Show CHARGES OFFICER c. c GOT OT illS HIS A. A W. W St Stringfellow Says Fre Free Clough Had Grudge Against Him L ARRESTED MAN AS DRUNK I 1 Chief Pitt Investigating Fact Brought to to Light in I Police Court 9 S 7 t- t Chief CIder of oC Police Pitt Is 1 making aJ ni an Investigation of or the thc charges cs ma mad niad A against Patrolman Fred Clough who wh is 15 charged with making an arrest ii jn order to get even e with Ui a man whon whom he ho does iio not like A. A W. W Stringfellow StringEd Stringfel- low was wa arrested as a drunk bj b Officer Clough at the thc Salt Palace Au Auy i 21 1 early In the evening and wa was brought to the police station ant anc and locked up He lie was released on hal bail and went directly back to th this Sail Palace and ami was arrested ste the time within two hours It is not disputed disputed dis dis- that he had been drinking but there thero Is a. a question as to whether ht hI u was as drunk I says sars the arrest was wat made because of or spite Ho says he ita was not drunk when ho was arrested t at Ui the Salt hut but Palace was as pinched because the wanted revenge for f r Stringfellow saying he was crooked e The case ii aired alre w was s in police pollee court COUlt Wednesday ay and Oft Officer Clough Clou h made damaging admissions He states however how how- over ever that he ht did tild not understand the questions which were put lUt to him and anti was 1 somewhat excited and said things which he did not mean He lie asked Chief Pitt to Investigate o the matter arid and this is being done There has been beell bp n no complaint issued rl t In III tho matter but Attorney Ashby Snow who is retained by StringEd StringEd- low 10 ays says there will vIlI be Asked In re regard to the arrest last ni night ht Officer Clough dough saidI saidI said I I arrested Stringfellow ho was drunk runk and ami had I not not hot done It Il someone else would have had hail to Jo do to so He was in the crowd mal making lIl a disturbance and two men came eanie to tome m me inc and told me mc to tal take e him out as I he was cur cursing ln before lathes ladies malting making himself generally obnoxious obnoxious- I J 1 t gave him a a. chance to go o home but I i y h would not do JO so Patrolman Charles 1 Pitts was present nt and I tol told 1 him we wc would have hav to arrest Stringfellow I and I rather he would make the ar arrest nr- nr rt r- r r rest t a asi a. I knew kne would t I ay RY I did it to get et c with s him I placed him under arrest t. t and Officer j Pitts blou brought ht him hin to the station I The Thc second time when he came back he made the remark that he was at atthe atthe i the Salt Palace to make a r fool of r an I officer He lie was warned varned b by Officer 5 Pitts Officer Rhodes and my myself lf to togo go f home but refused aud l. e oth r I r disturbances So fo I placed him i v. v arrest the second Um time I |