Evening star., 1928-03-30
POLICE ASSIGNED
TO GUARD BLANTON,
WHO DODGES KICK
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| NCuuIllueu lIOUI FllSb FHRc,l
belief that others than the regular
force of the sixth precinct were on
| hand.
Just before recess was taken Mr.
Blanton turned to Chairman Whaley Of
! the Police Trial Board and declared;
IF l can't get police protection here,
| III call in the park police" An uproar
| greeted this remark.
| Representative Sirovich of New York,
noted surgeon and psychologist. was
| called as a surprise defense witness to-
! day at the trial, furnishing an unusual
/ climax to a session replete with scnsa-
/ tOnS.
! His testimony. psychological anal
! ySls of the reasons for the hysteria
which recently overcame one of the
| principal prosecution witnesses. Mrs.
! Helen Williams. was used by Represent
| ative BlantOn to show the Womans
| reaction when she became aware of
the net that was drawing about her
| AS an expert witness Mr.. Blanton
! asked DR., Sirovich a hypothetical ques-
/ tion. The crowded courtroom had lis
/ tened spellbound with curiosity as the
/ New York member of Congress told in
| detail his eminent qualifications as
! surgeon. educator, psychoanalyst.
Blanton Asks Analysis.
Suppose" Blanton asked him. "a
woman who has lived a life of immo-
| rality would enter into a conspiracy with
/ others To give false testimony and to
! get others to give false testimony against
an honest police officer and in that con-
| Splracy suppose she gave certain date
and then found out she couldn't prove
/ that date, and when she is summoned
| to court, knowing she is called upon to
! testify about framing up the officer
! she Is overcome with a fit Of hysteria?
! AS psychological expert. how would
! you explain that?"
People standing In the back Of the
! courtroom craned their neCkS for bet
| ter vantage.
| There would in all probability be a
| conflict of emotion in the woman" Mr..
| Sirovich answered Emotions are like
! the scales of a piano. The lowest scale
/ of human emotion is fear and hate and
! the highest scale is love. Between them
are varying degrees OF emotion"
The psychoanalyst explained that
! there was conflict" between hate and
| love, truth and falSity.
Sec Emotional Conflict.
when such conflict does take
! place II is demonstrated in the form of
| hysteria," he added.
| Mr. Blanton jumped excitedly to his
! feet
| with screams2" he asked.
yes" DR.. Sirovich replied.
And tears?"
| Yes"
And cries?" Blanton pressed.
| Yes and with cries"
| A little later during the course of the
/ proceedings 1t developed that a system
| OF checking which Mr.. Blanton is
| evidently maintaining on all prosecu-
| ton witnesses revealed threats on the
| part OF the Mrs Williams against the
| Padgett Of the fourth precinct was put
| on the stand after women had been
! barred from the courtroom to tell about
| these threats.
| I'm fix him. And II I don't fix him
| now, l will later" he testified as TO
| overhearlng Mrs. Williams threaten af-
| ter she had questioned him in the hall
about being called as a witness.
Mrs. Williams is the woman In whose
apartment the alleged improper conduct
toward Mrs. Marie Waters Is charged to
have occurred in the affidavit accus-
ing Staples.
stand during this closed session TO dis
, close familiarities between Policemen
Joseph H. Hunt and Frederick Schenk,
who he charges framed" Staples. and
the various woman witnesses who have
| appeared against the accused police
| officer. These witnesses told of fire.
/ Quent familiarities on the part Of the
| two policemen An this was part OF
Blanton's determined effort to further
+, iscredit the woman witnesses.
An impaSse was reached at one point
| when Officer Hunt who was testify
| ing refused to tell certain things in
connection with his apartment in the
| Tiyerton Apartments, where Mrs. Louise
E. Hanley. one Of Staples accusers.
resides.
Charges that gambling was done In
the apartment were made by BlantOn,
who called one Of the owners, l.. w.
Groomes, TO subStantiate his claim that
Hunt was asked TO vacate because Of
gambling and drinking on the premises.
Mr.. Groomes said he had written the
policeman on March TO that effect,
but testified that Hunt has not yet
turned over the keys"
Offers Silent Witnesses"
Before recalling Mrs Louise s. Han
ley, the 24-year-old bride Of seven
months. who is one Of the principal
acCusers Of Staples, Blanton engaged
| in several preliminaries.
He FIRST offered two silent witnesses
| In the form Of q calendar and tele-
| phone directory. the latter To prove that
| Staples telephone is unlisted Another