Evening star., 1922-03-28
Head Of Woman's Bureau
Charged With Conduct Pref
| judicial to Department.
CASE RESULT OF DELAY
IN RELEASING TWO GIRLS
Declared to Have Questioned Right
ofSuperior 0fficer-Willing to
Have Affair Aired.

Charges Of conduct prejudicial to
the good order. reputation and dig
eipline of the police department
wore He'd today against Lieut. Nina
C. Van ,winkle, head of the woman's
bnreau. a. a result Of the delay in
feleasing two runaway girls from
the house of detention last Thurs
day.
The case will be aired before the
police trial board at the Police Court
building at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning. The trial board will be
composed Of Assistant Corporation
Counsel wahly, Capt c. P. M. Lord
and Capt L. ]. Stoll.
wMing to stand Trial
II am perfectly willing to 60. on
trial." said Mrs Van Wrinkle, as she
started for the courthouse to testify
in a case cleared up by her bureau.
"I believe this will serve to clear the
atmosphere better than anything
else"
Tho lieutenant said she would be
represented by counsel at the hearing.
The charges were made out by
MAJ. Sullivan. superintendent on
complaint of Assistant Superintend-
ent Charles A. A. Evans, whose order.
1t Is alleged, she failed TO obey. The
ci argos read in full as follows:
II hereby charge Nina c. Van
Wrinkle, = lieutenant in the metro.
po1itan police force Of the District Of
Coiumbi3, as: follows:
"CharEe-Conduct prejudicial to the
good order. reputation and discipline
FRS N q m ~ n
violation Of paragraph II Of section
IL Of the manual governing said force.
.apestsoaed Superior 0Aeer.
Specification THAT she. the said
Nina c. Van winkle. on or about the
2ad day jof March. 1922. at or about
the hour of z o'clock am, did ques-
tiopsthe right of her superior ofncer.
to. wit, Asst. Supt. Charles 4. Evans,
to Issue an order for the release from
the house Of detentiogbf two femaies,
minors. held In said house Of dsten-
ton on no charge: but as fueitives
from their parents. sE
..Specacation THAT the lieutenant
aforesaid, did issue ORDERS to her sub
ordinate. to wit, Edna L. Johnston,
directing her. to hold tHe said minor
females in the house 6' detention un-
til further lnstructioat from her. the
ing that the release OF the said minor
females< had Heretofore been ordered
by the said lieutenant's superior Of
Acer, to wit, Asst. Supt. Charles A.
Evans"
Girls Held for Parents. re-
Gwendolyn Pel1. sixteen years old,
and Jane Evans, fourteen, both of
Brooklyn. N. Y. were taken into
custody by dtectives at Union sta
tion Wednesday night at the request
of their parents. who had wired
police headquarters to detain the
children until their. fathers could
como for them.
The controversy which resulted in
today's. action occurred Thursday
morning. when the fathers arrived,
before q o'clock. and Detective Sergt.
Cornwell. In charge Of the. detective
bureau. endeavored to have the girls
turned over to their fathers i'm.
mediately by the hopse of detention:
When Cornwell failed to succeed
inhavinE the girls released. Asst.
house Of detention, was drawn
into the controversy and had q tele-
phone conversation with Mrs Van
Winkle regarding the holding of the
children.
The hearing before the trial board
probably will hinge largely on the
conversation which took place be-
tween Lieut.. Van Winkle and Asst.
Supt. Evans.
An order issued by Mai. Sullivan
on March l.. placing the woman's
bureau In charge Of missing children
and women cases. also will play an