Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
LACK Of DISCIPLINE
DENIED BY HESSE
Police Head Raps Charges of
Wholesale Suspensions
of PatroImen.

Reports that Mai Edwin b HeSse
made the startling admission" that
Washmgton'S police force is being de-
moralized by lack Of discipline among
its members drew q vehement denial
from the police superintendent last
night. both as to the utterance Of such
8 statement and as to the existence of
such a condition.
The superintendent also denied q
statement reported as coming from
hln that as many as 20 policemen have
been suspended at one time this SUM
maT. adding that to the best of his
knowledge the total had not exceeded &.
The major said that the publication
OF such untrue" statements hurts us
very much in the eyes of the country
Why" he exclaimed. we haven't a
major hoId-up case in town tonight.
We have cleaned up everything. Peo-
pie from the outside reading such trash
about Generalization of the police
force here would think We have Chi
cago proposition on our hands"
Denies Any Handicap.
The major also denied that he said
he is working under a handicap in
coming with the situation because the
District Commissioners have failed To
vision of police regulations.
While the major stood by the men
under him. United States Attorney Leo
A Rover was studying a Stenograpnle
report Of the ooroner's inquest into the
fatal shooting Of Louis s. Smith
colored. 26 by Policeman Ernest
Spauldjng Of the Twelfth precinct. The
policeman was exonerated by the
coroner's jury.
Mr.. Rover said one of his assistants,
Mrs. Rebecca Greathouse, attended the
hearing and reported 10 him she was
not satisfied with some OF the evidence
offered. Accordingly the United States
attorney said, it was his duty to IN
ouire into the matter. Tomorrow he
probably will come TO decision as TO
what steps he will take, if any, he ex-
planned.
In addition to the case involving
Policeman Spaulding. which is before
Mr.. Rover. matters involving four 9TH
er policemen went over into the COM
ing weeks business. These were: Po-
nceman c. A. Henry of the second
precinct, who was named IN a war
rant issued to Capt A. B. Lord of the
thirteenth precinct yesterday. ana
charged with assault on fellow otfi-
Ger: Policeman c. W. Worthen, also
Of the second precinct, VINO was SuS-
pended following q report by Police
man Frank ]. Schoville of the thirteenth
precinct, who claims he found both
Henry and Worthen with woman in
an automobile parked in a secluded
spot on worthens beat, and Police"
men George w Cook and c. w. Petert
of the fourteenth precinct, charged by
the American Automobile Association
n parking without lights In order to
apprehend violators OF the trafac laws.
Seen Trial Board Case.
Failure Of the automobile aSSocia
ton to obtain warrants for Policemen
Cook and Peters when no one in the
assistant corporation counsel's once at
Police Court would sign the papers
after they were made out, led 70 the
belief that the matter is to be dis
posed of by Mai HesSe or the police
trial board. Ernest ". Smith. general
manager OF the association, has COM
planned 10 the Commissioners against
the practice Of motor cycle policemen
parking without lights and has de-
nlanded prosecution by the corpora
ton counsel's ONCE.