Evening star., 1922-04-07

peat his order. which he believed
might possibly hint of countermand-
ing the order of Superintendent Sui
livan, but ordered that Mrs. Van
Wrinkle get down to the house Of
expedite matters. To this. he said.
she replied in the Affirmative.
AS to his duties. Inspector Evans,
pointing to an order prescribing
them, said they included all territory
street. in which jurisdiction the
house OF detention and women's bureau
come.
He said that his authority with
depreciation of the order, the same
as in the cases of precincts. under
his supervision.
Had Tea Together.
A wave of humor broke the monotony
Of the steady fire of questions from
Attorney Whiteford when he asked
Inspector Evans II 1t was not q fact
that he did not exercise his power in
specting the house Of detention until
after he had filed charges against Mrs.
Van Wrinkle.
No he answered. las has been
| stated in the newspapers, l had tea
with Lieut.. Van Wrinkle at the house
of detention before the charges were
filed"
Was the inspection Of the tea salts
factory" inquired Attorney White
ford.
lauisite,' replied Inspector Evans. amid
a ripple of laugher from the crowd
, that filled the boardroom.
You know that prior to March %
there had been considerable overlap
ping between the woman's bureau and
| the detective bureau in the handling
of cases?' Whiteford inquired.
That's possibly true, not only be-
| tween the detective bureau and the
womans bureau. but between the
woman's bureau and the precincts"
| Then followed long period OF verb.
| al sparring between whiteford and
Evans. in which the attorney endeav-
ored to draw from the inspector an
admission that the case of these two
| girls came within the meaning of the
airy rs. giving the woman's bureau
| exclusive" jurisdiction over missing
children and women who could not
give proper accounts of themselves.
Wrong Interpretation.
Evans contended Mai. Sullivan's Or
der meant the woman's bureau was
to detain and care for such women
and children. He argued that it did
not mean the detective bureau or
precincts should have nothing to do
with such cases
Chairman Wahly interrupted the
cross-examination to say he did not
think the trial board would neces-
sarily be guided by Evans interpre-
tation OF Maj SullivaD's order, and
asked Mr. Whiteford not to dwell toe
long on that subject.
Inspector Evans told Mr.. White.
ford he did not believe the two girls
| in question could be detained by Mrs
| Van Winkle under Maj. Sullivan's or
der OF February 25, because they had
given a proper account Of themselves
sons who could not do so.
Attorney Whiteford then referred tc
| the fact that the girls carried Boy
Scout knives and that one had a re.
volver. He asked Evans IL he thought
in view Of those facts, the girls had
given a proper account of themselves
Parents Respectable.
Evans replied that the information
received by the police from New York
indicated that the girls had left their
| homes in New York, had come to
Washington and wired back for
| money with which to get home; tina,
their parents had asked the police
only to hold them until their fathers
could arrive, and that the police had
! every reason to. believe the parents
! were respectable citizens.
Whiteford asked the witness why
| action was not taken on the fact that
one of the girls carried a. revolver.
Evans replied that the carrying Of
. revolver by . fourteen-ye OLD
| child was not as serious as il 1t were
carried by an adult, and that he did
not believe It warranted court action
when the child could be turned over
| to her parentA
The witness then testified that he
did not know when he telephoned to
Mrs. Van Winkie to release the girls
that morning that the order she re-