Evening star., 1926-06-05
HEADLEY DECLARES
HE DECLINED TO BE
TRAFFIC DIRECTOR

TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
Continued from First PaGe)
charges We're brought by Repre-.
sentative Blanton. Democrat. OF
Texas, will he given over To the House
judiciary subcommittee some time TO-
day, ii was plainly indicated when
the session opened this morning. The
subcommittee will render Il report TO
the fun committee. which, in turn, Is
scheduled to report tn the House.
Representative Gilbert Democrat,
of Kentucky. whom Mr. Banton,
when he withdrew from the proceed
inEs yesterday, suggested should De
invited to serve in the capacity oi
proponent, informed Chairman Dyer,
Republican. Of Missouri that he will
he unable to accept the invitation.
Mr.. Blanton had stated that MIR. Gil
bert was willing to serve as cross
examiner of Mr.. Fenning, but only
upon invitation of the committee.
Committee Without Aid.
Mr.. Gilbert could not he located
Yesterday and. after thorough
search, Mr.. Dyer said he communi-
Gated with him this morning. This
leaves the committee without an as
sistant. and Mr.. Dyer announced the
! committee will be glad to have any
member of the House serve in that
capacity.
MIR. Fenning took the stand this
morning and under direct eNamina'
ton by Frank i. Hogan, chief de-
fense counsel. cleared up the I'M
peachment charges numbering 81 to
81.
While he was testifyinS Capt. Head
lev appeared in the committee room
in company with w. Pearce EaNnor'
who had previously testified IN capt.
Headley's behalf.
Completes Direct Examination.
Mr. Jennings direct examination
was completed at noon and Mr.. Hogan
announced that he would he aNaliabie
for cross.examination by the com
mittee or any one appointed To serve
in Mr.. Blanton's place. After testify
ing on the three remaining Speclflca-
tions Mr.. Hogan took up numerous
cases brought into the hearing. which
he declared had no bearing on the
charges. but nevertheless could not
go unanswered. These included the
incidents concerning Policeman Black
man. Henry r. Bennet. to which Will
ton T Lambert. Washington attor-
nev. testified: Mrs. Hanna Cooke. Mrs.
Mary V. Bumbrey. colored; Miss Mar
yaret Schoenfeld and the matter of
EMPLOYING a fireman as chauffeur on
the F'enning official car
Although Mr. Blanton had not di-
| rectly connected these cases with
any of the specifications. Mr.. ZEN
ninc's testimony developed dlftefen1
versions of the facts involved. In
reality it was a. repetition OF WHAT
| Mr.. Hogan had brought out from the
pIanton witnesses on cross eXamina-
| +ion Representative Michener. Ike
nublican. Michigan. asked, IN ialr-
ness TO Mr.. Blanton." II some way
| could not he arranged to nave MI.
Eann,ne. cross.eXamined. Mr.. Hogan
| insisted that Mr. Blanton knew posi
| lively that his client would ne VII
| moss and declared the record SO snow
| his frequent statements on thaL s"p,
| loot Several committee members
then sought to clear up any .elle.
| tions of their attitude towaf" .le
! case which might have pesh =,
| cred by the questions askeo. aliu - -
developed that Mr.. F'enmns M"a %
nersonallv acquainted with an! mem,
be,. no,. had he seen the committee
before, In one instance Represent
five Goreman, Republican, llillols
emnhasized he had made a reQues. -
70 Mr. Fenning for the promotioii oi
no,ice sergeant. and later the VI.
! Gcer he was interested in mao oeei
den,oted THAT. he declared, was NY .re
oI,, corraction he ever had with MI
E'anning officially or personally
Long Silence Broken.
oec;., silence on the demotion o
1psnector Albert !. Headley frolh o",,, ~,
mand of the Traffic Bureau e ~,
rank of captain, In cnalse sta;oar
fourth precinct, whlcn mas 10 a
for almost year, was proksh las
,n;nht nG Of the hearing when Commls
sioner Fennine let loose nooo y
tast imony designed to show ina. liz ~
insrector was removed because ~ u
willfully refused to cooperate WIN
i ,rraff3c Director NJ. O. Eldrfdge.
This testimony by far ovefsnaoowI, g s,
+! all of his answers to the lihpeao ;.
mont specifications from the stanu
noint Of revealing hitherto uhKno~
nv ,,nnublished facts. Mr.. Fennlns
! er,nhatic denial of the remaining o.
charges had been given seVeral tl.iie'
before and each answer was antri
pated BY those toiio"lhs ''e
closely. e,o .o,,,
Prank J. Hogan. chief defense coun
sel had taken the Commissione
through 2s Of the specifications, =, an, M
as the hour of 10 was approa,en,e,oa ,,a .
arrived at No.. 80, which charged M
Fenning with "wrongf'llly' demo'lns
Inspector Headley. me 'oilln,ls
sioner first made lengthy Nerba
explanation in which he showed tn
unanimous action of the Board o
Commissioners in replacing Headie;
had the approval of Maj. Daniei SUI
livan. then bed.ridden: Acting SUPP
of Police Evans and EDWIN Is. REESE
then chief clerk of the department
and now the superintendent.
This was followed by the identifica
tion and introduction of a "conf1den
tial memorandum for Mr.. Fenning re
garding Capt. Headley, dated Juiy
1925. and signed by M. 0. Eldrldge
diroctor nf ira ffic The letter mum