The Washington times., 1922-04-24
CALLS D \
BOARD I D
APOLOGIZE
To GLEN I
AssaiIs Findings As Not JUST
fled by Evidence and Re-
quests Revision.

quests Revision.
WHO initiated the chargl
against Mrs. Nina C. Van Wink
lieutenant Of police in charge o.
the woman's bureauf
"Can 10 be that the membe
of the trial board. not being n
sympathy with the character (
work done by Lieutenant vi
Winkle, yielded to the impulse \ o
criticize her, regardless of th
evidence7"
Appeals From Findings.
These are some of the questions
asked In the written brief filed
today with the District Commits
sioners in support OF Mrs. Van
Wrinkles appeal from the bindings
Of the trial board.
She was found not guilty OF the
charges purported to have been
made by Inspector Charles A.
Evans, but the board found that
Lieutenant Van Wrinkle has not a
proper conception of the cardinal
prevail in the police department"
II was this notation which her
counsel, Roger Whiteford, declares
was a "gratuitous insult" and
should be stricken from the perms-
nent record In the case.
Denied the right to make an oral
argument in support Of the Van
winkls appeal, Attorney Whiteford,
in a written brief, bitterly assails
the trial board and charges that the
woman police official was "pilloried
by those who are willing to go be
yond the record to serve their per.
sonal views"
Board Is AssafIed.
''The members OF such a trial
board" Mr.. Whiteford says, might
serve the public better by fiddling
upon a stick of cord wood with an
able-bodied bucksaw than TO be in q
position where they might publicly
air their assininity and use a public
position to slander the reputation
of innocent members of the force
who are so unfortunate as to come
before them"
The Commissioners are called on
to protect the members OF the
force from these indiscretions of the
Trial Board, and to assure the mem
bers Of the force that a trial will
be had upon charges and specifica.
tions, and the evidence adduced. no
less and no more"
Asks For Apology.
Mr.. whiteford declares that Mrs.
Van Wrinkle is due an apology, since
the trial developed that Inspector
Evans had no complaint whatever
to make against the woman lieu
tenant and denied that he had faith.
cred the charges against her.
There were no charges In truth
against Lieutenant Van Wrinkle" I"
says the brief, land all who heard
the evidence did conclude, that these
charges were filed either at the re-
quest of someone whom II was policy
to obey or because the Police Depart
ment did not have sufficient verte-
bral stamina to Withstand the
noisome, nauseous publicity calcu.
lated always to keep the Police De-
pertment Of the District OF Column
bia In disrepute." '.
There might be some excuse for
the two police captains going be-
yond the scope of both the charges
and the evidence in the case. the
brief says but certainly a lawyer,
educated in the rules OF evidence and
the Interpretation Of indictments,
could not have unconsciously strayed
out Of the record to make such I.
finding"
Lawyer Criticized.
The lawyer in question is William
ii. wakly, assistant corporation
counsel and chairman OF the Trial
Board. Ns,.
The Trial Boards only authority
was to say whether Lieutenant Van
winkls was guilty on not guilty"