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Show PATROLMAN HARGROVE LEAVES POLICE FORCE Alleged Brutality in Making Arrest Said to Bo Cause of Action by Chief B. F. Grant. Patrolman C. A. Ilargrove resigned from the police force yosterday. Chief of Police B. P. Grant would not say last night whether tho resignation was by roquest or not. Chiof Grant acknowledged, ac-knowledged, however, that it was tho outcome of an investigation of alleged brutality by, Patrolman Hargrove to-wnrd to-wnrd John Randolph, -15 yoars of age, a colored laborer. Patrolman Hargrove arrested Ban-dolph Ban-dolph Friday night on suspicion of stealing a s'hovol which, it was said, ho was trving to soil. Investigation disclosed, it is said, that Hargrove failed to report having struck tho nogro with his club. |