The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-12

Or the 4,723 persons who applied
for transportation after the troop
attack, Mitchell declares 1,O69 had
police records, and that the bonus
army was melted to riot by Com
munists.
Pure politics." is Carriers COM
ment on this
Denies Mitchell Charges
Mitchelrs statement that first
contingents to reach Washington
were composed of groups led by
former convicts and Communists
brought from Carter the assertion
that the radicals Jumped in" after
the veterans had promoted the
B. E. F.
Carter intimates that high Of
f1cials in Washington desired that
some disorder occur, so that there
would be an excuse to eject the
B. E. F.
There were Communists in
Washington, said Carter today. Il
repeatedly requested General Glass
ford, Washington police chief, ana
his executive officer, Edwards, to
evict them from Washington. There
never were more than 500 there.
Il was told by GlaSsford that
eeven though they were a menace,
they could not be evicted unless
they committed some overt act"
That is peculiar, inaSmuch as
a recently composed May day riot
was broken up when the govern
ment was able to ferret out the
leaders and have them in Jail be-
fore May l.
"On July Is, during the Com
munist picketing of the White
House, police arrested nine leaders.
including the Communist vice-presi-
Dental candidate. On July %, in
company with Waters, Herbert S.
Ward, reputable practicing attor-
ney in Washington, and a man
named tombstone, we were invited
to call on Secretary of War Patrick
j. Hurley.
"At the conference, which lasted
TOUR hours, were Hurley and General
Douglas A. Macarthur, army chief
of staff.
Hurley told us that he had def
mite information from the army in
telllgence corps that upon evacua-
ton of bonus men, scheduled for
wednesday morning, riot was to
be started by Communists and that
man would be killed.
They then had nine Communist
leaders under arrest. Early Wednes-
day these leaders were released from
jail, IN the face of the So-called in
formation, so they might not be late
for the riot.
Inc Communist group arrived
late, after the evacuation. while the
situation was peaceful. The leaders
arrived by truck. rushed over and
started brick fight. One of the
communists grabbed General Glass
lords badge and rushed into a
middle of Communists. B. F. p
members broke up the huddle. oot
the badge and returned it to Glass
ford. '''''''
The brick fight was stopped vet
nobody had been killed. This fight
started about noon. Before 9 a m
that day regular army troops al
ready were waiting in the Streets
OF Washington for orders to march.
About 1870, while a meeting was
being held in a partly demolished
building, General GlaSSford started
up to the meeting, on the roof. ac-
companied by a number of police
officers, including a man in civilian
clothes, who later killed the two
veterans.
This man reached the top of the
stairway leading to the second
floor unmolested Turning around.
he ran halfway down stairs.
cropched, and came up firing at the
veterans downstairs. One man was
killed and one fatally wounded.
The prediction of Pat Hurley
had been accomplished. Somebody
had been killed. Then the army was
called into action