
He added: "If the city Council re-
nuestcd me t. put on a man who is
deaf dumb and blind he would 70
on, In further reply he said that he
knew Of u" position in the department
which krengei could iii.
~ this point Mr.. Eodon offered q
motion 10 recommend the rejection ot
the ordinance. He afterward with
drew this motion when Councilman
English offered - substitute 10 ask the
city Attorney whether the Council had
the power 10 pension one - probably
q dozen men who have been retired
from the Police Department
WANTS TO KNOW HOW
IiItENG:i. WAS INJURED
IF this man was injured in the dis
charge Of his official duty want to
vote for = pension FOR him" declared
Mr. English. and he then included the
order To summon willy and kellam at
the next meeting. Mr EngIish's mo
ton prevailed
Nrcnsr' was accidentally shot in
iui!, 1917. while with WHY aud I\c!-
lam and engaged in railinr a resort
"a Fifteenth s'reek He was retired
Mayor Ainsiic forwarded TO the com
mItics letter recommending that the
ordinance creating The poiircwcmcr
hc rejected. He had conferred. he wrote
Win IN chief Of Police and all district
captains concerning The matter, ana
All were Of the opinion that there was
-" need for The services Of female II
ncais.
Airs. Georgia May Jobson and Miss
Ndcic clark, representing the Social
service Fedora ton, urged the commit
zee 10 recommend The ordinance for
adoption. II worked for seven years
IN order to get IL woman as il police
matr"n. Mrs. Jubson said and stand
r"a"y TO work seven more III order
l" get poiicewomrn.