Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
Aliens Only Opportunity to
Prevent Sentence From Be-
ing Carried Out Is Appeal
to Commissioners.
PREDICTS CAREER END
IN ADDRESSING BOARD
Defantly Tells Body, II Am Sing
ing My Swan Song. There Is No
Doubt About It, You Will Be
Suspended if You Acquit Me-"
Proud of Past Acts.

Policeman Robert J. Allen was
found guilty by the Police Trial
Board today of charges of insub-
ordination and conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and sentenced to
dismissal from the force.
The trial board reached its ver-
dict after Is minutes of delibera-
ton following Aliens trial today
at the sixth precinct police station.
Aliens only opportunity to pre-
vent the sentence from being car
ried out is an appeal to the Dis
trict Commissioners from the trial
boards verdict. Such a move will
automatically stay the sentence
pending a review of the case by
the Commissioners. The Commits
SionerS have authority to modify
or set aside a verdict of a Police
Trial Board.
Aliens trial lasted less than two hours,
during which the policeman several
times predicted that he knew the out
come would be his dismissal from the
force, and warned the trial board that
unless it convicted him it would have
to answer to Maj. Henry G.. Pratt,
Superintendent of police.
The trial ended shortly before II
o'clock, Mai. Pratt, who preferred the
charges against Allen, being the only
witness. The trial board then convened
In executive session and reached its
verdict Is minutes later.
The verdict was carried to Mai. Pratt
in sealed envelope by Inspector Louis
III oH,of nR &~I0
Second Conviction.
The Trial Boards action marked the
second time in Aliens career as a
policeman that he had been convicted
and sentenced to be removed from the
force. In the first case, in which the
officer was found guilty of improper
use OF his revolver in wounding a col
ored boy, the Commissioners set aside
the Trial Boards verdict.
Single-handed Allen had vigorously
defended himself.
With the same defiance which has
characterized Aliens many battles with
the Police Department, he fought the
latest charges, but predicted with an
air of confidence that he knew his Ca
reer as a policeman had come to an
abrupt close.
Summing up the arguments he made
W CUAlG1dQ4Ct Tie Charges GIlaL he naQ
been insubordinate in writing to Mai.
Pratt in explanation of his threat to
investigate the United States attorneys
Office, Allen looked directly at the three
police officials who tried him and de-
clared:
"You three gentlemen know very well
that am singing my swan song.
There is not doubt of 1t in the world.
If you acquit me you will be suspended
tomorrow.
Not Submitting Apology.
''The only man in the Police Depart
ment who dared defend me was Capt.
Robert E. Doyle. Now look what has
happened to him. Where is he today
brought to his knees because he can't
get justice and will have to beg for
mercy. But am glad to say I am not
submitting any letters of apology for
what have done.
II am proud of everything I have
done in the last two years. ! am not
ashamed of single thing. I have
brought suicide to a murder and an
investment broker to justice. And l
am not sorry for myself and the fate
I face. But I am sorry for you three
gentlemen who must answer to Mai
Pratt for any attempt to defend me.
If you defy the major and superin-
tendent you know what will happen"
With these remarks Allen rested his
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