1913 November 12 Atlanta Constitution 13 Pages Georgia
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- 1913 November 12 Atlanta Constitution 13 Pages Georgia
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- Chief Beavers The
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- 1913
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1913 November 12 Atlanta Constitution 13 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
PDF PAGE 3, COLUMN 3 MAYOR WOODWARD AGREES WITH CHIEF For First Time Two City Offi- cials Agree at Police Board Meeting. The board of police commissioners was thrown into whispered speculation last night when Chief James L. Beavers and Mayor Woodward, for the first time since the Beavers administration, agreed upon any one matter of consequence. This agreement came on a motion to deny the application of ex-Policeman George H. Spratling for reinstatement upon the force. Spratling, exactly one year ago, had resigned from the force under charges which had been preferred against him before the commission by Chief Beavers. The charges grew out of an alleged visit the ex-policeman had made to the home of a woman, where, it was claimed by police officials, he had met her without the knowledge of her husband. When charges were preferred before the commission, it was stated last night, Spratling resigned to take a position as railroad detective with a local railway. When his application was read before the commission Tuesday night, a strong fight was made to refuse it by Chief Beavers. Mayor Woodward agreed with the chief. The board tabled the application because of the two-year limit impos