San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
Cop With a Presbyterian
Conscience and a Bull
Dogs Courage Has Been
Suspended Six Times
Since Going Into Office;
Says He Will Not Quit and
Won't Accept Compro-
mise. ..
BY WILLARD FERGUSON

Copyright, 1924. by Consol. Press Assn.
Atlanta, Ga, March 29.-Chief of
Police James J.. Beavers, "the man
who won't quit" has been suspended
again-this time ON three counts, the
principal one being .that he violated
rules of the department when he ar
rested Mrs. Asa G. Candler ST. 3,
young wife of the S2-year-old Coca
Cola king. in an apartment along wi'h
a bottle of liquor and two men, W.
J. Billy Stoddard. president of the
National Association of Cleaners All
Dyers. and G.. W. Keeling.
This suspension. following just af-
ter his defeat in the sheriff's race in
which he was candidate against
James r. Lowry, meantime keeping
his job as police chief. would be
enough to discourage anyone less stout
of heart than Beavers. But he's used
to having the politicians jump on him
with both feet. Since he became chief
thirteen years ago and Immediately
closed the red light district. Beavers
has been suspended lalf dozen
times.
Put Out Again.
Once he was put out of office for
two years. He hadn't a penny, but
he kept body and soul together BE-
running~a little grocery store and try
ing his hand at farming. He took bis
case to the courts and kept it there.
finally winning a derision which set
aside the ruling of the police board
and made him chief again.
Now he and the police board have
squared off for another fight. prob
ably to a finish this time with the
arrest as the CHIEF charge
against the man who has a Presbytar-
ian conscience and a bull dogs cour-
age.
Ed Inman. police board chairman,
who makes the charges against Beav
ers, was a member Of the original
board that first tried 70 Dust the chief.
He says that in arresting Mrs. Cand-
Ter. the chief violated a department
rule which prohibits policeman
from working on divorce cases. The
contention is that Mrs. Gambler was
arrested simply to furnish the Cora
Cola king grounds on which to file
a divorce suit. No such SUR. however.
has yet been filed.
Was Doing His Duty.
Beavers answer is lat he was sim
ply doing his duty when he made the
Gambler arrest.
James T. Beavers became patrol |
nan IS years ago and slowly worked
himself up from the ranks. He is |
big. fair-skinned, fair-haired man with |
steady blue eyes. Long ago he GIT |
The name of being afraid Of nothing |
hat walks on two feet. When The
'Pittsburg" race riot happened here
1ears ago. Beavers, then just a patrol
nan. walked through a hail Of bullets
% the house where a desperate had
himself.
When John NJ. Slaton committed
Leo Franks death sentence to life
it vas Chief Beavers
Who dealt with the mob that gathered
n front of the state capitol and
threatened to batter their way into
he governors office. His method was
imple. He rammed mis- way through
he crowd. took the rirgleaGer by the
'ollar, hauled him off to call box
,itched him into the patrol wagon,
len came hack and told the crowd to
Iisperse. They did.
Will Not Quit.
Beavers laid out a career Of trou-
lie for himself just after he became
hief in 1911. He vas one Of the
irst police chiefs in the whole coun,
nv to put the lid on 4 iendeIoin. an1
when he did this he stepped heavily
IN the toes of some ihfluerGal cit-'