Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

took the address or were drinking Sat
urday afternoon, Davis" broke In
Sergt Little. You will recall took
you to the place and pointed out the
house to you, and you nodded and re-
peated the number. You hadn't had
a drink then, and you couldn't have
taken enough between that time and
the time you reported back here to
make you drunk, and you weren't
drunk when you handed me that
bottle Of liquor"
Davis admitted that what Little
said was true, but asked that Hall
be called in and given an opportunity
to Say something" Little at the
time held in his hand the warrant
for Hall. and a few minutes later had
Hall behind the bars at the station
house.
Spend Night in Cells.
Still protesting that some mistake
had been made, Davis was led to the
desk sergeant and formally booked
on the perjury charge. He gave his
age as % and his occupation as
laborer. Hall gave his address as
726 Fifth street and his age as %.
When brought before Mai. Hesse,
Inspector Stoll and other police Off.
Gals last night. the pair admitted they
had not told the truth in swearing to
the warrant. They spent the night In
cells at the sixth precinct, being re.
fused bond.
Davis and Hall, in swearing to the
information before the United States
commissioner. went so far as to de.
scribe the imaginary Danny Mills.
They said he weighed about 100
pounds, was about 80 years old and
was more than 6 feet tall. They de-
clared that they had two drinks OF
liquor and then purchased a pint of
colored whisky for SO. and added that
they saw half gallon of whisky on
the premises.
Davis confessed to Maj. Hesse that
after leaving Sergt. Little Saturday
afternoon, he and Hall went to
house in Balls court southwest and
got the pint of liquor from a colored
bootlegger.
Prosecutors Office Suspicious.
The district attorneys office had
Deen suspicious of the activities of
Davis and Hall for some weeks, and
Mrs. Rebecca Greathouse, assistant
district attorney at Police Court.
said today that she had refused to
prosecute all cases made out by the
pair since an occasion last June
when. she said. she caught Davis in
a lie."
Davis spoke bitterly of Mrs. Great.
house on being arrested Yesterday.
she disliked me because she said she
always smelled liquor on my BREATH"
ne SAID. How is man going to oh.
tain evidence If he doesn't take a
drink? 1t can't be done"
have wife and children to SUD.
port, Davis pleaded to Inspector
Stoil and Sergt. Little. II have been
trying to be square. All care
ABOUT Is my family's welfare. You
can send me to jail, but that won't
nelp them any. They are living at
the mission now. Don't forget I onlv
get $3.50 for each case, and sometimes
1t takes a long time to work up one
case: It's pretty hard to support a
family that way"
Davis said he formerly was chief of
police In "a little Massachusetts town
or LOO" and that he left to take I'D
prohibition work. He said he became
acquainted with Douthitt, and 1t was
due to Douthitt that he obtained EN-.
pioyment on the dry squad.
Not Ordered to Frame"
HAS any prohibition official or DO
lice official or anybody at all ever told
you to frame person in order to OBJ
tain evidence in a case?" Inspector
Stoll asked
Absolutely not" Davis replied EN-.
phatically. You don't have to frame
anybody to obtain evidence in Wash.
ington."
The dispute between Douthitt and
Sergt. Little over the number Of cases
In which the Citizens Service Asso.
citation had been active took place in
the presence Of a Star reporter in
Titles office several weeks ago. At
that time Douthitt explained that in
claiming to have been instrumental in
securing evidence in 200 prohibition
cases he was taking credit for all
cases made out by Davis since becom.
ing an employe OF the dry squad.
Defends Association.
DR.. +. NJ. Ellison. secretary of the
Citizens Service Association, an
nounced this afternoon that mo fair
minded person" will construe the
arrest of Davis as a reflection on the
association.
when Davis was working for the
association we were suspicious of him
and we never let him go out alone to
make an Investigation" DR.. Ellison
stated. when Mr.. Douthitt turned
him over to the Police Department
the police were advised to keep all
his activities under surveillance and
not to allow him to operate by him.
self. 1t seems, however. that, un-
known to us or any one else but the
police themselves. Davis was allowed
to go alone on these cases, with the
result that he hanged himself.
THE Citizens Service Association