Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-06-29
CHIEF SHERIaY'S MAMIE
HEADS LIST or OFFENDERS

Heading the list of offenders are
the names OF Chief OF Police c.. a -.
Sherry, Captain George e. Pollock,
purchasing agent for the Police De.
partmcnt; Detective Sergeant l.. c.
Bcrhucci and Bicycle Policeman c..
A. Strain wnom. the grand jury re
commended be dismissed from the po
lice force.
Described as being the leader of
tho dcnizens Of the underworld in
that he had gathered around him a
desperate coteric Of offenders and
. coached young men to "take q short
cut to fortune or the pcnitentiary
II. l.. Price alias Lewis Rogers, alias
II. Mcclure has seven indictments
returned against him. One of these
indictments charge him with a felony
while tho remaining six arc true bills
4oE misdcmeanors. 49, -, e-.
Members OF tho Police Department
and private citizens who are indicted
for violations Of the prohibition law
are: Former Policeman T.. S. Waller
Policeman I. G. Cousins; Policeman
Joseph II. Ridgeway; NJ. S. Angle,
special detective for tho Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway; Policeman j. w.
King; Former Policeman T.. I. Han
kcy Policeman T.. S. Bosquett: Police
man p. a. Bolton: Former Police
G. II. Dcskins and W. II. Bunton.
LENAHAN BLAMED FOR
MUTILATION OF EVIDENCE
In reporting upon the mutilation
OF the Lcnahan evidence which was
lntrustcd to the care Of Walter Chris
tim, clerk of the Hastings Court, the
Grand jury arrived at the conclusion
that this evidence to which only Wal
ter Christian and William Breeder
had lawful access had been out Of
their custody for several hours and
that the handwriting on the mutilat
cd evidence twas that Of p. J. Lena
han" Furthermore uhe grand jury
recommended that since Ben Jacobs
who all during the invest gation has
been faithful and Invaluable aid and
since he had promised to reform that
Governor Davis be requested to re-
move the Jail sentence which he is
now facing as q result of having been
convicted for Il violation of the pro
hibitiOn law.
In returning its report the members
or the grand jury did not show any
lenlcncy to the present Chief Of Pc.
lice. Chef Sherry was appointed Chief
OF police directly upon removal Of form
G rChicf of Police J. n. Is. Sowell who
was removed from Office by Mayor
Ainslie on May % for grave indiscrc
ton and infirmity of Judgment fata
to ono occupying the high Office to
Chief OF Police"
One Of the outstanding recommended
lions OF the grand jury was that the
frequent postponcmcnts of trials in
the courts of this city should I've stopp
cd. Tho Jurors did not hesitate to
say that these postponemcnts miltat
cd again the efficiency Of fne Police
department. and the Probability of sc
curing convictions Of violotorS of the
raw. moreover the report urged the
imposition of Jail sentences lest the
gravity OF their offcnse may be taken
as tr!fling by violctors OF the law.
MORALITY OF CITY
IS At Low EBB.
Asserting that from the Testimony
before the jury the morality OF tho
city is at a low cbb the jury directly
accused the present chief Of having
been i'll part at least the cause of this
state OF affairs. According to the mem
bers 1.-THE record Of G. A. Shorty as
captain OF THAT district and his as
sociations did not Justify nor warrant
his promotion to the Office of chief.
a large majority of the illegal houses
known TO exist are located in the First
District. 1t is the opinion Of the
grand jury that had he displayed while
captain the proper energy in the per
romance of mis- duties present condi
tons would not exist.
1T Is in evidence that Sherry while
captain OF the First District sent an
oflicer to advise the proprietors of a
certain place that they had been re
DOrtod aS having 1tnunr o,a tl,o+ al.