Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-12
TWOPOLICEWOMEN
MAY Be ACQUITTED
Attorney Contends Charges
of MaItreatment of Mrs.
Marx Not Proven.

Dismissal for lack of evidence of
the charges of maitreatment and un-
becoming conduct preferred against
Mrs. Gladys Black and Mrs. Pearl r.
Parker, policewomen, was asked this
afternoon by counsel for the accused
officers at the conclusion of testimony
by the complainants before the Police
Trial Board.
The board took the motion under
advisement pending testimony by
number of defense witnesses.
The principal witnesses against the
policewomen were Mrs. Loretta Marx
Of 1925 Eleventh street, who was
mistaken by the policewomen for an
escaped inmate of the National Train
ing School for Girls: her brother-in-
low, Louis Marx, who was accom-
panying her at the time of the al
legged attempted false arrest; Miss e.
Ellicott, owner of the Eleventh street
premises, and Richard f. Benton, a
roomer in the house. All of the
prosecuting witnesses supported sub
stantially the graphic story of alleged
mistreatment related by Mrs Marx
this morning.
A graphic story of what was char
aCIoflZ6Q as lIlSdHc a.
the hands of two policewomen. who
had mistaken her for someone else,
was unfolded to the trial board today
by Mrs. Marx.
Approximately dozen witnesses
waited to testify either for or against
the policewomen.
of the Police Department. Approx
fnn waited IN
testify either for or against the po-
licewomen.
Mrs. Marx, an attractively dressed
young woman of Slight stature, de-
tailed with vigorous gesture and
flashing eyes how those women: as
she said, grabbed her in front of her
home on July 81 last and attempted
to force her into their automobile
standing nearby.
Thought Woman Insane"
"I had Just come out of my house in
company with my brother-in-law,
Mrs. Marx declared. when that wom-
an there Indicating Mrs. Parker)
grabbed my wrist and asked me my
name and address. L gave her my
name. and she asked me again the
same question, and | replied to 1t
time by the wrist.
II thought that she was insane. l
didn't know who she was and | didn't
know why should talk with perfect
stranger. 1 refused to reply to a
question about where by parents lived
and then she showed me a badge.
| thought at the time that she had
stolen 1t.
Then my brother-in-law. who had
he
asked him who he was. He replied by
asking her who she was. Just then
the Black woman came up and told
me to get in the car. Both of them
took hold of me. l caught hold of
an iron fence and they pulled on me
and wrenched my arm and wrist.
When / tried to cry out to Mrs. Elliot.
my landlady. Mrs. Black put her hand
| over my mouth. l was pushed against
the gate and hurt my knee. l am
still under the doctors care for my
injured knee.
Finally 1 fought my way into the
house. Mrs. Parker followed and held
my shoulder. l tried to ask her why
she was hurting me, and she asked
why l had resisted and created a
scene on the street.
Seeks to Discredit Story.
when ] ventured to protest, they
| told me to hush up. as though 1 were
some animal. When Mrs. Parker first
| came to me she did not say who she
was. and merely asked me if l were
Ray She did not show her badge
| until l had struggled to get away.
My brother-in-law was warned not to
| come to my assistance by a man, who
! said he would get in trouble If he
tried to Interfere with an arrest
Then. at my direction, he ran to tell
Mrs. Elliot about my predicament."
Under cross-examination counsel
for the policewomen attempted to dis
| credit Mrs. Marks story of being
pulled by the policewomen, pointing
out that Mrs. Marx weighed, accord
ing to her onw admission, less tina n
120 pounds. Mrs. Parker Is rather
| tall and weighs considerably more
than the complainant.