Evening star., 1928-03-25
STAPLES TO CHARGE
'FRAME-UP' BY FOES
Blanton, in House Address.
Says Policeman Is Vic.
tim of Plot.

The defense of Policeman Orvill'
Staples when he faces the Police Tria
Board tomorrow morning. 10 answer
grave charges pertaining TO his conduci
and integrity. will be that he has beer
Framed becsusel Of a belief in police
circles that he furnished Representa-
tive Blanton of Texas, with some OF the
information the legislator used III ms
recent attack on the police departmen'
and its superintendent, Mai. Edwin b
EeSSe
Rlanton. who will appear before the
trial board aS counsel for Staples, M
Gicated that this would be the ponce
mans principal line Of defense IN
S.aeech on the floor Of the House yes
terdsv afternoon. in which he declared
that in his 81 years experience as a
lswver and Judge. he had never heard
Of "a more 6aStardly. Infamous. lying,
outrageous frame-up" The charges that
have been made against Staples, ne
characterized as disgrace 10 the Met-
ropoiitsn Police force.
Attacks Afidavits.
Stanles. throuch his counsel, 1t was
reported. will endeavor to show that the
formal chsreeS on which he Is 10 oe
tried are based on questionable am
6aviIS.
Blanton, in his defense Of Staples on
The faoor of the House. described him as
"o,e of the most active, fearless. con"
Scientious enforcers Of the law who Is
"hated by all crooks, The afnoavltS
used by the Poice Department IN draw
ing its charges against the policeman
Blanton said. were procured by comb
ing the underworld.
3 -. D1Gnfnn
clared. are colored bootleggerS having
police records as long as your arm.
II their charges had been true, he SAID,
Staples should have been suspended
LONG before the Police Department took
action. But" he added. nothing was
done about them"
TO show how utterly preposterouS
this testimony is" Blanton said. Il want
70 call your attention TO It. Two wit
neSses swear positively that at 4,So pm.
on February "a, 1925 Staples sSsau ed
q woman in her apartment. The pre-
cecing day. Dr. Carl S. Keyser per-
formed an operation upon Staples, ana
from February % 10 February 2e, in
elusive. 1928, Staples was lying nat on
his back IN bed In a hospital.
Talked With Dougherty.
"On March Ie. 1928, went 70 Com
missioner Dougherty. police Comr1is-
siouer. and told him that Staples was
being framed. and that a trial board.
hazld-picked by Mai. HesSe from his
employees. would undoubtedly convict
Staples in fear Of reprisals, and that
since finally the Commissioners would
have 70 pass on the case. urged tnat
they investigate the case first, and thus
save their police department from being
scandalized. This he refused 10 DO.
NO charge vas preferred against Sta
rles until demanded for him an I'M
mediate trial. I demanded that what
ever they had against him be duly pre-
fe-red in charges. and that he be tired
Moncay.
Not only has Staples been framed;
and an effort made to ruin his gooo
name. but some one tried to take ms
life
"orwille Staples is not going to be
framed"
The Commissioners. the police depart
r,seni and the corporation counsels
once have MADE extraordinary pTepars-
tions tor hearing the charges against
Sfs5ies. ASIDE from calling the trlai
ooarc into special session for the sole
purpose Of hearing the charges they
nave arranged 20 impanei an extra
board IN the event that Blanton should
object 70 the present members sitting
Tor this case.