Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-25
COPS ARE CANNED
destinations Of Policemen StuFgiS
and WillifOrd Accepted.
FRIENDS SAY THEY WERE FRAMED

Salaries of Rock Hill Officers Are In
creased-Warnine Given That They
Must Get on the Job or Get OFF 1t
coppers Alleged to Have Been En-
SHARED by Couples of; Sirens.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Rock Hnl, Aug. 24-Policeman Ural
Sturgis and, Sam Williford, for some
time past members of the Rock Hill
force, have handed IN their resigna-
4 tions to keep from being fired The
4 designations are the result OF charges
against the two men filed with. the city
council 1t is alleged; that a few
nights ago the two policemen We're
found seated in big automobile with
two women Of the underworld who
came here from Charlotte according
to reports. The two policemen, it Is
alleged were on duty at the time they
were discovered with. the two women
about 2 o'clock one morning last week.
A quantity of liquor was found in the
automobile and one of the women is
alleged to have claimed that the liquor
was furnished by Policeman Wifliford.
The affair has been the talk of, the
town for several days.
Friends of the policemen say that
it is framc-up against them by
enemies. 1t is claimed by their friends
that the two women came to Rock Hig
expressly for the purpose of compro-
missing the two cops" The fact that
the two policemen who caught them
with the women and reported them
were not on duty at the time they
broke into the little party, is pointed
to by their friends.
Friends of Williford further claim
that the liquor story will not fit him
because he does not drink liquor.
former member Of the Rock Hill police
force who worked long with Williford
told the correspondent that he had
never known the policeman to take
drink in his life and that he had been
with him under various and sundry
circumstances. ,.g
According to street talk, the two
women blew into town and had little
trouble in rounding up the two cops.
There was liquor and singing and a
gay old time generally. Two more
policemen appeared on the scene and
presto-the party was pinched. The
women were arrested and later releas-
ed without paying a fine. The officers
/ l,,yf 10 o1ipf nf nn1ipn
and at Il meeting of city council on last
Saturday they handed in their resig-
nations. They were goinG to have to
do it anyway.
Williford in Trouble Before.
Policeman Williford figured in a
shooting scrape several months ago in
which he was engaged with NJ. +.
Owens, we'll known man about the
town of Rock Hill. The two men en-
gagged in a pistol duel on the main
street of the town and while neither
was hit, bullets flew thick and fast Tor
awhile. OWENS is now under bond to
answer q charge Of assault and battery
with intent to kill at the York county
court of general sessions next Novem-
ber
At meeting of city council Mon
day night at which time the resigna-
tions of the two policemen were ac-
cepteI, there was a thorough thrashing
out Of matters connected with the
police department. 1t was the con-
census of opinion that the salaries of
the coppers were so low that the Of
ficers were not enthusiastic about their
jobs and in fact one of the principal
matters in which they were interested
was in drawing their pay.
The city manager was Of the opinion
that if the policemen were paid better
salaries they might exercise more visi-
lance and might be inclined to go after
those of ways that are dark and tricks
that are questionable. Incidentally IL
was said that there was plenty in Rock
Hill for the cops to do if they would do
it. So council adopted the recommended
tion of the city manager that the chief
Of police be paid s175 q month in the
future, the assistant chief $3.50 a
month and the ordinary policemen or
"patrolmen" as city folks call 'em, $3.50
n month. The mayor didn't make any
bones about telling Chief Youngblood
that he wanted him and all his men
to get right on the job and that If they
didn't do it they would be replaced by
men who would. All the coppers were
given distinctly to understand now
that they are drawing pay equal to
that of policemen OF larger cities they
must get right down TO business.
church once worshipped the families Of