Prosecution Changes Hands in Logan County Case Hearing
Opera House hosts sessions as Brooks shifts prosecution duty to district attorneys. The hearing features Brooks and other department figures facing charges of using the agency for political ends, misusing property, and tolerating gambling. Witnesses describe Hatfield ties, pay arrangements, and a 1929 Logan county party with liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent Brooks
Brown
Brooks
Richard Brooks
Hatfield
Burge
Testi
House Committee
Brockus
Parkersburg
Lloyd Layman
Logan County
W. G. Brown
Layman
United States
Henry D. Hatfield
Walter S. Hallanan
M. Z. White
State Senate
House
Hallanan
White
W. D. Gray
Wheeling
W. W. Creasey
Bluefield
Oak Hill
Cooper
Sullivan
Logan
Elmer Jones
A. W. Garnett
Boone County
W. G. Wamsley
Brookes era politics cloud West Virginia police bureau
The article details allegations of political influence in the West Virginia Department of Public Safety during Chief Brooks tenure. It notes testimony about transfers and dismissals driven by political figures, debates within a House committee, and mixed findings by the majority and minority reports. Brooks asserts no political interference and cites his personal defenses including his son’s assignment and responses to charges. Additional local social notes mention visits by Katherine Hines and family to Grafon and residents Harold Wittman and Dorothy Nye in Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Boone County
Byrne
Brooks
House Committee
House of Delegates
House
Repubican
Campbell
Kanawha
Smith
Marton
Cusack
Wetzel
Dunn
Faxton
Fazenbaker
Mineral
Chief Brooks
West Virginia
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Republican State Committee
Lthe
Board of Commissioners
Logan County
D. Hatfield
Tennis Hatfield
Joe Hatfield
William G. Brown
Fales
Department of Public Safety
Tenis
Nith
Bheot Brown
Katherine Hines
Carneysville
Grafton
Hearings Set On June 10 To Remove State Officials
Gov Conley fixed June 10 as the hearing date on recommendations by a House of Delegates committee to remove State Compensation Commissioner Lee Ott and compensation department actuary J W Smiley. The panel found both unfitted for their posts after a three week inquiry into the department during the 1931 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan County
J. W. Smiley
Ott
Smiley
Conley
George Poffenbarger
Charleston
C. W. Dillon
Fayetteville
Toames M. Mason
L. S. Echols
House of Delegates
Igh
Ferrell
Hasley
Mercer County
Thornton
Raleigh County
Randolph
Harrison County
Ulrich
Repub
Mean
Ohio
House
Department of the Illinois Coal Company
Tilini Coal Company
Brooks Charged in Kanawha County House Inquiry
Supt Harry L Brooks commanded company B at Williamson and Lt A M Long oversaw Elm Grove detachment. The house committee referred its report to Governor Conley, who sent it to the Police Board of Commissioners to hear charges against Brooks Barton and Long. C H Williams filed formal charges as citizen taxpayer of Cabin Creek district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
R. E. O'Connor
State Police
O’brien
Charles Meade
Wheeling
Ira Hager
Logan County
Byrne
Cooper
Barton
Long
J. D. Hatfield
Sehriff
Tennis Hatfield
Hatfield
Cosa
Hatfields
J. R. Brockus
Williamson
Logan
Amos’ Sullivan
Boone County
Coal Valley News
Madison
Board of Commissioners
House
Walter 8. Hallanan
J.D. Hatfield
Brooke
Brockus
Hallanan
Brookus
Brown
R. E. Brooks
J. D
Manding Company
A. M. Long
Elm Grove
Conley
Police Board of Commissioners
C. H. Williams
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
Relative of Local Woman Is Buried
Mrs. Bertsel Cross sister in law of Mrs. Ross Cross of the Cafeteria Court force was buried yesterday from the United Brethren Church on Sugar Creek in the Belington region. Cross died June 3 at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins. Mrs. McGrath has been very ill since her husband’s death last year and remains in serious condition. Miss Beatrice Hatslip of Knott avenue returned from Pittsburgh after visiting her aunt Mrs. B Z Holverstott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertsel Cross
Ross Cross
Cafeteria Court Force
United Brethren Church
Sugar Creek
Belington
Cross
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
William Mageran
J. J. McGrath
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Opera House
Stars In Liberty
Criminal Code
Ee Huston
Associated Press
R. A. Dunn
Charlotte, N. C
Presbyterian Church In
Montreal
N. C
Nick. E. Idon
Deent
East Grafton
Miss
R. Sloan
Harry L. Brooks
W. Main
Postoffice
C. V. Miller
Reliable Footwear
W. Va
Rexall Drug Stores
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Johnny Christian Baltimore
Hollywood Orchestra
Baltimore
Valley Vnn
Esther Ralston
Roland Young
Cliff Edwards
Harry Pollard
Metro News
Vaudeville
Strand Theatre
Broadway
Aasrion Davies
Laurence B. Johnson
Marion Davies
Robert Z. Leonard
Jaey Moran
Lester Vail
Marie Prevost
Pruntytown Ind
Breek
Arrington
Chas
A. Bartlett
D. N
A. Gawthrop
John T
A. Hanes
A. M
Als
Utt
W. J
Woodsdale Cemetery
Fruntytown Ind
District—Court House
Nan Armstrong
John W
Mary
A. Coal
Ol Cardér
Josephine
A. —.Cooper
Mary M
Helms
Agnes
Kemble
Nancy
Newton
Lonnie B
Robinson
Albert M
Coal Robinson
John L
Grand Theatre
George Bancroft
Paramount Picture
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