The Washington times., 1932-07-28
ASSURES CHIEF.
! Of POLICE He
WILL HELP
Private Camp Owner Says
Interest of Government
Will Be Paramount

fray, shouting:
"Don't club him. Don't club
him, whatever you do"
It required seven policemen to
arrest Faulkner.
Suffer Head Cuts
Policemen injured in the melee
were Robert Floyd. 38, of the
Tenth precinct; Edner Scott, col
ored, 81, of the Fourth precinct;
j. E. Winters, "a, of the Ninth
precinct, and Samuel Hartung, 20,
of the Second precinct. All suf'
fered head cuts.
Earlier in the day Francis Hotf-
man, %. Washington Times
photographer, was injured when
he fell while attempting to take
picture of the eviction.
When the eviction started 81 po-
licemen were on duty. After the
bloody battle with bricks and
clubs, however, General GlaSsford
ordered every available policeman
on the scene.
Police made a furtive effort to
head off the veterans from Ana
costa, but we're unable to raise
the Eleventh Street drawbridge be-
cause of the presence on it Of
several hundred veterans.
Four members of the B. E. F.
taken from Camp GlaSsford and
held at the First precinct station
house are, believed by police to
have come from other camps.
Two of the four will be con-
fronted by General Glassford as
complaining witness, and one is
said to have taken the generals
badge from his pocket.
Took Chiefs Badge
The alleged badge-taker is
booked as Bernard Mccoy, 36, of
Chicago, a bricklayer He is said
to have thrown several bricks and
to have melted disturbance.
One of the bricks hit policeman
named Withers in the face, it is
charged. When he reached the
precinct station he was in a
somewhat dilapidated condition
and his shirt was hanging from
his neck.
John F.. Culshaw, SO, Of Du-
quesne, Pa, also a bricklayer. is
alleged to have been a companion
of Mccoy.
John o. Olson, A, of sacra-
mento, Calf, a carpenter, and
Charles Phipps Rubey, 38, Of IT'S
Fourteenth st. S. E., also said to
have been taken from Camp
Glassford, are held for inVestiga-
tion.
Two men were sent to First
precinct station during evacuation
of the Texas group. The men are
Ralph Emerson McCabe, 80, who
gave his address as 349 Maryland
Ave. s. w., and Harold Erwin, AZ,
of 334 Pennsylvania Ave. N. w.
Harry Mcbride, 35, of Camp
Marks, was arrested on the
Eleventh Street bridge by Police
man H. B. Mohler, of the Traffic
Bureau, when he began fight
with another marcher on the trek
from Anacostia.
The Department of Justice, in
a statement issued today, asserts
that the members of the bonus
army are trespasSerS, that there
is no longer any justification for
their presence here, and that
they are additionally guilty, as
individuals, of many violations OF
District laws. This unlawful con-
duct cannot longer be tolerated,
the statement continues, and ar
rests will be made for all VOLTA
tionS of the laws.
One veteran, waving an Amer
dcan flag, occupied the roof of
the building and yelled his de-
fiance at the police, continuously
calling:
Decision of the Treasury to oc-
cupy the building was given dra-
matically to Commander Waters,
commander-in- chief of the B. Eff,
as he made an address seeking to
hold the men in line and urging
that they be law abiding and do
nothing to endanger the cause of
the bonus marcherS.
The TreaSury'S decision was
handed to Waters by Edward r.
Whitman, a solicitor in the office
OF the supervising architect. Mr..
Whitman was accompanied to the
area by A. Walter. personal secre.
tary to General GlaSSford.
After receiving the notice,
Waters resumed his speech and
urged the men to get out without
trouble.
Would Avoid Trouble
He said:
"Since have been here 1
have tried to give you boys
sound advice. My advice Is
to get out without trouble.
There are 200 of you men Oc-
Cupying that building. So 1
say, get out. The District gov
ernment will have trucks avail.
able to take you to Camp Bart
lett and there are enough tents
there to house you.
Beginning tomorrow we will
have lumber at Camp Bartlett
and will begin constructing per.
manent barracks which we can
use during the winter time.
THE money for this purpose
has been donated by a very
wealthy woman who has our
cause at heart. Let Ts not do
anything which WIN injure our
cause.
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