The Washington times., 1928-04-04
POLICE BEAT Up
PRISONERS,
CHARGE

Continued frOna FIRST Pasa9
that this matter was not material to
the trial of STABLES. Blanton broke
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place \ m NOW rr01eeotlmg nmM
the nroseettol = 1elenllng. anA \
Am going 10 ~ tint the people =
Washington set ) SQu1Kn 4enl--llch
alld poor a!ilke. The time ms come
when somebody nlun1 speak here II
Washington. ! nm &qinG - apGak.
II am going to show that lots
az prisoners have been beaten UP
in station houses. i am going TO
expose the third degree.
Clash with Williams
BIanton ana Williams had
another Of their many Quarrels
during the examination Of Captain
Sheetz. BIantOn charged Williams
with holding up the trial when
the latter objected eight times 70
one question which the hoard ruled
on each occasion should be
answered,
The question. which was PRO.
pounded to Captain Sheetz was:
Captain. you are an officer who
Guilty sometimes, aren't your"
Under persistent questioning
Sheetz admitted that he made mis-
takes at times and Blanton added
that they were honest mistakes.
Captain Sheetx said that staples
had mentioned Schenck beating mp
one OF the young step.sOne Of
Representative Clyde Kelly of
Pennsylvania, in the station house,
but that Staples did not make q
formal complaint. and said that he
would not tip on = Fellow officer"
Auto Man On Stand
Blanton closed his case just he
fore noon and the prosecution nut
ON the stand In rebuttal Walter
Skinker, q local automobile dealer.
SkinlEer said that STABLES had
come to him last summer and asked
to have = secret commandments hmilt
in his car 90 that he could bring
some nduOe back from Canada.
Staples had previously testified
that one Of Skinker's statesmen had
induced him to sign . contract for
q new automobile under = mierep-
and that he had refused
to go through with the deal,
Skinker produced d contract.
After looking It over Hlant0n de-
clared that it had been altered after
staples signed 1t. He asked SlSinker
IL he would deny alteration under
oath. and Skinker said that he
would not. Blanton refused 70
admit the contract In evidences.
Police Changes
BlantOn yesterday Snrang some
surprise testimony in the form -
. police lieutenant and q private
who have recently been transferred
Policeman r.. ID. Padgett has beem
''shunted" out Of No. 4, he testified.
BlantOn charged il was because d
the testimony he gave In favor -
Staples last week.
Lieut.. Sidney Marks, former night
has been sent to Ana
costa az night commander Of the
fled. Marks said he had been trana-
ferred on March ! last, when BIan.
ton was working before the Gibson
subcommittee on an alleged hi-jack-
ing case.
Marks said he had beam called
without warning and knew nothing
about the Staples case, that his
transfer could not have been be-
cause Of Information given BlantOn
In the Taylor case.
Blanton declared that Marks was
because Major Hesse,
of police, wanted to
keep him out OF the investigation Of
because ne IL too honest"
If Marks had made the investiga.
ton. BlantOn said. there, would have
been no charges pa'ie against any
officer ON such perjIled testimony
of bOotleggers and other public char.
acters who have made false atI0ar
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