Evening star., 1928-04-04
SAYS HE STOPPED
BLANTON IN ERROR
Galimore Declares He Mis-
took Representatives Car
for Speeder.

MOtOr cycle Policeman Dalton u.
Galimore, whose alleged conflicting
statements regarding reports that he
had stopped Representative Blanton Of
Texas for exceeding the speed limit
Saturday resulted in an investigation
by the Police Department, injected an
other version Of the story into the case
today in a signed statement. which he
submitted TO Inspector E. W. Brown, m
charge Of the Traffic Bureau.
Galimores latest statement, according
to Inspector Brown. contains an admis-
sion that he said last Saturday that
Blanton had been speeding, but since
that time the Representative had con-
vinced him that it was not his car that
was making between 30 and IS miles
an hour on Sherman avenue, but
similar make Of car owned Dy another
driver. Blanton's car carries tag No. So.
Got Wrong Car.
policeman Galimore nov insists that
after pacing a Cadillac car IN Sherman
avenue for some distance he vas pre-
pairing TO make an arrest" said In
spector Brown. Just at that time, Gal
inore said, a big truck came out OK q
speeding car. When ne next came up
With what he thought was the speeder
he found the occupant 20 be Repre-
sentative Blanton. He still believed IL
to be Blanton who had been speeding
when he made his original statement
to me and attaches Of the TTafdc Bu-
reau Saturday morning
1T seems now that after talking the
matter over with Blanton Galimore
wants to correct his mistake and insists
that the Representative showed him
that it could not have been his car"
Action Expected.
The signed statement OF Galimore.
which Is intended as correction Oh
his original verbal statement TO In
spector Brown. was not made puolic,
but was transmitted to Maj. Edwin B.
Hesse. superintendent Of police. together
with signed statements from several
traffic officers. who heard the police
mans original version Of his story in
the Traffic Bureau Saturday morning.
Mai. Hesse declined TO make the state
ments public until after he has studied
them
The District Commissioners probably
will take some action in the case. il
was indicated. but not until Mai. Hesse
makes report to them. Commission
er Proctor L. Dougherty. who has charge
of the Police Department, has discussed
the matter with Maj. HeSse.
Blanton Produces Afidavits.
Upon arrival at the Police Trial Board
session this morning. before which he
is defending Policeman OrviIie Staples,
Blanton handed newspaper men two
afldavits-one by Winbern Howard
Adcock, a clerk in his ofice. and the
other by Elton j. Layton. a notary
puolic-oeaFing on the speeding In
cident
Layton's afidavit set forth that he
administered the oath to Policeman
Galimore Monday morning and whel
he executed an afidavit. the oficer
stated that he had read II over. was
familiar with its contents, and declared
that such statements contained in the
afndavit we're true and correct The
Layton athdavit also declared that BE-
fore leaving the ONCE, Galimors stated
to me that the press reports stating
that ne had stopped Congressman
Bianton for speeding were ridiculous
and that he always brought them in
whenever he caught any one speeding"
AdcockS affidavit set forth that on
saturday during the luncheon period q
fS@-SSA4AoAA 0ACocC0 QI1IOEE0 NLS-
lted Blanton's Office. seemed very aux-
ious to find the Representative and then
impaired TO Mrs. Louise K. Benton, sec
retary to the Texan. that he had met
blanton that morning In q friendly
cnat and that some people were now
making false statements about Il and
that even some were claiming that he
had shot at Congressman Blanton." The
afndavit said that Adcock heard the
policeman offer 10 give her a written
statement aud at that time Biarton
came In and they both left the once
together
Adcock said he again saw the same
policeman Monday morning about $40
O'Clock in Blantons once. dressed n
civilian clothes. and seemed 70 be read
Ing something"
Blanton told newspaper men that
Galimore called him on the telephone
last night and declared that press re-
ports OF his having retracted the state
mentS in his affdavit were false.