The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-25
0USTER PROBE
TURNS TOWARD
CAPT. POLLOCK
Business Men, Policemen
and Reporters Give
Officer Send Of.
TRIAL NEAR E N d
Patrolman Ernest Tells
of Accused Being
With Woman Of
Bad Repute.

Captain George Z. Pollock. against
whom custer charges are being heard
before Mayor Ainslie. had portion of
Mis- inning last night, and after hear
tng the testimony OF forty policemen.
three newspaper men and several
citizens. as character witnesses, and to
establish the claim that the accused
had never appeared in his office in an
Intoxicated condition. and that he Is
an efficient. courteous and affabie Of
fetal. the hearing was adjourned to
3 o'clock this afternoon. AT that time
ssx additional character witnesses.
Captain Pollock and his wife will take
the stand, and IL is believed the hear
Ing will be completed at the night
session.
Another shot, believed by the ac-
cGSefs 10 be OF a damaging character.
va4& fred by Policeman smith Ernest
al the afternoon session. He said he
w. n.afta1 the corner OF Monroe and
1Fnaa streets. about o'clock in the
morning, early in February, when he
heard d woman screaming. Some one
s4&a q woman was being assaulted by
man in the house on the corner. He
ran III 10 the third floor, whence the
screams came and met rnang whom
he recognized as person he had seen
several times, bat could not recall his
name.
What LIZ the trouble ?" asked the Of
ficer.
Nothing" was the reply, there Is
no trouble"
But the woman continued to pro-
test that some one was beating her
The officer then related the circum-
stances of Captain Pollock appearing
and later going away IN company with
the other man.
Reluctant; Witness.
Al the might session. the accusers
closed their ease with "A statement
from james T. Disney, president and
manager of Murphy's hotel. IL was
with some reluctance that Mr.. Disney
tosd of an interview he had with Cap
tain Pollock the day following an al.
legged esuapade in "A room in the hotel
In which Special Officer John Powers,
Captain Pollock and a woman as yet
unnamed figured,
Mr.. Disney stated that Captain Pol
lock had called at the hotel to see him
and explain that The incident OF the
previous day. although deplorable
one, perhaps, was. Notwithstanding, an
event in the course of business
Il swear before God" said Captain
Pollock. that ! was in the room on
legitimate business"
This statement" said MIR. Disney.
Il took under serious consideration.
Captain Pollock said he had no In
tention of OBTAINING the hotel. and was
30 earnest and serious. that consider
ed the explanation as satisfactory.
felt that the statement was made sin
cerely"
Mr.. Disney said he could not recall
the exact words OF the interview, but
that he was satisfied with the explain
alton.
When asked by counsel for the
prosecution II he had ever known
Special Officer Powers to misstate a
fact, Mr., Disney said that he had
not.
On a direct reply to counsel, wit
ness said that he mad reached his de-
cision In the matter so far as accept
ing the statement of Captain Pollock
from a personal standpoint rather
than on its merits.
The incident referred to was related
the previous day~by Special Ofiicer
John Powers, of Murphy's hotel. who
said he had found Captain Pollock In
= room at the hotel with a woman.
both being apparently drunk and In a
state OF undress
VIII Explain Hotel Scene.
# was said last night that this oc-
currence will be explained by Captain